Viddy CEO canned for losing cred to Vine, reportedly turning down huge Twitter offer

February 5, 2013 9:35 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Viddy CEO and cofounder Brett O'Brien has been ousted from his role as head of the company after losing much of its buzz to Twitter-owned Vine and reportedly turning down an insane buyout offer from Twitter.

Video-sharing sensation Viddy rockets toward 30M users, banks $30M

May 11, 2012 6:00 AM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Smoking-hot mobile video-sharing startup Viddy has closed a $30 million financing round and is fast-approaching 30 million registered users.

If you’ve taken a two-month hiatus from the Internet, then you’ve most certainly missed Viddy’s overnight comeuppance. The one-year-old company makes …