The Snapchat logo seems to float over Ocean Front Walk in Los Angeles' Venice neighborhood in 2013. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
LOS ANGELES: Snap, the company behind Snapchat, has acquired a small Venice, California-based drone startup dubbed Ctrl Me, which counted some Hollywood studios among its clients.
Buzzfeed first reported about the acquisition Friday afternoon, and Variety has since learned from a source familiar with the deal that it actually happened late last year.
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