Tenor isn’t as well known as some big-name GIF engine competitors like Giphy, which has raised about $150 million in venture funding to date, most recently at an estimated valuation of $600 ...

Tenor was co-founded by David McIntosh (no relation to Apple), Erick Hachenburg, and Frank Nawabi in San Francisco in February 2014. The company was the first firm in the world to bring a “GIF ...

Tenor says about 200 million people per month use its platform to search and share GIFs with friends. The company claims that this gives it unique, real-time insights into the emotions of its users.