About Snapbar

From Accidental Business to AI Innovators

Selfie Station

In our current form, Snapbar is an experiential marketing platform. A far cry from the part-time, garage-born photo booth rental business our founders started in 2012.

Today, brands around the world use Snapbar to run AI-powered photo and video experiences at their events and marketing activations.

Our story is one of innovation, luck, pivots, resilience, and relationships. The relationships we’ve built internally, and the relationships that built us - from our fantastic client roster, to the culture and closeness of our team, to the millions of people that have been given a reason to smile while using our products.

14 Years of Activations. 10,000+ Brand Activations. 1 Million+ Moments.

Since 2012, Snapbar has powered experiential marketing activations for brands like Microsoft, Google, Toyota, and ServiceNow.

2026

Early access opens so brands can build, launch, and measure every activation in one place on the Experiential Marketing Platform

2025

We began rebuilding Snapbar from the ground up as one platform to build, launch, and measure every activation.

2024

The power and capabilities of AI-powered photo experiences continued getting more impressive, and the next frontier was revealed: The AI Video Booth

2023

AI exploded onto the business scene and Snapbar didn’t hesitate to embrace it, quickly introducing the first AI Photo Booth

As featured in GeekWire

2021

Innovation bred innovation, adapting ‘virtual photo technology’ to also solve Company Headshots

2020

Sam and Joe Eitzen are named to BizBash’s Most Innovative People in Events

2020

The next pivot started, officially launching Snapbar into software with the very first Virtual Photo Booth

As featured in Forbes

2020

Keep Your City Smiling was born to keep the team employed, and company alive

As featured on CBS News

2020

The global pandemic hits Snapbar hard. In-person events cratered, and so did the revenue.

As featured in Inc.

2019

With global reach in mind, Snapbar grew to 45 employees and made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies at #473

2019

The SnapBar became Snapbar - a very ‘silicon valley’ move

2017

The Selfie Station was invented to reach new scale with a portable photo booth station that could be shipped anywhere in the world

2012–2015

The SnapBar gained traction and filled weekends running photo booths at events, evolving from casual parties to large corporate gatherings

2012

Two Eitzen brothers built their first custom photo booth for a friend’s wedding

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On podcasts

Sam Eitzen on the Awesome Chat podcast

Awesome Chat

AI Event Marketing That Feels Human

Sam Eitzen on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

Blending Hospitality and Technology to Create Unforgettable Events

Snapbar episode of Just Now Possible with Teresa Torres

Just Now Possible

From COVID Pivot to AI World Building

Sam Eitzen on The Necessary Entrepreneur

The Necessary Entrepreneur

The One Leadership Trait Every Founder Underrates

Sam Eitzen on the Trade Show Insights podcast

Trade Show Insights

Using AI to Amplify (Not Replace) the Human Connection

Sam Eitzen on the Predictable Revenue Podcast

Predictable Revenue Podcast

Startup Origins and Evolution with Sam Eitzen

It’s been a wild ride. We feel so lucky to work with some of the most creative people and brands around the world to continue delivering on our original mission - capturing moments and giving people a reason to smile.

At the heart of everything we do is a simple premise: people love to share the best of what they experience. Our products are designed to tap into this desire, enabling fun, engaging content creation that resonates with people, and delivers value for brands.

As we look to the future, we're excited about the possibilities that lie ahead. Brands want marketing people actually take part in, AI keeps expanding what a photo or video experience can be, and guests expect experiences made for them. Together, that's an incredible opportunity for innovation and growth.

Whether you want a modern digital photo booth at your next event or an AI-powered campaign that turns every guest into marketing fuel, we can do that. Capturing moments and connecting people is our passion and inspiration for everything we build.

Thank you for being a part of our journey. We can't wait to see what we'll create together!

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