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They were acquired by Snap a year or so ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gfycat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gfycat

• justaj 3y ago
  What's weird is that I can not find any announcement or an article mentioning this acquisition.
  • santiagobasulto 3y ago
    Same, I was looking for the same thing.
  • deleted 3y ago
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  • networked 3y ago
    It is weird how little information there is about the acquisition. An HN comment from a month ago has links to evidence the acquisition took place: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36015157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36015157. The title of the official LinkedIn page (https://archive.is/uqBnf https://archive.is/uqBnf) says "Gfycat (acquired by Snap Inc)". It looks like it really happened, just quietly. There is something funny about Snap buying a company and then setting a timer to delete all the videos. Shame about the data loss.