2005 · Seed
Would you have funded YouTube?
A website for sharing videos
Three former PayPal employees have a website where anyone can upload a video and share it with a link. Hosting video is expensive, and much of what gets uploaded may infringe copyright.
- High bandwidth costs
- Copyright risk
Show what happened
🦄 Breakout
YouTube Google bought it in November 2006 for $1.65 billion.
A venture firm invested early.
Sources: YouTube (Wikipedia)
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