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Lightwell

Lightwell

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Lightwell was a New York no-code tool for building interactive mobile apps, acqui-hired by Twitter in 2019.

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Latest News About Lightwell

Twitter picks up team from narrative app Lightwell in its latest effort to improve conversations

TechCrunch

Twitter picks up team from narrative app Lightwell in its latest effort to improve conversations

Twitter acqui-hired the four-person team behind Lightwell, a startup that built no-code developer tools for interactive narrative apps,...

Aug 21, 2019

Lightwell team is joining Twitter

Medium

Lightwell team is joining Twitter

Lightwell announced that its team is joining Twitter, with the Lightwell product no longer being actively developed while existing apps...

Aug 20, 2019

The Adventures of Suzanne Xie

EdTech Digest

The Adventures of Suzanne Xie

EdTech Digest interviews Lightwell founder and CEO Suzanne Xie on the no-code creative tool that emerged from her Hullabalu interactive...

May 24, 2018

Hullabalu releases Lightwell, a platform for creating interactive storytelling apps

TechCrunch

Hullabalu releases Lightwell, a platform for creating interactive storytelling apps

Hullabalu productized its interactive app-creation engine as Lightwell, a no-code platform that lets brands, media companies and creative...

Apr 24, 2017

To Spark Children's Imaginations, Hullabalu Raises $1.8 Million From SV Angel, Great Oaks & Others For iPad Storytelling App

TechCrunch

To Spark Children's Imaginations, Hullabalu Raises $1.8 Million From SV Angel, Great Oaks & Others For iPad Storytelling App

New York-based Hullabalu, founded mid-2012 by Suzanne Xie, launched an interactive iPad storytelling app featuring the panda Pan Beribolt...

Jun 6, 2013