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Snap Inc. is an American technology company, founded on September 16, 2011, by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown based in Santa Monica, California.The company developed and maintains technological products and services, namely Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji.
Snapchat was released as an Android app on October 29, 2012. [21] In June 2013, Snapchat version 5.0, dubbed "Banquo", was released for iOS. The updated version introduced several speed and design enhancements, including swipe navigation, double-tap to reply, an improved friend finder, and in-app profiles. [23]
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At Snapchat, Murphy has led the engineering and research teams. [12] Murphy has also worked with Snapchat's Snap Labs team, which produced Spectacles camera glasses in 2018. [13] [14] At the time of Snapchat's IPO in 2017, Murphy and Spiegel held over 45% of the company's total stock. They also held over 70% of the voting power.
[8] [9] The app's popularity grew significantly and in 2012, Spiegel left Stanford to focus on Snapchat shortly before completing his degree. [1] [10] By the end of 2012, Spiegel's Snapchat app had reached 1 million daily active users. [8] He later completed his remaining credits and graduated in 2018. [11] [12]
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