Elon Musk has hinted in a July 24 post on X that Vine, the short video app once owned by Twitter, is returning with artificial intelligence (AI) involved.
The announcement drew attention online, especially after Rus Yusupov, one of Vine’s original co-founders, posted a video of himself on X lip-syncing to Musk’s AI-related comments.
The clip, which seems to include AI-generated elements, may be an early preview of the new version of the app.
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Yusupov launched the token in January 2025, which hinted at the app’s return at the time by sharing a waitlist link.
The idea of bringing Vine back has been floating around for a while. Twitter, now known as X, acquired Vine in 2012 for approximately $30 million but shut it down in 2017.
In January 2025, Musk mentioned that he was exploring the idea of a Vine reboot. By March, he had reportedly asked an employee at xAI, his company focused on artificial intelligence, to take charge of the project.
Following the news, a Solana
$186.32
-based token called Vine Coin experienced a price surge. It had been trading quietly for months but jumped from a market cap of $42.2 million to a peak of $86.7 million.
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