Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto
After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.
Source: Facebook is making a clone of live group video chat app Houseparty that's called Bonfire and is slated to debut this fall
Gather 'round the Bonfire — Facebook is building a standalone app that incorporates ideas from Houseparty, the group video chat app that rose from the ashes of Meerkat, The Verge has learned.
Sources: Meerkat founders raise about $50M for Houseparty in a round led by Sequoia, with previous Life on Air investors Aleph, Comcast, Greylock participating
and it just got a $50 million check Tweets: Katie Jacobs Stanton / @katies : So impressed with @benrbn and the Meerkat's team pivot to @houseparty. If my kids are any indication, it's a huge hit! @C...
Sources: Meerkat founders raise about $50M for Houseparty in a round led by Sequoia, with previous Life on Air investors Aleph, Comcast, Greylock participating
Live video chat apps are shaping up as the next obsession for Silicon Valley investors. The latest object of attention is Houseparty …
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty
Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty
Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
Meerkat stealth launched its new group video chat app, Houseparty, in February
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Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead
Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the rol...
Meerkat Is Ditching the Livestream — And Chasing a Video Social Network Instead
Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company's 48 investors laying bare an observation that he'd made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the rol...