Before There Was Snapchat, There Was Vine Dom Hofmann, original co-founder of the Internet startup known as Vine, is working on a new mobile app known as v2 or V2. His business model is simple, Hofmann plans to improve upon current video streaming mobile apps with a new company. Vine was independently launched and acquired by Twitter in 2012. Four years later in 2016, Twitter announced that they would discontinue the posting ability for users, but still allow them to access an archive of the streaming content. Currently Twitter still owns Vine, and with v2 Hofmann hopes to create a