FrostByte Video, Inc.

What FrostByte Video, Inc. does

FrostByte Video, Inc. is a privately held San Diego-based company that operates an automated video production service for skiers and snowboarders at partner ski resorts. Customers pick up a wearable tracking armband at an on-site resort counter, ski or ride as usual while strategically placed resort cameras capture footage, and receive a personalized, edited movie with music via email within 24 hours of returning the armband. The service is positioned as a hands-free alternative to helmet cams and handheld filming, with a third-person point-of-view angle that consumers cannot easily replicate themselves.

The core technology is a proprietary, patent-pending system that combines fixed camera placement with armband-based tracking to identify individual guests across multiple camera feeds, automatically selects and edits relevant clips, adds a music soundtrack, and distributes the final video. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via physical counters at ski resort locations, with marketing relying on organic social-media sharing of completed videos. Co-founder and CTO Mike Sandler leads the technology, and the company has supplemented its organic development through the April 2016 acquisition of Deja View Concepts.

Revenue is transaction-based, with customers paying per personalized video rather than via subscription. The company is venture-backed with disclosed funding of approximately $310,001 across 2012-2016 (EvoNexus-affiliated events), has 11-50 employees, and was founded in 2007. Pricing, specific resort partnerships, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and recent operating activity beyond a 2019 website copyright is not reflected in the supplied data.

Name

FrostByte Video, Inc.

Legal name

FrostByte Video, Inc.

Website

https://FrostByteVideo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FrostByte Video, Inc. operates an automated, camera-based video production service at ski resorts, using wearable armband tracking to produce and email personalized ski and snowboard movies to individual guests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Personalized Video Sales: Customers receive a personalized movie via email link after returning their armband. The service appears to be transaction-based where customers pay for each video produced during their resort visit.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

FrostByte Video operates an automated video production service deployed at ski resorts. Strategically placed cameras and wearable armband tracking technology capture footage of skiers and riders on the slopes; proprietary patent-pending software then automatically edits the clips into a personalized movie with music and delivers the final video link via email within 24 hours.

Product overview

FrostByte Video offers a single unified product—an automated video production service for ski resorts. The service combines strategically placed cameras, wearable armband tracking devices, and proprietary editing technology to create personalized movies for skiers and riders without any manual filming or editing required.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FrostByte Video Automated video production service for skiers and riders visiting partner ski resorts. Customers pick up a wearable armband from an on-site counter, ski or ride the slopes while strategically placed cameras capture footage, return the armband at the end of the day, and receive a personalized edited movie with music via email link within 24 hours.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Catapult Sports: Sports performance analytics company with wearable tracking and video analysis tools used by professional teams. Comparable in the wearable-tracking + video integration model for sports, though Catapult focuses on elite athletes rather than consumer ski resort experiences.
• Pixellot: AI-automated sports video production for amateur and youth sports, using fixed cameras and machine learning to follow play. Comparable technology stack (fixed cameras + AI editing + automated distribution) targeting a different but structurally similar customer — venues seeking low-cost video coverage.
• Veo Technologies: AI-powered sports video camera that automatically captures and edits amateur team sports footage using fixed cameras. Closest functional analog to FrostByte's automated capture-and-edit model, though applied to soccer and other field sports rather than ski resorts.
• Trace (Trace Snow / Trace Inc.): Automated action sports video capture (originally skiing/snowboarding) using AI tracking and follow cameras. Directly comparable product — automated ski/snowboard video recording and editing — making Trace the closest functional direct peer in the consumer ski video space.

Broad incumbents

• GoPro: Leading action camera brand whose users capture ski and snowboard footage themselves. While GoPro is a self-capture hardware play rather than an automated service, it competes for the same end-customer wallet share and frames ski video as a DIY activity, creating substitution risk for FrostByte.
• Hudl: Dominant sports video analysis platform for coaches and athletes, with automated camera products. Comparable as a sports video capture + analysis + distribution platform, though focused on team sports rather than individual action sports at resorts.
• Replay Technologies: Pioneered multi-camera free-viewpoint video reconstruction for sports broadcasting (acquired by Intel). Compares on the core technology of fusing multiple camera angles into a synthesized view, though applied at professional sports venues rather than consumer ski resort capture.
• SKIDATA: Global leader in ski resort access and guest management solutions (lift ticketing, access gates). Comparable as a ski resort technology vendor with established resort relationships, representing both a potential distribution partner and an adjacent technology incumbent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FrostByteVideo
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A1 record

Investments

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

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