Philo

Necessity is the mother of invention

Philo was born in a Harvard dorm room, where cable TV wasn’t offered and the over-the-air broadcast couldn't penetrate the walls of the 300-year-old brick residence halls. The founders of Philo wanted to watch TV around campus, so they wrapped their room in aluminum foil to boost the signal, and connected it to a server to stream it over the campus network.

We've graduated from aluminum foil to silicon

Our technology may have changed, but our mission has not. At Philo, we are building the TV experience we want for ourselves. Today, hundreds of thousands of students can use Philo to watch all the live and recorded television they love on all of their favorite devices, and that’s just the beginning.

Come help us build the future of TV!

Company and Culture

We're a small team that puts our product experience first. We believe in creating a flexible work environment that is supportive but allows for autonomy so that everyone on the team can help us build towards our vision in the ways they are most capable. We try to keep unnecessary process to a minimum so we can move as quickly as possible. As a company, some of our strongest values are pragmatism, pride in our work, and deep transparency at all levels.