Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps |

For years, our social media experiences have been dominated by Big Tech players like Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Google (YouTube), Snapchat, TikTok, and X. But…

AI Poised to Transform Social Impact at Scale as BCG Commits $500 Million by End of 2030

Boston Consulting Group Makes Its Largest-Ever Commitment to AI-Driven Social Impact Initial Partnership with Anthropic to Accelerate 2026 Delivery for High-Impact Organizations /PRNewswire/ — AI…

Forget the feed: Status AI raises $17M to turn social media into interactive entertainment |

Like many young people of her generation, Fai Nur was what she called a “chronically online teenager.” She obsessed over music groups, TV shows, and…

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo |

In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PDT · May 16, 2026 AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A…

The Great Security Culture Shift: Building a Proactive Defense in an Era of Advanced Threat and Social Engineering

Imagine you’re on LinkedIn using your work laptop when a co-worker messages you a document for review. You click the attachment—which looks like a standard…

DUIU raises funding to challenge TikTok-style feeds with participation-first social platform

/PRNewswire/ — Swedish startup DUIU has raised new funding to launch a social video platform designed to replace passive scrolling with participation-driven content systems. While…

Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage |

Series, a social networking app, announced that it raised a $5.1 million pre-seed round, with investors including Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail, Pear VC, Reddit CEO…

GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists |

Today’s AI music startups, like Suno and Udio, offer technology that leverages AI for music generation. But a new company, GRAI, believes that most people…

Mitate Zepto Technica Joins JST’s Next-generation Edge AI Semiconductor R&D Program as Social Implementation Partner

– MZT to Lead Product Commercialization through Its Genome-analysis Accelerator “RASEN” – /PRNewswire/ — Mitate Zepto Technica, Inc. (hereinafter “MZT”), based in Tokyo’s Shibuya district,…

Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India |

Motorola has filed a lawsuit in India against social media platforms and content creators over posts it alleges are defamatory, raising concerns it could dampen…