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Ryan Probasco

Co-founder at Utility Team Labs

#944581@bitdrift

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Joined on July 9th, 2017

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@abadesi There were! My co-founder Josh discovered really quickly that he could troll me by recording concerts he was at and seeing me get jealous. To this day lots of group chats we hear about often involve friends teasing one another. I guess when you know you can see your friends' reactions it changes what you choose to send.

3yr ago

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Hi Everyone, Since this is our first time launching a product on Product Hunt, I wanted to start by saying hi and introducing myself and the team. We’re three engineers who were lucky enough to be a part of the very early team that built Pinterest going all the way back to 2011. After 5 amazing years, Josh, Evrhet, and myself decided it was time to follow our dreams and build a few product ideas of our own. We founded Utility Team Labs last year and started building. Today we’re excited to introduce our first product, Hollagram. It’s a new iPhone app that combines the experience of live video chat with the convenience of texting. How does it work? To put it simply, Hollagram: * lets you record and send video messages to your friends any time. * captures authentic reactions by recording your friends _as they watch_ your messages. * combines your original video and their reaction into a single continuous video stream that can be saved and rewatched any time. Over the summer we got to test Hollagram with our friends and family and an amazing community of testers who helped us realize just how special face-to-face interactions are in a world increasingly ruled by hashtags and emojis. We discovered that people really do miss seeing and talking to one another — they just don’t always have an easy way that fits their daily routine. We made Hollagram to give people more opportunities to share meaningful moments together even when they can’t be physically (or online) together at the same time. A few other features worth mentioning: * Groups - chat in groups of up to 6 friends. Send a video and see reactions from 5 friends simultaneously. * Filters - we included a basic set of filters aimed at helping you feel comfortable on camera. Nothing revolutionary here--sometimes you just don’t want anyone seeing your messy bedhead. * Individual messages can be up to 30 seconds long. * Messages between you and your friends are private (although you can choose to download them to your camera roll for easy sharing). Thanks for checking it out! We look forward to hearing your feedback and would love to answer your questions.

3yr ago