What is Clubhouse?
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🗓️ 10 February 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:36.8 | Have you heard of Clubhouse? It's pretty buzzy in Silicon Valley and it's elusive to the |
| 0:42.5 | public. It's got big names, people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are showing up on the app, |
| 0:47.4 | and they're bringing a lot of attention with them. So what even is this? Joining me is Vox's |
| 0:52.6 | Terry Nguyen. Hey, Terry. Hi, Teddy. So give me the quick and dirty what is Clubhouse? Yeah, so Clubhouse |
| 1:00.6 | is an invite only chat app that is pretty much very audio driven. So when people get an invite to |
| 1:07.7 | the platform, they're able to log on and select a room that they want to listen in on, and just |
| 1:13.5 | pretty much listen to conversations. It's kind of like a conference call, sort of like an unedited |
| 1:18.8 | podcast, but people are just there to just listen to what other people have to say and maybe a |
| 1:24.4 | chime in if they're given the chance. Gotcha. So these are sort of like pop up panels, conference calls, |
| 1:31.9 | and this is new, right? It's in a beta launch phase, but it's got a couple million users. |
| 1:38.2 | Tell me like the types of people who are on Clubhouse right now in this beta stage. |
| 1:42.8 | So the app launched in March 2020, but it really took off sort of in the early months of 2021, |
| 1:50.3 | and a lot of people, a lot of different types of people are on it, but kind of if you're paying |
| 1:54.6 | attention to Silicon Valley figures, there's a lot of tech folk on there, a lot of founders, |
| 2:00.9 | people who work in startups, venture capitalists, investors, and there's also a number of people |
| 2:07.0 | from creative industries. There are a lot of black creators, entertainers, and hip hop industry |
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