TechCrunch Industry News Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive
Nov 13, 2025
Jack Dorsey invests in diVine, a reboot that revives Vine's legacy with over 100,000 archived six-second videos. diVine emphasizes human-created content by blocking suspected AI uploads and utilizes advanced verification tech. It operates on the decentralized Noster protocol, promoting creative freedom without corporate control. The hosts also explore Microsoft's strategic moves in semiconductor innovations with OpenAI. The episode highlights the demand for authentic social experiences in a tech landscape increasingly dominated by AI.
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Vine Reborn With Decentralized Focus
- Jack Dorsey funded Devine to revive Vine's short-loop video culture using preserved archives and open protocols.
- The project emphasizes human-made content and decentralized, permissionless hosting as an alternative social model.
Prevent AI Uploads With Provenance Checks
- Flag and block suspected generative AI uploads to preserve human-made content authenticity on social platforms.
- Verify new uploads with device-origin checks like The Guardian Project to confirm smartphone recording provenance.
Archive Rescue Became A Reconstruction Project
- Evan Henshaw Plath reconstructed archived Vine files into an app-ready format after months of big-data scripting work.
- The restored archive contains roughly 200,000 videos from about 60,000 creators and subsets of original engagement data.