Picurio
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Picurio was a Mountain View, California photo-sharing startup from Y Combinator's Winter 2009 batch that made sharing photos between large groups simple. Users uploaded photos to a web 'room' (about 2 GB of storage, with an iPhoto-like interface), invited friends via a shareable link, and everyone could contribute their own photos. It integrated with Facebook, allowed zip downloads, and stayed free as long as users kept adding friends to rooms ($4.95 extended a room by 30 days).
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded; YC W09
Picurio joins Y Combinator's Winter 2009 batch and removes the beta label in July, pitching group photo sharing as an iPhoto replacement on the web.
- Company faded
No dated shutdown announcement was found; startup trackers later mark Picurio as probably closed.
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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