<s>
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
request	O
for	O
brands	O
,	O
publishers	O
,	O
small	O
businesses	O
,	O
and	O
creatives	O
who	O
seek	O
images	O
that	O
fulfill	O
certain	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buyers	O
post	O
a	O
creative	O
image	O
brief	O
(	O
called	O
a	O
Request	O
)	O
and	O
photographers	O
respond	O
by	O
submitting	O
their	O
photos	O
through	O
the	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
website	O
or	O
mobile	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
Requests	O
,	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
regularly	O
runs	O
creative	O
Challenges	O
concerning	O
popular	O
image	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Challenges	O
are	O
curated	O
by	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
and	O
are	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
searchable	O
library	O
of	O
photos	O
called	O
the	O
Marketplace	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
hand-selected	O
images	O
with	O
varying	O
price	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Chad	O
Newell	O
(	O
Chief	O
Executive	O
Officer	O
)	O
and	O
Sky	O
Gilbar	O
co-founded	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
Media	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
launched	O
2.0	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
photographers	O
to	O
create	O
personal	O
portfolios	O
and	O
sell	O
images	O
from	O
these	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
2.0	O
version	O
the	O
company	O
made	O
a	O
move	O
towards	O
becoming	O
a	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
announced	O
partnership	O
with	O
gram30	O
–	O
a	O
Japanese-based	O
startup	O
studio	O
focusing	O
on	O
incubating	O
and	O
developing	O
new	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
collaborated	O
with	O
Adobe	O
to	O
bring	O
selected	O
features	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
CC	I-Operating_System
and	O
Lightroom	B-Operating_System
to	O
the	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
iOS	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Nashville	O
based	O
StudioNow	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
Snapwire	B-Algorithm
completed	O
a	O
"	O
testing	O
the	O
waters	O
"	O
campaign	O
on	O
equity	O
crowdfunding	O
platform	O
SeedInvest	O
to	O
gauge	O
interest	O
from	O
their	O
users	O
in	O
investing	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
