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Glimpse (YC W20) — A social video chat

Deeply engage groups of 4 to 400,000 through 1-on-1 video chats. Match back to back for round-robin chats or use typed rooms for enhanced pairings.

Glimpse is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: A social video chat. The founder listed is Brian Li (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 11, 2020).

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Glimpse

New accelerator entry · 2020-03-11 · the record

Winter 2020
batch
5
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2020
Announced2020-03-11
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size5
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Social
SectorsCommunity, Social
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.joinglimpse.com
Founded2019
Previously known asPlaton, Gravit8 (Previously Platon), Gravitate (Previously Platon), Gravitate

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Deeply engage groups of 4 to 400,000 through 1-on-1 video chats. Match back to back for round-robin chats or use typed rooms for enhanced pairings. Play games, take pictures, and more!

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