In September 2015, Snapchat acquired Looksery to develop Lenses for its mobile app, a feature based on Looksery's facial recognition software. They were one of the first prominent social media companies to establish themselves there, alongside others such as Whisper and Tinder, giving Venice the new title of " Silicon Beach." In February 2017, two weeks before the company's IPO, The New York Times published a feature about Snap's role in turning the area into a technology hub, noting that Snap, with a total of 1,900 employees, had "already changed the face of Venice." In May 2015, the company moved from its original headquarters to a 47,000 ft 2 (4,366 m 2) office complex near Venice Beach and signed a 10-year lease. In December, the company acquired Vergence Labs for $15 million in cash and stock, who were the developers of Epiphany Eyewear, and the mobile app Scan for $50 million, which was revealed during the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges over its having misled users regarding its collection of their address book data and transmission of their locations (without notice or consent), and regarding its claim that user messages disappeared after their expiration (rather than remaining accessible, as they had).
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In May 2014, the company acquired the software company AddLive to provide needed technology to create a new video chat feature. īy January 2014, the company had refused offers of acquisition, including overtures from Mark Zuckerberg, with Spiegel commenting that "trading that for some short-term gain isn’t very interesting." Her tenure with the company ended in March 2015. Also in December 2013, Emily White, who had been a high-profile executive with Facebook, Instagram, and Google, was hired as COO. On December 31, 2013, the application was hacked and 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers were leaked to the Internet. The company was founded on September 16, 2011, by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy upon the relaunch of the photo sharing app Picaboo as Snapchat. The founders own a combined 95% of voting shares (Spiegel with 48% and Murphy with 47%), which are undiluted and transferable to the other when one retires or dies. on September 24, 2016, in order to include the Spectacles product under the company name. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap Inc. The company developed and maintains technological products and services, namely Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji.
is an American camera and social media company, founded on September 16, 2011, by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown based in Santa Monica, California.
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