improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message goanimate type private founded august 2007 2007 08 1 2 founder alvin hung headquarters san mateo ca united states key people gary lipkowitz coo services video production website goanimate.com goanimate is a cloud based animated video creation platform . it is designed to allow business people with no background in animation to quickly and easily create animated videos . these videos can be created in multiple styles including 2d animation whiteboard animation 3 aka videoscribing or scribing and video infographics . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 growth 2 product 3 references 4 external links history edit early history edit goanimate was founded in 2007 by alvin hung and the first version of goanimate went live in mid 2008 . 4 in early 2011 goanimate became a founding partner of youtube create a suite of apps available to content creators within youtube . 5 6 in late 2011 a custom set of election 2012 characters became popular . 7 8 9 by july 2013 over ten million videos had been created using the goanimate platform . 10 growth edit in may 2009 domoanimate was launched . this program allowed users to create goanimations based on the domo shorts . the site closed down on september 15 2014 and later redirected to the goanimate for schools website . a u.s. office in san francisco opened in june 2011 . in late august 2011 goanimate for schools was publicly launched . goanimate for schools is a school safe version of goanimate featuring dedicated privacy security content moderation and group management features . on march 1 2012 2012 03 01 goanimate created the business friendly theme known as the first business theme in goanimate . in april 2012 the first business oriented subscription plans were publicly launched . these included 1080p download logo removal & replacement and new business oriented visual themes . these plans led to increased popularity and exposure for goanimate . 11 12 on september 16 2013 2013 09 16 goanimate changed its logo being the removal of the exclamation mark . at the end of 2013 the paper cutout assets of explainer video pioneer common craft were integrated into goanimate as a new visual theme . 13 in april 2014 multi seat business subscription plans were launched including full featured administrative tools along with group collaboration and review . around the same time goanimate also released the whiteboard animation theme and a publishing integration with elearning courseware authoring platform lectora . 14 by the end of 2014 goanimate s library contained over 10 000 assets including a new set of supreme court justices and settings . 15 in 2015 the taiwan office was opened 16 making it goanimate s third location after hong kong and san francisco . 17 as of may 2015 goanimate announced future expansion plans included going public but there had been no decision on the listing venue . 18 on october 19 2015 it was announced that goanimate was migrating off adobe flash and onto html5 and that goplus will be retired as well as the non business themes even though they were still in use on goanimate for schools until july 26 2016 . 19 by the end of 2015 the company had over 50 employees . 20 product edit goanimate provides its users with a library containing tens of thousands of pre animated assets which can be controlled through a simple drag & drop interface . asset types include characters actions templates props text boxes music tracks and sound effects . users can also upload their own assets such as audio files image files or video files . there is also a drag & drop composition tool which users can employ to create pans and zooms . spoken dialogue and narration can be recorded directly into the platform or imported as an audio file . characters can automatically lip sync dialogue that is assigned to them . alternatively audio can be set as voiceover narration . users can download their finished videos as mp4 files gifs or video presentations . they can also export them directly to a variety of video hosting sites including youtube wistia and vidyard . references edit sciacca annie august 16 2013 . alvin hung founder & ceo goanimate . entrepreneur profile . san francisco business times . retrieved november 25 2013 . who we are . about goanimate . goanimate.com . 2012 . retrieved november 25 2013 . new features introducing whiteboard animation on goanimate video tutorial . blog.goanimate.com . retrieved 2016 05 26 . alvin hung founder & ceo goanimate san francisco business times . san francisco business times . retrieved 2016 03 10 . youtube now helps you make movies without a camera . techcrunch . youtube adds animation tools for easier content creation . mashable . goanimate goes political you can make and post your own election season cartoons . washington post . goanimate unveils new political characters and backgrounds . search engine watch . look out politicians animated videos just got easier to make . webpro news . goanimateairfoil . goanimate corporate fact sheet . goanimate press page . retrieved 2016 03 13 . go and animate with goanimate . learning solutions magazine . service simplifies creation of marketing and product animations . zdnet . goanimate team up with common craft for new explainer video tool . blog.goanimate.com . retrieved 2016 03 13 . goanimate launches whiteboard theme and lectora online integration by news editor learning solutions magazine . learning solutions magazine . retrieved 2016 03 10 . barnes robert 2014 10 22 . the supreme court s devotees go diy . the washington post . issn 0190 8286 . retrieved 2016 03 10 . goanimate expands to taiwan . en.acnnewswire.com . retrieved 2016 03 13 . mw chloe . goanimate . www1.investhk.gov.hk . retrieved 2016 03 10 . goanimate eyes listing amid expansion plans . ej insight . 2015 05 08 . retrieved 2016 05 05 . html5 is coming . blog.goanimate.com . retrieved 2016 03 10 . goanimate press page . goanimate press page . retrieved 2016 05 16 . external links edit official website official website for schools goanimate puts powerful animation tools in your browser . cnet . retrieved 2016 05 22 . kincaid jason . goanimate s character builder lets you draw yourself into cartoons . and it has spock . . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 05 22 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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