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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…
Meta’s transition to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is confusing. Does Facebook’s owner see open protocols as the future? Will do embrace…
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, closes with $6 billion in funding, and X, its social network, is already one of its shareholders
xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenomenon OpenAI, is raising $6 billion at an $18 billion pre-money valuation, according to a reliable source close…
Two widowed founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma
After losing their spouses in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered that there were no proper places where people could go…