Twitter co-founders discuss new venture

June 29, 2011, 3:54 AM UTC

As Jessi Hempel reported earlier today, the Twitter founders have decided to get the band back together. Biz Stone, Ev Williams and Jason Goldman have launched Obvious Corp., a stealthy start-up that actually sounds a bit like the original Groupon plan (tech-enabled solutions “to help people work together to improve the world”).

Obvious is not yet giving media interviews, but Stone and Williams did discuss the effort today at The Aspen Ideas Festival. Below is the video:

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