Glide is an instant video messaging platform for

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, Android, and

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mobile devices. The app enables a user to live stream broadcast brief video clips, in a similar way as sending

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. Glide communicates through WiFi, 3G, 4G,and LTE. Users have the ability to send private videos up to five minutes to a desired list of contacts. Recipients have the freedom to watch and respond to the video instantly or later. All messages can be watched anytime and saved on the cloud. This

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-based startup was founded by Jonathan Caras, Adam Korbl, and Ari Roisman on May 15, 2012, and was launched to the public in March 2013. Glide won the

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Startup Battlefield Audience Choice award at the publication's disrupt New York Technology conference in 2013. In 2015, Glide reported having more than 15 million active users.

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