Teleparty

Social Video Synchronization Softwareteleparty.com

Teleparty (WP Interactive Media, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based consumer software company offering a browser extension and mobile app that synchronizes video playback and adds group chat for shared "watch parties" across Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and 25+ other streaming services, monetizing via a freemium subscription model.

Company typePrivate
Founded-
HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2C
OfferingSoftware

What Teleparty does

Teleparty (legal entity WP Interactive Media, Inc.) is a privately held consumer software company headquartered in San Francisco that builds cross-platform tools for synchronized "watch parties." Its core technology is a browser extension distributed through the Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons, and Safari App Store, alongside mobile applications on iOS and Android. The product synchronizes video playback across participants' devices and adds a real-time group chat layer, supporting up to 1,000+ concurrent participants in a single session.

The company operates a freemium model. The free tier supports watch parties on Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime Video, while the paid Teleparty Premium subscription ($6.59/month or $47.88/year) unlocks video/audio chat and integrations with 20+ additional streaming services including Crunchyroll, Paramount+, ESPN+, Peacock, Hotstar, Apple TV+, and various regional platforms. A separate Teleparty Sports beta targets synchronized sports viewing with NBA and FIFA content. Distribution and discovery rely entirely on product-led growth through digital app stores, the company's website (teleparty.com), and a Discord community, with no traditional sales motion.

The company has 51-100 employees, claims 10M+ users via its privacy policy, and was originally launched as "Netflix Party" before rebranding to Teleparty in 2020 to reflect its multi-platform positioning. Ownership appears founder-led by Shaurya Jain, with one disclosed but undisclosed-amount funding event dated 2022-12-12 and no institutional parent or acquisition activity recorded in the source data.

Teleparty firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Teleparty
Legal name: WP Interactive Media, Inc.
Website: https://teleparty.com
Company type: Private
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Short description: Teleparty (WP Interactive Media, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based consumer software company offering a browser extension and mobile app that synchronizes video playback and adds group chat for shared "watch parties" across Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and 25+ other streaming services, monetizing via a freemium subscription model.
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Teleparty industry classification

Industry

Product category: Social Video Synchronization Software
NAICS: Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162)
akta.pro primary industry: Interactive/Watch-Party & Social Video Streaming Platforms (MPACAAAM)
akta.pro secondary industry: Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH)

Keywords

Synchronized watch party
Browser extension
Video synchronization
Group chat streaming
Social viewing app

Where Teleparty is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: San Francisco
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Markets served

Teleparty business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

Premium Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription providing access to premium features including additional streaming service integrations (Crunchyroll, Paramount+, ESPN+), video/audio chat, premium chat badges, and custom reactions. The free version supports Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and HBO Max.
Free Tier: Free browser extension and mobile app providing basic synchronized watch party functionality with text chat on supported streaming platforms, driving user acquisition and network effects.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Freemium	Free	Free tier with basic watch party features
Subscription	Monthly	Premium monthly subscription
Subscription	Annual	Premium annual subscription with trial

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels3 records

Teleparty product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Teleparty provides a free browser extension (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera) and mobile apps (iOS, Android) that synchronize video playback across streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube while adding an integrated group text chat so friends and family can watch together remotely. A paid premium subscription extends the platform with HD video/audio chat and access to 20+ additional streaming integrations. The service supports watch parties of up to 1,000+ concurrent participants and is used by more than 10 million people worldwide.

Product overview

Teleparty is a synchronized video watch party platform consisting of a browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Opera) and mobile apps (iOS, Android). The core Teleparty product synchronizes video playback across major streaming platforms including Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video, adding group text chat for shared viewing experiences with support for up to 1000+ concurrent participants. Teleparty Premium is a paid subscription add-on ($6.59/month or $47.88/year) that expands functionality with video/audio chat, access to 20+ additional premium streaming services (Crunchyroll, Paramount+, ESPN+, Peacock, Hotstar, Star+, Apple TV+, Mubi, Stan, Crave, Fubo, and many international services), custom reactions, and premium chat badges. Teleparty Sports is a beta sub-product focused on synchronized sports viewing with NBA and FIFA content support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Teleparty Browser extension (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera) and mobile applications (iOS, Android) that synchronize video playback across major streaming platforms — Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video — and overlay an integrated group text chat so up to 1,000+ participants can watch together remotely.
Teleparty Sports Beta sub-product of Teleparty that enables synchronized watching of live sports events with real-time chat, currently supporting NBA and FIFA content through ESPN+ and related integrations.

Companies that use Teleparty

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Teleparty technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration39 records

Feature6 records

Teleparty partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and premium.

NetflixcoreTechnology or IntegrationNetflix is one of the primary streaming platforms supported by Teleparty. The integration allows users to create synchronized watch parties on Netflix content with real-time chat functionality. Originally, Teleparty launched as 'Netflix Party' before expanding to other platforms.
YouTubecoreTechnology or IntegrationYouTube is supported as a streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties, enabling synchronized viewing of YouTube videos with group chat.
Disney+coreTechnology or IntegrationDisney+ is integrated as a supported streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties, allowing users to watch Disney+ content together.
HBO MaxcoreTechnology or IntegrationHBO Max is supported as a streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties, enabling synchronized viewing of HBO Max content with group chat.
HulucoreTechnology or IntegrationHulu is integrated as a supported streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties, allowing users to watch Hulu content together.
Amazon Prime VideocoreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Prime Video is supported as a streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties, enabling synchronized viewing of Prime Video content with group chat.
CrunchyrollpremiumTechnology or IntegrationCrunchyroll is a premium-only streaming service supported by Teleparty, requiring a premium subscription to host watch parties on anime content.
Paramount+premiumTechnology or IntegrationParamount+ is a premium-only streaming service supported by Teleparty for hosting watch parties, available exclusively to premium subscribers.
ESPN+premiumTechnology or IntegrationESPN+ is a premium-only streaming service supported by Teleparty for sports watch parties, included in Teleparty Sports beta feature.
SpotifycoreTechnology or IntegrationSpotify is supported as a streaming platform for Teleparty, enabling users to watch Spotify content together with friends.
Pluto TVcoreTechnology or IntegrationPluto TV is supported as a free streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties.
TubicoreTechnology or IntegrationTubi is supported as a free streaming platform for Teleparty watch parties.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Teleparty competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Scener: Scener is a browser-based watch-party extension that synchronizes streaming video across multiple services with group chat, directly competing with Teleparty in the same product category and serving the same consumer use case.
TwoSeven: TwoSeven is a Chrome/Firefox extension that enables synchronized streaming of Netflix, YouTube, and other platforms with video chat, making it a direct functional peer to Teleparty.
Kast: Kast is a watch-party platform that lets groups stream movies, TV, and live content together across streaming services, directly overlapping Teleparty's core offering.
Syncplay: Syncplay is an open-source tool for synchronizing local media playback across multiple users, representing the open-source / file-based adjacent to Teleparty's streaming-based sync model.
Watch2gether: Watch2gether is a synchronized video viewing platform primarily for YouTube and other online sources with integrated chat, directly comparable to Teleparty's core sync-and-chat experience.

Broad incumbents

Netflix: Netflix operates its own native co-watching feature (Teleparty) and is the platform Teleparty originally built on; it represents a broad incumbent that can erode Teleparty's value proposition with first-party functionality.
Twitch: Twitch is a large-scale live streaming platform with built-in social viewing, group chat, and co-streaming features, offering a broader alternative to Teleparty for shared entertainment consumption.
Plex: Plex offers synchronized watch-together features for personal media libraries and streaming content, positioning it as a broader media-platform incumbent with overlapping co-viewing functionality.

Others

Discord: Discord enables watch-together sessions through screen sharing, streaming, and its 'Watch Together' activity bot, making it an adjacent ecosystem player that competes for the same social co-viewing occasions.

Emerging players

Airtime: Airtime is a synchronized co-watching and shared-media social platform with video chat, offering a partial overlap with Teleparty's watch-party + chat experience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Teleparty compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Teleparty financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Teleparty leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Teleparty funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Teleparty M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Teleparty

What does Teleparty do?

Is Teleparty a public or private company?

Teleparty is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Teleparty founded?

Teleparty was founded in -1. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Teleparty based?

Teleparty is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.

How does Teleparty make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Premium Subscription is the primary driver. The others are free Tier.

Who are Teleparty's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Scener, TwoSeven, Kast, Syncplay and Watch2gether. Broad incumbents are Netflix, Twitch and Plex. Discord is listed as an others. Airtime is listed as an emerging player.

Does Teleparty have an API?

No public API is recorded for Teleparty.

What industry is Teleparty in?

Teleparty's product category is Social Video Synchronization Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPACAAAM, Interactive/Watch-Party & Social Video Streaming Platforms, with a secondary code of BPAMACAH, Community/Group Chat Platforms. Its NAICS code is 5162.