Dom Hofmann

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Dom Hofmann
Born
Dominik Hofmann

(1986-09-27) September 27, 1986 (age 36)
New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Years active2012–present
Known forCo-founding Vine and founding Peach and Byte
TitleCo-founder of Vine
Website domhofmann.com

Dominik Hofmann [1] (born September 27, 1986) is an American entrepreneur and programmer. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of Vine as well as being the creator of Peach, Byte and Loot. [2]

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Career

Vine

In June 2012, Hofmann co-founded Vine, which was a 6-second video service with Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll. [3] Twitter acquired the app in 2012 for $30 million [4] and the app was shut down by Twitter in 2016. [5] [6] During the shutdown process, Hofmann went public with his disagreement on how Vine was handled. [7]

Peach

In January 2016, Hofmann introduced Peach at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [8] The app received major media attention until Hofmann began to focus less on the app and more on other projects. [9] [10]

Byte

Byte (formerly dubbed v2) is a 16-second looping video app. [11] [12] The app's purpose is to be the successor app to Vine after its original shutdown. Hofmann was public with his disagreement on how Vine was handled. [13] He has stated the project will be "personally funded" [14] and was released for iOS and Android on January 24, 2020. [15]

Personal life

Hofmann was born in 1986. He has a younger brother and met Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll while working at Jetsetter. [16]

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