Quick-commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in 9 months
The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch.
Jun 3, 2026
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By Sarah Perez
September 28, 2023
The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders
Late last month, nArtifactn, a npersonalized news reader nbuilt by Instagram’s co-founders, nopenedn to the public. The launch was a surprise to many
Mar 7, 2023
RTRO launches an algorithm-free social app for friends, creators and brands
Ahead of Meta’s launch of a text-based social network, female-founded social networking startup RTRO is launching its app this week with the goal of connecting brands, creators, and their fans and followers in a more positive environment focused on human connections and communities, not algorithm-driven content. To accomplish this, RTRO divides its social experience into […]
May 1, 2023
SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts
Can AI help you to break your social media addiction? That’s one of the questions raised by an odd new app SocialAI, which offers its users a private social network where they can post their thoughts and receive AI-generated comments and feedback in return. Developer Michael Sayman describes the app as something more akin to a private diary, but one that comes in the format of a social network. “It’s a weird app,” Sayman admits. “But these are weird times.” SocialAI looks and feels a lot like
Sep 17, 2024
Social Agent’s new app lets you book a photographer within 30 minutes
There’s an unspoken pressure nowadays to share all your special moments online, whether it be birthdays, graduations, or engagements. However, not Social Agent is a location-based app that connects users with trained photographers and content creators for same-day events in 30 minutes.
Apr 30, 2025