Zivity Founder Bares All
Without a doubt, one of the most controversial startups of 2007 was Zivity. The site basically acts as a social networking venue for aspiring adult models by allowing the models to upload photos and build a following. It’s also one of the first adult sites to receive financial backing from Silicon Valley.
The founders describe the service as:
… a reality media platform for sexy models and beautiful photography where members get to distribute royalties to the models and photos they find appealing via Zivity’s patent-pending dollar-backed voting system. With a $10 subscription, members receive five votes every month to cast for their favorite Zivity stars.
One of the models is co-founder Cyan Banister. Banister already has a set of pictures uploaded but they are apparently strictly PG-13. Next week, she reportedly plans to add another set that includes topless photos, and says that she may go completely nude in future updates.
In 2000, at just 22-years-old, Banister won the “Sexiest Geek Alive” award so she isn’t exactly new to getting attention for her looks but has never gone nude.
You can expect to hear more on Zivity over the next few weeks. They will be expanding the number of beta users and will soon begin to open the site up to some of the 20,000 people who have already signed up to get a peek.
Source: TechCrunch
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