Sean Parker and Sean Fanning launch a new startup: Airtime
Many years ago, these two founded Napster. Then, when the company went bankrupt under the weight of the lawsuits of the right holders, the fate spread partners. During this time, Sean Parker managed to create Plaxo, participate in the creation of Facebook, work in Spotify and finally meet with a former partner in the startup Andrei Ternovsky - Chatroulette, sponsored by Yuri Milner.
However, "with all due respect to Andrew," said Sean Parker, "it was just a swarm on the surface of what could in fact be done." Therefore, now the company has not only Yuri Milner’s shareholders, but also other major players like Founders Fund, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, will.i.am, Scott Braun and the founder of TechCrunch - Michael Arrington.
The new company, Airtime, which had the temporary name Supyo, also relies on real-time video chatting, including random people. Unlike social networks, where people mostly limit themselves to the circle of friends, Airtime should contribute to finding and meeting new people. And, given the sad experience of Chatroulette - not with exhibitionists. One of the assumptions that for the choice of the interlocutor the resource will be guided by the declared interests of the user (“Is this a channel about anime?”).
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Details about the planned services have not yet been disclosed, but given the chosen name, journalists assume that not only video chat rooms will be present on the portal, but also the possibility of running video podcasts as you do, for example, Younow.com .
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However, "with all due respect to Andrew," said Sean Parker, "it was just a swarm on the surface of what could in fact be done." Therefore, now the company has not only Yuri Milner’s shareholders, but also other major players like Founders Fund, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, will.i.am, Scott Braun and the founder of TechCrunch - Michael Arrington.
The new company, Airtime, which had the temporary name Supyo, also relies on real-time video chatting, including random people. Unlike social networks, where people mostly limit themselves to the circle of friends, Airtime should contribute to finding and meeting new people. And, given the sad experience of Chatroulette - not with exhibitionists. One of the assumptions that for the choice of the interlocutor the resource will be guided by the declared interests of the user (“Is this a channel about anime?”).
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Details about the planned services have not yet been disclosed, but given the chosen name, journalists assume that not only video chat rooms will be present on the portal, but also the possibility of running video podcasts as you do, for example, Younow.com .
via Techcrunch
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/129916/
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