Vlipsy

Vlipsy is a searchable library of short, sound-enabled video clips — "Vlips" — drawn from movies, television, sports, music, and viral internet culture, positioned as an audio-bearing counterpart to silent GIF libraries such as GIPHY. Clips are typically a few seconds long, trimmed to a specific moment or line, and are organized into browsable categories such as Trending, Popular, New, Memes, Birthdays, Reactions, Sports, News & Politics, Entertainment, and Vine, as well as by emotional tag (Funny, Excited, Thank You, Sad, OMG, Love, Celebrate). Users can also search by feeling, character, or quote; a search for "memes," for example, returns 113 clips with related tags such as #meme, #prequel memes, and #dank memes.

The company's about page frames the product for content creators — YouTubers, TikTokers, podcast editors, and social media managers — who need downloadable HD clips with audio that can be dropped into a video, a livestream, or a group chat. Browsing, in-browser preview, and HD download are free and require no signup. Vlipsy explicitly distinguishes itself from adjacent product categories, stating that it is not a messaging or chat app, not a stock-footage or B-roll library, not a silent GIF keyboard, and not a video editor.

At launch the company also shipped mobile apps for iMessage and Android supporting one-tap sharing into WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook, Messenger, and Twitter, plus downloads for Instagram and Snapchat, and exposed a developer API used for third-party integrations with communication platforms including Skype, Viber, Slack, Telegram, and Kik.

Founding story

Vlipsy was founded in 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia by co-founders Chris Nickless and Matt Tew, who had already worked together for about a decade building messaging and social consumer products, together with a team of consumer startup veterans. Their premise was that as people increasingly communicate in emojis, GIFs, and clips, the missing ingredient was sound. Techstars Atlanta Managing Director Michael Cohn said the program backed the company because of the founders' prior decade of work on messaging and social consumer products.

Business model

Vlipsy operates a free, web-based clip library that requires no account to browse or download, and it distributes the same content through mobile apps and a developer API that lets messaging and communication platforms embed its catalog. Third-party profiling places the company in the 2-10 employee range with estimated annual revenue under $1 million, and its site runs advertising technology including Amazon Advertising and Google AdSense.

The clip library itself is free to browse and download without an account. The site carries advertising technology including Google AdSense and Amazon Advertising, and third-party analysis frames potential monetization around content partnerships, licensing, and API integrations; estimated annual revenue is under $1 million.

Traction

By the October 2017 Techstars Atlanta Demo Day the company reported early user momentum, mobile apps for iMessage and Android, and distribution partnerships with Skype and Viber; a Techstars listing additionally cites API partners including Slack, Telegram, and Kik. The current site publishes a library spanning thousands of clips across categories, with 113 results returned for the "memes" query alone. As of September 2026 the company is reported at roughly 2 employees with estimated revenue under $1 million.

Latest developments

The company's site continues to operate as a free web library of downloadable HD reaction clips organized by trend, category, and emotion, with the about page positioning the product around creators such as YouTubers, TikTokers, and podcast editors. A business-data profile dated September 2026 lists approximately 2 employees, estimated revenue under $1 million, total funding of about $2 million across three rounds with the most recent on March 28, 2019, and a technology stack including Amazon Web Services, Vercel, Nginx, jsDelivr, Amplitude, Snowplow, Piwik PRO Core, Google AdSense, and Amazon Advertising.