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Flutter
Flutter (YC W12) brought Kinect-style webcam gesture control to desktop media apps before Google acquired it in 2013.
Stage
acquired
Status
acquired
Coverage
full
Why Flutter is interesting
Pre-touch-bar Mac users could pause Spotify with a hand wave — Google bought the computer-vision team to bolster Chrome and hardware UX.
Key facts
- Seed (Jun 2012): $1.4M from a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and NEA (/fund/new-enterprise-associates) (Y Combinator, TechCrunch)
- Exit (Oct 2013): Acquired by Google for ~$40M (TechCrunch)
- Product: webcam gesture control for desktop media apps (Spotify, iTunes, VLC)
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Industries
Consumer AI & Machine Learning
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FAQs about Flutter
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Flutter built gesture-recognition software that let users control desktop media apps like Spotify and iTunes via webcam hand gestures — pause, play, skip with a wave.
Flutter's seed round included Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) and NEA (/fund/new-enterprise-associates). It was a Y Combinator W12 company.
Google acquired Flutter in October 2013 for approximately $40M, integrating the computer-vision team into Chrome and hardware UX efforts.
It brought Kinect-style gesture control to everyday desktop apps before touch bars or voice assistants were mainstream — an early consumer computer-vision bet.
Flutter was acquired by Google in 2013. The standalone product is discontinued; the team was absorbed into Google.
Last updated: 2026-07-24