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Clapit is an English language social entertainment community and free social media application for showcasing new talent. Users upload performance videos in response to an Open call for talent inside the app. Music, dance, and modeling are some examples of Open Calls for talent in Clapit.

History
The company, Clap Online Ptd Ltd, was founded in 2015 in Sydney, Australia by entrepreneurs Mary Jane Bulseco and Paul Bedwell, who raised AU $2.57M and broke the Australian record for seed round funding in 2015. Clap Online Ptd Ltd. was incorporated in the United States of America as Clap Online Inc. in 2016. Clapit is presently distributed through the Apple App Store as a free mobile app.

Features
In the application, celebrity talent and users announce open calls to the community, who then submit their talents via video, GIF or photo submissions. Users can announce an open call for talent via video upload with an accompanying unique hashtag. The algorithm of the social media application is based on users clapping individual performance videos. In the app, claps are aggregated votes of approval. Performances with the most claps move from the new to the Best Chart feed.

Open Calls
Clapit launched its first Open Call, #makemeamuse, in May 2016. #Makemeamuse was an online contest for the most expressive face in America and users uploaded photographs of selfies with a clapit bubble filter. The most clapped individual and winner of the Open Call was Emma Scribner, a neuroscience student at the University of Texas, Austin, who was awarded a three-year long modeling contract with Muse Model Management, an NYC-based modeling agency. The second Open Call, #iamallwoman, featured models Charli Howard and Clementine Desseaux and their body positive campaign to increase awareness and appreciation of different body sizes and shapes in media and the fashion industry. #Danceit, the third Open Call for street dance talent, was launched in October 2016 and hosted by Omari Mizrahi (Ousmane Wiles) and Shea Mizrahi (Shireen Rahimi) of House of Mizrahi, a vogue house.