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Former Snap engineer launches Butterflies, a social network where AI and humans coexist
Butterflies is a social network where humans and AI interact with each other through posts, comments and DMs. After five months in beta, the app will…
A social networking app for creatives, Cara grew from 40,000 to 650,000 users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies
The artists have finally had enough of the Meta’s aggressive AI policies, but the Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run anti-AI social platform, Head has…
Audio streaming service TuneIn is partnering with Discord to bring free live radio to the platform. This is TuneIn’s first collaboration with a social media platform…
How Maven’s serendipity network with artificial intelligence can make social media interesting again
Everything in society can be geared towards optimization – be it standardized tests or artificial intelligence algorithms. They teach us to know what result you want…
Linktree has more than 50 million users, offers its social commerce program to more creators
Link-in-bio startup Linktree said Wednesday it has surpassed 50 million users. The number represents a significant increase from the 2.7 million users the company had in…
Farcaster, a crypto-based social network, raised $150 million with just 80,000 daily users
Farcaster, a blockchain-based social protocol founded by two Coinbase alumni, announced Tuesday that it has closed a $150 million fundraising round. Led by Paradigm, the platform…
Meesho, an Indian social commerce platform with 150 million trading users, raises $275 million
Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with around 150 million transacting users, has secured $275 million in a new round of funding, the company show…
Google created some of the first social networking apps for Android, including Twitter and others
Here’s a little history of the startup that might not be widely known outside of tech companies themselves: The first versions of popular Android apps like…
Private social networking is back. Gratitude Plusa startup that aims to shift social media in a more positive direction is expanding its wellness-focused personal reflection journal…
Twitch is officially rolling out its new TikTok-style discovery stream to all users this week, the company announced Tuesday. The new stream, which launches as a…