Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology

Skylight, a start -up company based on Tiktok with a more open alternative, launches its mobile application on Tuesday after only 10 weeks of active development. The app, supported by Mark Kobe and others, is one of the many who broadcast on top of the protocol – the same technology that supports the Bluesky social network and an increasing number of other applications.

Skylight by the co -founders of Tori White (CEO) and Reed Harmeyer (CTO) offers a short video application experience with many familiar features, including the video editor inside the application; The ability to comment, such as, sharing videos; Prepare your user profile; Follow others.

Since it is also based on the AT (ATPROTO “protocol for a short period), users will be immediately exploited in the Bluesky network, which includes more than 33.8 million users. This means that the videos posted on Skylight can be seen by users on ATPROTO applications and other applications, such as the most focused app focus on images, for example.

The company is funded by the pre -seed round of the Cuban, which said earlier this year he wanted to finance a TIKTOK alternative based on the protocol. Leslie Feinzaig’s Graham & Walker Venture Fund has also invested.

White, who used to be influential in travel and is now developed self -taught programs that live in Seattle.

In preparation for the ban, which is currently stopping, White has copied Tiktok videos. But she is still concerned about losing access to her community and comments. She and Hermeer were already playing with ATPROTO and saw the capabilities.

“The first thing that cares about ATPROTO is that Bluesky did not fail,” Haryre told Techcrunch at the Atmosphere Conference in Seattle in March. “We haven’t seen” failure whale “, referring to the drawing that appeared in the first days of Twitter when the application was constantly disrupted.” This made us feel comfortable towards basic technology. “

Harmer White soon realized that this was an ideal time to build a new social application on the protocol that could be “resistant to ban.”

It took advantage of the background of the influencer, White began documenting the Skylight’s development on Tiktok, which helped achieve exposure to the product and build a group of potential interested users.

“We started distribution,” White explained. “I actually made a video before writing a group of code for this … [so] “Everyone can follow our journey during our construction. So we have to build a way to tell people so that they can do so He was Care because we know that people need it. “

Today, the White’s Buildwithtori Tiktok profile contains approximately 50,000 followers, many of whom have turned into an early test.

Like Bluesky, Skylight supports three -minute video downloads, which is a recent increase in one minute -minute videos. But White believes that the manner becomes more than just cloning decentralization.

It hints that Skylight in the future will allow users to allocate their conclusion, including using new gestures that exceed the beating and scroll.

Other features of business include support, diodes, stitches, reference signals and operating lists.

The Beta app at Google Play Store is now publicly available on the Apple App Store after the initial test.