Bright Data's tools keep public web data accessible to everyone and transform unstructured data into structured data that can be leveraged into actionable insights. The company helps global brands gather publicly available web data, a recent report shows 90% of companies collect public web data to compete and grow in the market.
CEO Or Lenchner sits down with TechTimes to share the company's evolution from proxy infrastructure in 2014 to the world's #1 web data collection platform.
Company Origin
With public web data, global brands research, monitor, and analyze information to make better decisions, which creates a competitive market that benefits both business and consumers. More than 20 thousand customers worldwide use Bright Data's platform for its ease, reliability, robust features, and best-in class customer service. It's a cost-effective way to perform fast and stable public web data collection at scale, in an all in one platform.
The company's mission is to keep public web data accessible to all. Bright Data recently pursued legal challenges filed by Meta and X, both of which they won and reinforced the right to public web data collection at scale through web scraping."We are doubling down our efforts to protect public web data and not allow tech giants to wall off information," Lenchner said.
The CEO reassured that they'll "continue to do what's right by protecting public web data in court and through legislation," while being fully transparent and compliant in their practices for responsible data collection.
Competitive Edge
Small businesses, Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, researchers, and journalists all rely on Bright Data's solutions to retrieve crucial public web data in the most efficient, reliable, and flexible way. When asked what their edge is, Lenchner answered that the company "innovates first with leading technology that shapes the future of public web data collection at scale. We invest heavily in new technology and innovation, not just following best practices but creating them."
Standards of Quality
Becoming the world's #1 public web data platform involves upholding high standards. Bright Data has set the gold standard for the industry through ethical and responsible web scraping. The company only collects public web data. Its ethics department ensures all data-gathering practices align with ethical standards and guidelines. As explained by Lechner, "This stance is a conscious choice to align our operations with the highest standards of integrity."
Bright Data takes its leadership role in the industry seriously. The company also employs an award-winning support department, available 24/7 to all customers.
Company Culture
The company boasts a customer-obsessed and value-centric culture which sets it apart from others in the industry, the CEO explained: "Our focus on partners and value can be summed up in three words: 'getting things DONE!'" Lenchner believes that real value is created by real actions in the real world, not by the pursuit of perfection, where "individuals contribute at every level, making Bright Data a true team atmosphere and creating a culture of innovation."
Valuing efficiency, Lenchner empowers them to be change-makers within the organization to address challenges of any complexity, regardless of title.
The company removes the red tape and unnecessary steps in everything they do so "employees work more efficiently and meet the needs of its partners." This approach has led Bright Data to achieve brighter results for its customers and industry-leading achievements.
Materializing the Vision
Bright Data stays laser-focused on its goals, which are designed around delivering the best possible product and breaking new ground in the industry. "Everyone has clear roles and KPIs," as Lenchner explained. He believes that focusing on the big pay-off and eliminating the unnecessary small stuff will lead to long-term success.
Bright Data innovates based on its customers' needs and feedback. Currently, the company offers web scraping tools that reduce the complexity of managing infrastructure and allow for easy deployment and execution of isolated, self-contained scraping code on demand.
Enterprises can collect data at scale and gain a real and accurate perspective of how their customers interact with their brands and competitors. "The foundation of these tools being serverless saves them both time and money," which are "the two most essential things in business to promote success."
Future Plans
"We continue to innovate and grow our service to be more inclusive of products, creating a synergy between data collection and insights," said Lenchner. We see Bright Data consistently being the first to innovate and bring high-demand tools to the market.
The company works hard to develop new technologies that address the challenges businesses face as the amount of data they collect grows exponentially. Bright Data is heavily focused on data collection for AI, as The State of Public Web Data reports more than half of all businesses are creating their own AI machines, regardless of industry.
"We are developing custom solutions for some of the largest AI companies in the world," Lenchner stated. Bright Data capitalizes on the infinite data available on the web and focuses on providing access to all that is public. "Models," as the CEO explained, "have different sources to train on that will meet the needs of the AI's specialty."
By tapping into this infinite data on the web, individuals and organizations can gather insights, validate facts, and conduct analyses critical for development. They can make better, faster, and more informed decisions based on real-time competitive data.
Personal Advice from the CEO
We asked the CEO if he had any message for anyone aspiring to enter the web scraping software market. Lenchner said it is necessary to force innovation, better practices, and evolution of the web data category. But forcing does not mean overtaking the steps. "Data is sensitive. It needs to be handled the right way to keep the industry safe and growing. Don't take any shortcuts."
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