Dominik Hofmann (born September 27, 1986) is an American

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and programmer. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of

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as well as being the creator of

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and Loot.

Career

Vine

In June 2012, Hofmann co-founded Vine, which was a 6-second video service with

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and

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acquired the app in 2012 for $30 million and the app was shut down by Twitter in 2016. During the shutdown process, Hofmann went public with his disagreement on how Vine was handled.

Peach

In January 2016, Hofmann introduced

at the Consumer Electronics Show in

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. The app received major media attention until Hofmann began to focus less on the app and more on other projects.

Byte

Byte (formerly dubbed v2) is a 16-second looping video app. The app's purpose is to be the successor app to Vine after its original shutdown. Hofmann was public with his disagreement on how Vine was handled. He has stated the project will be "personally funded" and was released for iOS and Android on January 24, 2020.

Personal life

Hofmann was born in 1986. He has a younger brother and met

and

while working at Jetsetter.

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