Founder Interview Video
How Speedsize Reached $6M ARR with 200 Customers in 2025 (Interview with Co-Founder Vlad Malanin)
Chapters
- 0:00Cold Open: Closest to Running Out of Money
- 0:41Guest Introduction: Vlad Malanin, Co-Founder and CTO of Speedsize
- 1:08What Speedsize Does: AI Media Compression
- 2:31Customer Count and Target Markets
- 2:57Live Demo: We Shoes and Speedsize in Action
- 4:22Team Size and Engineering Breakdown
- 5:10Pricing Model and Average Contract Value
- 9:13Sales Structure and the Pivot to Partnerships
- 11:00AWS Partnership and IBM Cloud Expansion
- 11:57Revenue History: $400K to $6M ARR
- 15:43Fundraising: $5M Raised, 70% Equity Retained
- 20:19AI and the Future of Media Optimization
- 22:00Acquisition Offer Rejected: Worth Far More Than 4x
- 24:59Wrap-Up: Personal Background and Where to Find Vlad