Snap’s best features come from acquisitions. The founder who sold it Looksery to power AR masks left & just sold it his Deepfakes startup for $166M https://t.co/qdfToFyES0

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) January 3, 2020

Nothing inspires confidence like a "Ukraine-based vision startup" in a social media company. https://t.co/ZJ8nLPXKak

— Ed Bott (@edbott) January 3, 2020

It is one of those weird artifacts of the size of markets that a company that makes selfie lenses for Snapchat can be worth $160M https://t.co/HhujSCByxv

— Laurie Voss (@seldo) January 3, 2020

"Deepfake" has quickly gone from dystopian to hot new social feature, which really is as dystopian as you can get. Also Snap has now confirmed the deal, but not the terms (I'm confident my story's right). https://t.co/elCiKlZbwj

— Ingrid (@ingridlunden) January 3, 2020

It isn’t just FB that buys its way to new things but the discourse is aggressively framed as such https://t.co/UutjADXCXJ

— Sar Haribhakti (@sarthakgh) January 3, 2020

Not to be out done by #TikTok, #Snapchat acquires a Ukraine-based company called #AI Factory for $166M, for new #deepfake video capabilitieshttps://t.co/D2wuABPF6V
Learn how this technology works here: https://t.co/PSAV7R5x1L

— Ian P. McCarthy (@Toffeemen68) January 4, 2020

Snap Confirms Acquisition of Deepfakes Startup AI Factory, Used to Power ‘Cameos’ Selfie Videos https://t.co/ofiCKInbsY

— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) January 4, 2020

Oh no, if you needed another reason not to use snap https://t.co/Ngp1haCv00

— Falcon Heavy Fairing (@HeavyFairing) January 4, 2020

Snap Confirms Acquisition of Deepfakes Startup AI Factory, Used to Power ‘Cameos’ Selfie Videos

Now feels like a great time to delete Snapchat, if you haven’t, already. https://t.co/MA3ZR6TAXt

— Travel Snack ?? (@lenubienne) January 4, 2020

.@Snap Confirms Acquisition of Deepfakes Startup AI Factory, Used to Power 'Cameos' Selfie Videos https://t.co/J5QUWocGH3

— Todd Spangler (@xpangler) January 3, 2020

Snapchat's parent company has acquired AI Factory, the Ukrainian startup it worked with to develop its new "Cameos" feature that maps selfies onto videos.https://t.co/8r5JEodffA

— Axios (@axios) January 3, 2020

Huh it’s almost as if vertical integration to facilitate tech transfer occurs at all levels of firm size https://t.co/fsoV1pomzp

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) January 4, 2020

Snapchat quietly acquired AI Factory, the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M via @TechCrunch https://t.co/C2Hey1hknf pic.twitter.com/cT5raesSLl

— Bradley Leimer (@leimer) January 5, 2020

Bitmojiの買収もそうですが、Snapの買収する会社は面白く、次の機能活用にすぐに使えるものをいつも探しているように見える。https://t.co/If8rmoFhZR

— Tetsuro Miyatake (@tmiyatake1) January 5, 2020

Snap’s best features come from acquisitions. The founder who sold it Looksery to power AR masks left & just sold it his Deepfakes startup for $166M https://t.co/qdfToFyES0

— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) January 3, 2020

Snapchat quietly acquired #AI Factory, the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M https://t.co/vvZYgNhx0F via @techcrunch

— Cathy Hackl #CES2020 #AR #VR #SpatialComputing #AI (@CathyHackl) January 3, 2020

Snapchat quietly acquired AI Factory, the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M – TechCrunch https://t.co/EQvQUrhQzv pic.twitter.com/moFOCwgd5W

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) January 4, 2020

Snapchat quietly acquired AI Factory, the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M https://t.co/EQvQUrhQzv pic.twitter.com/ISRL6dzlPT

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) January 4, 2020

Snapchat quietly acquired #AIFactory,

the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M https://t.co/sR6sntOvmT #fitnech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning @ingridlunden #DeepFakes #SocialMedia @Timothy_Hughes @jaypalter @Fisher85M @Paula_Piccard pic.twitter.com/fxaHtEXZxQ

— Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris) January 4, 2020

Snapchat and TikTok are Both Reportedly Working on New 'Deepfake' Type Features https://t.co/Sa06WXISOa

— Matteo G.P. Flora (@lastknight) January 5, 2020

Snapchat and TikTok are Both Reportedly Working on New 'Deepfake' Type Features https://t.co/L36dcg7apS

— Nasidi Adamu Yahaya (@Nasidi_Kura) January 5, 2020

Google, Facebook and Twitter are all working to get ahead of the growth of deepfakes. Could we see the next level of misinformation in 2020? https://t.co/S1zHWguJg6

— Andrew Hutchinson (@adhutchinson) January 4, 2020

Snapchat and TikTok are Both Reportedly Working on New 'Deepfake' Type Features https://t.co/G0bMN6QXSP

— DanaGarrison (@DanaGarrison) January 4, 2020