Google has acquired Wavii, a company that has developed a natural language processing app used for creating status updates for your favorite politicians, gadgets, and celebrities. The value of the transaction is rumored to be at over $30 million, according to TechCrunch. Apparently Apple outbid Google for the acquisition of Wavii.
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At the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas, a film called “Downloaded” will premiere during the Film Festival in March. The film will be based on the rise and fall of Napster, the P2P file sharing software created by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. The two battled against music record labels after launching the program. The film was directed by Alex Winters, the actor that played “Bill” in the Bill & Ted franchise. Winters is also known for directing the Cannes Official Selection film FEVER and two Emmy-nominated Ben 10 movies for Cartoon Network.
Even though Airtime raised a lot in funding, through a launch event with many celebrities, a viral video commercial with a lot of celebrities, and added video posting/conversation history, and buddy lists, the company still continues to struggle. The CTO of the company Eric Feng is exiting the company and so is Airtime co-founder Shawn Fanning.
Airtime is a video startup company founded by the two guys that started Napster together, Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning. The company left alpha mode in June 2012 and had a grand launch with many celebrities at the launch event. Last month Airtime also launched a viral video featuring several celebrities. Now Airtime has announced several new features.
Airtime is a video chatting startup that was created by Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. Sean Parker is the former President of Facebook and is known as being portrayed by Justin Timberlake in the movie “The Social Network.” When Airtime launched last month, they were plagued with technical difficulties while presenting a demo of their product with celebrities like Olivia Munn, Joel McHale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Helms, and Jim Carrey. So how has Airtime been doing since then?
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As you all know, the Napster founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning have reunited to launch a new company called Airtime. Before the company officially launched today, Airtime acquired a video startup company called Erly. At the launch party, there were many celebrities to help win the audience over. Celebrities in attendance included Olivia Munn, Joel McHale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Helms, and Jim Carrey. Unfortunately, during the demo, there were some glitches caused by a custom built Intranet for the event making Airtime look bad even though it was not their fault.
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Airtime is a video startup company that was founded by Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. Airtime is still in stealth mode, but they have made their first acquisition. Airtime acquired Erly, a company that lets people create “a beautiful webpage for your event.” The event page lets you invite guests, collect photos/videos/stories, and browse updates from your friends’ events. Erly was founded by former Hulu CTO Eric Feng. On top of acquiring their first company, Airtime has announced a new $25 million round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, and Google Ventures participated in this round of funding as well. Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon is joining Airtime’s board of directors as part of the new round of funding. Airtime is expected to launch on June 5th.
[Left: Shawn Fanning, Right: Sean Parker]
Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker is best known for working together on Napster. Sean Parker was referred to as a co-founder in Napster in the movie The Social Network, but he was an early employee in the music sharing company that Shawn Fanning founded. Now the two are working together on a new video chat project called Yo.
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