After helping sift through 400M photos, GoodOnes renames to Ollie

Poparazzi, the once-hot photo-sharing app that hit the top of the App Store in 2021, is shutting down. The company announced the news via a Medium blog late last week, informing users that the app would be discontinued and users had until June 30, 2023 to download their content. Last year, Poparazzi’s founders at TTYL […]

May 1, 2023

When Swsh launched last year, the social app was initially designed as a poll game (similar to the Most Likely To game), where users can answer five daily questions with their friends. However, the company has completely switched gears, joining a very crowded market — photo album-sharing platforms. These types of apps have existed for a little over a decade, with newer rivals including Dispo, Lapse, Sunshine, and others. But Swsh believes it can stand out by offering Gen Z-focused features. The

Oct 10, 2024

A search startup raised $26 million recently to offer an AI-powered rival to Google. Perplexity AI, which bills itself as a “conversational search engine,” closed a Series A funding round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from Databricks Ventures and angel investors including former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun. […]

Apr 4, 2023

Journaling app Rosebud has raised $6 million in seed funding as it seeks to flesh out its app as an AI mentor for self-reflection and personal growth.

Jun 4, 2025