Reble
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Reble (reble.fm) was a Y Combinator Summer 2007 startup founded by Nick Meyer that made free desktop software for streaming music from friends' computers. Built on the open-source Jabber instant-messaging platform, the Windows-only client hooked into a friend's iTunes or music library so you could stream songs from anyone online on your contact list — a one-to-one P2P system where inviting more friends grew the shared library. It launched in public beta on February 5, 2008.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Reble was founded and entered Y Combinator's Summer 2007 batch.
- Beta
Reble.FM launched in public beta: free software to stream songs from friends' PCs.
- Status
Reble is listed as Inactive by Y Combinator and startups.rip.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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