Corrigon

Corrigon was a Tel Aviv-based visual-search company established in 2007 by Einav Itamar and Avinoam Omer. Its business focused on helping image owners and commercial clients monitor the use of visual content across the internet and in print. Rather than relying only on filenames, tags, or embedded metadata, Corrigon developed content-based image-retrieval technology intended to recognize visually related or matching images even when the source material had been altered. The company's central product was an image-identification service delivered through a web-based interface. Users could submit an image, after which the system searched for images that appeared similar. The technology was designed to remain useful when an image had been cropped, colorized, or otherwise modified. This capability addressed a practical problem for copyright holders and image businesses: online copies often differ from the original file, making simple file matching insufficient for discovering unauthorized or uncredited reuse. Corrigon also provided monitoring and reporting services. Its system identified where images appeared on the web and in print and produced periodic usage reports for clients. The business therefore combined visual search with copyright surveillance and rights-management support. The available descriptions emphasize monitoring and identification rather than a consumer-facing image-search destination, suggesting that Corrigon primarily served professional, commercial, and rights-related use cases. In October 2016, eBay acquired Corrigon for a reported $20 million. The transaction brought Corrigon's technology and team into eBay, with the company expected to continue operating from Israel. The acquisition also fit with eBay's broader interest in structured data, product discovery, and technologies capable of understanding visual content. After the acquisition, Corrigon ceased to be an independent company in the form documented before the transaction. Publicly available reference material does not establish a separate post-acquisition product brand, independent website, or continuing corporate identity.

Corrigon was founded in Tel Aviv in 2007 by Einav Itamar and Avinoam Omer. The company developed visual-search technology based on content-based image retrieval, a technical approach that evaluates the visual characteristics of an image rather than depending exclusively on text labels or file metadata. Its principal business application was image monitoring for copyright and usage control. Through a web-based interface, a client could provide an image for identification. Corrigon's system then searched for images on the web that appeared similar to the submitted material. The service was designed to detect images despite common forms of alteration, including cropping, colorization, and other modifications that could prevent straightforward digital-file matching. The company also extended this identification process into monitoring and reporting. Corrigon described a service capable of determining how and where images were being used online and in print, with periodic reports prepared for clients. This placed the business at the intersection of visual search, copyright monitoring, image licensing, and digital rights administration. The available historical material does not provide a detailed account of Corrigon's customer list, investment history, revenue, employee count, or specific partnerships. In October 2016, eBay acquired Corrigon for a reported purchase price of $20 million. The transaction was described as bringing the Corrigon team into eBay and allowing the operation to continue in Israel. eBay already had a structured-data group in Netanya, making Israel a relevant location for integrating the acquired personnel and technology. The acquisition ended Corrigon's period as an independent company. Public sources do not document a distinct later consumer brand, standalone product line, or independent corporate activity under the Corrigon name.

• 2016

  Acquired by eBay

  [1]Corrigonen.wikipedia.org

  eBay acquired Corrigon in October 2016 for a reported $20 million and planned to integrate its team while maintaining operations in Israel.

• 2007

  Company founded in Tel Aviv

  [1]Corrigonen.wikipedia.org

  Einav Itamar and Avinoam Omer founded Corrigon as an Israeli visual-search company.

A professional visual-search and copyright-monitoring technology provider that used content-based image retrieval to locate visually similar or reused images across online and print media.

• Visual search and image identification

  Corrigon Image Identifier

  A web-based image-identification interface built on content-based image-retrieval algorithms. It searched for images that looked similar to a submitted reference image and was intended to recognize material even after changes such as cropping, colorization, or other visual modifications.

• Copyright monitoring

  Image monitoring and usage reporting

  A monitoring service that identified how and where client images were being used across internet and print sources. Corrigon generated periodic usage reports to support copyright oversight and the discovery of potentially unauthorized or untracked image use.

• 2016

  eBay acquisitionM&A

  Background

  Corrigon had developed visual-search and image-monitoring capabilities relevant to the discovery and understanding of visual content.

  Action taken

  eBay acquired Corrigon in October 2016 and indicated that the team would join eBay while continuing to operate from Israel.

  Aftermath

  Corrigon no longer operated as an independent company. Its technology and personnel were positioned for integration into eBay, including the company's Israeli structured-data activities.

  Reported acquisition price. $20 million (October 2016)

  Source

1. 1Corrigonen.wikipedia.org