aid: elemental
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/elemental.png
name: Elemental
description: >-
  Elemental (Elemental Technologies) was a Portland, Oregon video encoding and
  multiscreen delivery company founded in 2006 and backed by General Catalyst.
  Its software powered large over-the-top and broadcast video providers before
  Amazon Web Services acquired the company in 2015. The business now operates as
  the AWS Elemental brand within AWS Media Services, spanning cloud services
  (MediaConvert, MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaConnect, MediaStore, MediaTailor)
  and on-premises appliances and software (Elemental Live, Elemental Server,
  Elemental Conductor, Elemental Statmux, Elemental Link). Elemental no longer
  operates an independent developer portal; its API surface is delivered through
  AWS SDKs and the AWS Elemental documentation. This profile was surfaced as a
  General Catalyst portfolio company; the investment exited via acquisition.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elemental/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- general-catalyst
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: amazon-web-services
x-acquired-year: 2015
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Video
- Video Encoding
- Media Services
- Streaming
- Transcoding
- Broadcast
- AWS
- Acquired
apis: []
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/media-services/elemental
  name: AWS Elemental (elemental.com redirects here)
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elemental-appliances-software/latest/ug/
  name: AWS Elemental Appliances and Software User Guide
- type: APIReference
  url: https://d1.awsstatic.com/awselemental/api-userguide/Live_API-User-Guide.pdf
  name: Elemental Live REST API and User Guide
- type: Blog
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/
  name: AWS Media & Entertainment Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence