Friday, March 6, 2015

This "Airbnb For Creative Equipment" Will Rent You Drones, Oculus Rifts, Google Glass, More

New York-based startup Kitsplit is here to help artists. "We want to serve the indie creative industry," a cofounder tells us.

A new startup is betting that the creative class will flock to rent drones, Google Glass headsets, high-end cameras, and Oculus Rift systems online. New York-based KitSplit is a self-declared "Airbnb for creative equipment" that allows production companies, studios, and individual artists to lease out their unused equipment for short-term periods. The company, which launched in December, takes a 15% commission from the rental of equipment leased online. As of this writing, more than $1 million worth of cameras, drones, and other high-end creative equipment are available through the service.

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