AVOS Systems

AVOS Systems was an internet company established in 2011 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Vijay Karunamurthy. Hurley and Chen were among the co-founders of YouTube, and AVOS initially attracted attention as a vehicle for developing and acquiring consumer internet services after the founders' earlier success in online video. The company operated across social bookmarking, social analytics, web curation, and video sharing rather than presenting a single narrowly defined consumer category. One of AVOS's earliest notable transactions was the acquisition of Delicious, the social bookmarking service, announced in April 2011. The transfer from Yahoo to AVOS was completed in June 2011. The acquisition placed AVOS in the market for services that helped users save, organize, discover, and share web links. In May 2011, AVOS also acquired Tap 11, a social analytics company. These transactions reflected an early strategy of assembling a portfolio of internet properties and tools rather than building only one product from the ground up. AVOS subsequently experimented with new consumer web concepts. In 2012, it launched Zeen, a web curation service whose name referenced the idea of a digital magazine or zine. Zeen allowed users to create video-oriented magazines and curate media for presentation to others. The service was discontinued in 2013, illustrating the company's willingness to shut down experimental products that did not become durable businesses. The company's best-known internally developed product was MixBit, a video-sharing service released on August 8, 2013. MixBit was designed around collaborative and dynamic video creation, allowing users to combine clips into shared videos. Its iPhone application appeared in August 2013, followed by an Android application approximately two months later. MixBit entered a competitive market that included Vine, owned by Twitter, and Instagram, owned by Facebook. Despite its connection to prominent YouTube founders, MixBit did not become a lasting major consumer video platform and ceased operations on August 21, 2018. In 2014, AVOS changed its organizational focus, moving from an incubator model toward a single-company structure centered on MixBit. Before that refocusing was complete, AVOS sold Delicious to Science Inc. in May 2014. The sale marked the end of AVOS's direct ownership of the social bookmarking property. Later descriptions associate MixBit with InvoiceOwl, although the available reference material does not establish the precise timing or terms of that relationship. The current corporate status of AVOS Systems, its headquarters, ownership, and continuing operations are not established by the supplied sources.

AVOS Systems emerged in 2011 as an internet venture founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Vijay Karunamurthy. Hurley and Chen brought experience from co-founding YouTube, while the company pursued a broader portfolio strategy spanning online communities, media tools, and social software. Rather than limiting itself to one product category, AVOS combined acquisitions with internally developed services. The company's first major move was its acquisition of Delicious. The transaction was announced in April 2011, and operational control transferred in June. Delicious was known as a social bookmarking service, giving users tools to save, organize, and share links. In May of the same year, AVOS acquired Tap 11, a social analytics company. Together, these deals indicated an effort to build a collection of consumer internet assets and supporting technologies. AVOS continued to test new formats. In 2012 it launched Zeen, a web curation service that allowed users to create video magazines. The product drew on the digital-magazine concept suggested by its name, but it was discontinued in 2013. That same year, AVOS released MixBit, a video-sharing and collaborative editing service. MixBit launched on August 8, 2013, with an iPhone application in August and an Android application approximately two months later. Its market included other short-form and social video services such as Vine and Instagram. In 2014, AVOS sold Delicious to Science Inc. and changed its operating model from an incubator toward a company focused on MixBit. MixBit ultimately ceased operations on August 21, 2018. Reference material also connects MixBit with InvoiceOwl, but does not provide enough information to document the exact nature, date, or commercial terms of that connection. The available material does not establish whether AVOS Systems remains active as a standalone company, nor does it identify a current headquarters, owner, executive team, or successor entity.

• 2018

  MixBit shuts down

  [2]MixBiten.wikipedia.org

  MixBit ceases operations on August 21.

• 2014

  Delicious sold to Science Inc.

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS sells Delicious to Science Inc. in May.

• 2014

  Business focus narrows to MixBit

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS moves from an incubator model to a structure centered on MixBit.

• 2013

  Zeen closes

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS discontinues Zeen.

• 2013

  MixBit launches

  [2]MixBiten.wikipedia.org

  AVOS releases MixBit, a collaborative video-sharing service, on August 8.

• 2012

  Zeen launches

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS introduces a video-oriented web curation service for creating digital magazines.

• 2011

  AVOS Systems is founded

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Vijay Karunamurthy establish AVOS Systems as an internet company.

• 2011

  Delicious acquisition announced

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS announces its purchase of Delicious; the service transitions to AVOS in June.

• 2011

  Tap 11 acquired

  [1]AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org

  AVOS acquires the social analytics company Tap 11.

An internet venture and product company focused on acquiring, incubating, and developing consumer social and media services.

• Social bookmarking

  Delicious

  Delicious was a social bookmarking service that let users save, organize, discover, and share web links. AVOS acquired the service in 2011 and assumed control after a transition in June. AVOS later sold Delicious to Science Inc. in May 2014, ending its ownership of the property.

• Social analytics

  Tap 11

  Tap 11 was a social analytics company acquired by AVOS in May 2011. The supplied reference material identifies the transaction and Tap 11's general business area but does not provide sufficient detail about its products, subsequent integration, or current status.

• Web curation · 2012

  Zeen

  Zeen was a web curation service launched by AVOS in 2012. It enabled users to assemble video magazines, combining curated media with a digital-publication format. AVOS discontinued the service in 2013.

• Video sharing · 2013

  MixBit

  MixBit was a collaborative video-sharing service released by AVOS on August 8, 2013. It allowed users to create dynamic shared videos from clips and competed in the social video market with services including Vine and Instagram. Its iPhone app launched in August 2013, followed by an Android app about two months later. MixBit ceased operations on August 21, 2018.

• 2014

  Shift from incubator to MixBit-focused companyStrategy

  Background

  After experimenting with acquisitions and multiple internet products, AVOS changed its structure and operating emphasis.

  Action taken

  The company moved away from an incubator model and concentrated its activity on MixBit.

  Aftermath

  MixBit remained the central identified AVOS product until it ceased operations in 2018. The subsequent status of AVOS Systems is not established in the supplied sources.

  Source

• 2014

  Sale of Delicious to Science Inc.M&A

  Background

  AVOS owned Delicious after acquiring it in 2011 while reshaping its wider internet portfolio.

  Action taken

  AVOS sold Delicious to Science Inc. in May 2014.

  Aftermath

  The transaction ended AVOS's ownership of the social bookmarking service.

  Source

1. 1AVOS Systemsen.wikipedia.org
2. 2MixBiten.wikipedia.org