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Introducing Wistia's Newest Video Player, Aurora

It's the lightest and most robust player we’ve ever built—and the fastest player on the market!

Frankie Libbon

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LLM-Friendly Embeds: Get Found in AI Search

Embedding your videos with Wistia means AI agents can “see” and understand your videos.

Phil Nottingham

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Meet Wistia's Webinar Software: A New Way to Webinar

Build a registration page, go live, and repurpose the recording—all without leaving the video platform you already use.

Jean Merlain

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How to Enhance Your Creativity with Wistia’s AI Video Tools

Kickstart scripts, clean up recordings, and repurpose footage in a few clicks, so you can spend less time on busywork and more on ideas.

Sasha Friedman

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging

Learn how DEIB shapes the way we work and the environment we’re building for our team.

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Paving the Path to Inclusivity: How We Changed Our Hiring Processes and Pipeline

Wistia is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion—but we were falling short on the recruiting front. Learn how we've evolved our hiring practices and what we've learned along the way.

Jane Jaxon

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Wistia

From our hiring processes and how we collaborate to how we build our product, we’re committed to approaching everything we do through a DE&I lens.

Chris Savage

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Introducing the Wistia Creative Alliance—A Collaboration in Support of Creativity

We've partnered with over 30 freelance creatives in an effort to bring you moments of joy during these tough times.

Dan Mills

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Wistia’s Video Player Just Got More Accessible

These new updates to our player and app will help you make your videos more accessible for everyone.

Jessie Angell Carlson

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Profitable Confidence: How to Build a Business for the Long-Term

Profitable confidence has a huge impact on the psychology of running a business—here's what we've learned.

Chris Savage

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Introducing Brand Affinity Marketing: The Best Way to Build a Brand People Love

Start marketing to your audience in a way that actually resonates with them on a deep, personal level.

Brendan Schwartz

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Why We’re Giving All New Parents 16 Weeks of Paid Leave

Hear from our co-founder, Brendan Schwartz, about why we're making our parental leave policy more generous and inclusive.

Brendan Schwartz

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How We Created a Sub-Brand for "Brandwagon" (And Why Your Next Video Series Needs One)

Find out how we crafted the "Brandwagon" sub-brand, what went into the creative process, and why sub-brands are so important.

Maria Theo

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How a Different Approach to Brand Marketing Helped us Win a Webby Award

Here are five factors we believe helped us take home a Webby Award for our docuseries, "One, Ten, One Hundred."

Phil Nottingham

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Why Setting Ambitious Goals Backfires

Find out why setting modest, straightforward goals actually enables your team to do their best, most creative work.

Brendan Schwartz

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From Artist to Engineer (And Everything in Between)

Hear from Myraha Harmon-Arias, a software engineer at Wistia, about the path she took to become an engineer.

Myraha Harmon-Arias

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How to Build a Co-Founder Partnership That Can Last (Decades)

Brendan Schwartz, CTO and co-founder of Wistia, shares the rules and principles that have helped shape his long-lasting co-founder partnership.

Brendan Schwartz

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One, Ten, One Hundred: A Love Letter to Creativity

Fall in love with creativity and start thinking about your business in brand new ways (pun intended).

Dan Mills

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Hot Dog! A Recap of the “One, Ten, One Hundred” Big Screen Event

Find out what it was like to debut our first Wistia original series on the big screen.

Courtney Lefferts

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Investing in Creativity Isn’t Just a Money Problem

This is why money isn't the answer to your creativity problem.

Chris Savage

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We Just Launched Three Soapbox Ads That Cost $111,000 to Produce

We wanted to see how much production value really changes the effectiveness of an ad, so we partnered with our friends at Sandwich Video to find out.

Phil Nottingham

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Introducing Publish to Social: Share Your Wistia Videos on Facebook and YouTube

Publish and share videos from your Wistia account directly on some of your favorite social networks.

Carlon McPherson

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How an Offer to Sell Wistia Inspired Us to Take On $17M in Debt

Most founders dream of building a product that eventually becomes a household name and sells for a billion dollars, but chasing that goal comes with some downsides. We chose a different path.

Chris Savage

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Introducing Wistia’s Newest Feature: Privacy Mode

You shouldn't have to choose between your viewers' privacy and collecting meaningful data about how your videos are performing.

Brendan Schwartz

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Introducing the Wistia-Intercom Integration

Communicate better with your customers and gain insight into what's important to them.

Margot Mazur

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Behind the Scenes of Our In-House Video Team

How does an in-house video production team operate at a company that’s all about video? You’re about to find out.

Jenny Coppola

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How We Created a Family Leave Policy That Prioritizes Our Employees

A behind-the-scenes look at how we built a family leave policy that gives our teammates the time and flexibility to be better parents.

Jordan Wellin

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Storytelling Night at Wistia: Fostering a Culture of Growth, Community, and Inclusivity

How hosting a Storytelling Night created a safe, inclusive environment for our teammates to share their stories.

Jordan Wellin

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Video Playback in Email? Comin’ Right Up!

We built a feature to allow for inline video playback in Apple Mail, and Brendan dressed up as a mailman to celebrate.

Brendan Schwartz