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Founded in 2001 by Michael Malcolm, Dan Collens, and Cheena Srinivasan in Mountain View, California, Kaleidescape pioneered high-quality digital movie delivery systems for home theaters. Malcolm, who previously founded Network Appliance and CacheFlow, self-funded the startup that spent over two years developing its technology in stealth mode. The company introduced its first movie server in 2003, allowing customers to import DVD content onto hard drives, and launched the revolutionary Kaleidescape movie store in 2013 - the first online platform enabling Blu-ray quality movie downloads. Based in Silicon Valley with 85 employees and $9 million in revenue, Kaleidescape manufactures products in Fremont, California while principal engineering operates from Waterloo, Canada. The company exclusively sells through custom installers, focusing on multi-room entertainment server systems that store and play video/audio content at cinema-quality levels. Co-founder Dan Collens departed in 2006, while Malcolm and Srinivasan both left in 2020, transitioning leadership to CEO Tayloe Stansbury who brings extensive technology software experience. Recent developments include expanding their premium content library and enhancing their position as the ultimate cinematic platform for luxury home theaters. Kaleidescape has evolved from a DVD storage solution to a comprehensive digital cinema ecosystem, maintaining its mission to present the finest cinematic experience in customers' homes through cutting-edge technology and premium content delivery.