Press FAQ

What is Slipstream?

Slipstream helps you find what you like on Twitter by hiding what you don't care about.

Use Cases

Slipstream is great for eliminating very common things like:

  1. Foursquare checkins
  2. Users who live-tweet events
  3. Daily greetings like "good morning!"
  4. #FollowFriday or #FF
  5. Paper.li mentions
  6. Trending Topics

Logo

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Screenshots

Hide any tweet on Twitter.com

Hide button added to every tweet on Twitter.com

Just tell Slipstream what to look for... it's flexible!

Slipstream's hide a tweet form

Quickly see what Slipstream's hiding

What Slipstream is hiding

Company History

In late 2009, Arthur Klepchukov (@artvankilmer) got tired of his love-hate relationship with Twitter. One day it was manageable, then, overwhelming. Sometimes spammy, sometimes serendipitous. Never predictable. He pictured a stream where the items you'd like to read were already highlighted for you.

The first prototype was created in February 2010 at a Startup @ Berkeley hackathon, a group Arthur was involved in during his time at UC Berkeley. He won 4th place, the only one-man team to do so. That garnered a brief mention on TechCrunch.

A second prototype arrived in the summer, with input from vocal Twitter users and Hacker News. It was a Twitter client focused on explicitly filtering out what people don't want to see.

Slipstream made it into LaunchBox Digital's third class in Fall 2010. During the program and with Kacy Fortner's help, Slipstream arrived at it's third prototype, a Google Chrome extension that brought the second prototype's filtering functionality to Twitter.com. Slipstream launched on 1/11/11 as part of LaunchBox Digital's third Demo Day.

Slipstream is based in Berkeley, CA.

Funding

Slipstream received $20,000 of seed funding from LaunchBox Digital in August 2010.

Team

Arthur Klepchukov

Founder & CEO

Arthur is a web developer and designer who loves startups, the Bay Area, and Twitter. He's worked at a bunch of interesting places, launched at TechCrunch50, and moved 15+ times. Arthur has been a passionate Twitter user since mid 2008, well before Oprah but late enough where too many tweets were already a problem. He loves using Twitter professionally.

Michael Berolzheimer, Bruce Boehm, Dov Cohn, LaunchBox Digital

Advisors

Michael, Bruce, and Dov are an essential part of Slipstream. Michael's input on Slipstream's early beginnings had a lot to do with the company getting into LaunchBox. As a prominent angel investor, Bruce can always be counted on in helping Slipstream prioritize and tackle the essentials. Dov, another passionate Twitter user, is full of great ideas that help shape the product and the marketing.

Contact

Email: press@slipstre.am
Twitter: @slipstre_am