YouTube Co-founder Chad Hurley Preparing To Launch Rival Video Site

Six-and-a-half years after selling YouTube to Google, co-founder Chad Hurley, who parted ways with Google in 2010, is preparing to launch a new video platform focused on collaboration, according to Adweek’s Tim Peterson.

Six-and-a-half years after selling YouTube to Google, co-founder Chad Hurley, who parted ways with Google in 2010, is preparing to launch a new video platform focused on collaboration, according to Adweek’s Tim Peterson.

Peterson reports that Hurley said during a Q&A session with Kevin Rose on Saturday afternoon, “I wish [South by Southwest] was a month later because I could unveil the new product,” which he says is “primarily video-based…and gives flexibility for people to work together and create content.”

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