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uCiC ('you see, I see'), from Snapwise Inc., was a mobile app that let users request on-demand, real-time photos and videos from any location by tapping people nearby to capture the moment. It grew to hundreds of thousands of users before the team pivoted the company into Ground News.

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500K+uCiC users (2017)TechWaterloo stage 2017-08-03

The people

Harleen KaurCo-founder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Sukh SinghCo-founder (Ground News)profile coming

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About

Founded by Harleen Kaur as part of Snapwise Inc. in Kitchener-Waterloo, uCiC crowdsourced live photos and videos from specific places, reaching over half a million users per Kaur's 2017 TechWaterloo talk. The company later pivoted and rebranded into Ground News, the media-bias news platform Kaur now leads with co-founder Sukh Singh.

Backers

Successor company Ground News backed via University of Waterloo's Velocity incubator and seed investors

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What was uCiC?

A crowdsourced app for requesting real-time photos and videos from any location.

What happened to uCiC?

The company pivoted and rebranded into Ground News, the media-bias news platform.

What is Ground News?

A platform that compares how outlets across the political spectrum cover the same story and rates them for bias and reliability.

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