What is Tenor (website)?
{{About|the search engine ''Tenor''|other uses|Tenor}} {{Infobox website | name = tenor | logo = [[File:Tenor logo.svg|200px]] | logo_caption = tenor logo as of September 2023 | url = {{URL|https://www.tenor.com}} | commercial = Yes | type = [[Web search engine|Search Engine]] | language = International | registration = Optional | owner = Google | author = Google | launch_date = {{start date and age|2016|8|9}} | current_status = Active }} Tenor is a [[Search engine|web engine for searching]] moving picture files in the [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF format]]. Tenor is managed by [[Google]] and for use with GIF [[Keyboard (computer)|keyboards]] on [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], and [[macOS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tenor.com/about-us |title=Tenor - About us |access-date=2023-08-28}}</ref> ==History== The business people David Macintosh, Erick Hachenburg, and Frank Nawabi started the company Riffsy first in February 2014. When the risk capital giver Redpoint Ventures invested, the company name was changed on August 9, 2016, to Tenor. On March 27, 2018, Tenor was bought by Google, but it still works under its own name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/27/google-acquires-gif-platform-tenor/|title=Google is acquiring GIF platform Tenor|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2023-08-28}}</ref> ==Competitors== Meta operates an internet engine named Giphy for finding GIF files. According to the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority, competition authority in the United Kingdom), Giphy is the only direct competitor to Tenor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/635017428fa8f53463dcb9f2/Final_Report_Meta.GIPHY.pdf|title=Completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc (now Meta Platforms, Inc) of Giphy, Inc. Final report on the case remitted to the CMA by the Competition Appeal Tribunal|website=GOV.UK|languag