With Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to make social applications social again
In 2018, I wrote A TechCrunch article declaring that 2018 was "THE year social networks were No longer social." Reflection on that article, I am not Of course that 2018 was THE turning indicate. But THE premise of THE article always is holding up well.
HAS a few indicate, social networks were No longer about link with your the closest friends, keeping up with long distance family members And feeling A special connection with people You love.
Tic Tac, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Youtube And X (Previously Twitter) are all slowly evolution has become THE even infinity scrolling food of algorithm-optimized short videos Since high artists.
And he turns out that I am not THE only A WHO has REMARK that social networks to have has been slowly derivative far Since their original aim. Love, A little team base In Paris, has has been functioning For THE better part of 2023 on A brand new social application called ID.
IDENTIFIER East A social application launch Today on iOS that let's allow You connect with your friends In A creative path. In a lot manners, he feels as THE early days of blogs, MySpace highly personalized profile pages And THE Golden time of Tumblr.
But First of all, a few context about Amo. There is A plot of threshing And anticipation surrounding Amo launch as THE business has has been co-founded by Anthony Martin, WHO was THE co-founder of Zenly with Alexis Bonillo. Zenly was A popular social application concentrate on location sharing that encouraged You has spend more time with your friends And discover new places.
Instant spent more that $200 million has acquire Zenly And guard THE even team has repeat on he, as A separated application. Below Snap ownership, Zenly became A of Europe the biggest social apps of all time. HAS It is peak THE business had 18 million different users opening THE application each day.
And SO… he disappeared.
As part of Snap cost reduction efforts, THE business decided has close down Zenly quite. From What I have heard, This move even sets off discussions between French The politicians has THE The highest level And Instant CEO Evan Spiegel.
A lot key members of THE Zenly team are NOW functioning has Amo. In do, there are ten co-founders. In addition has Martin, Corentin Kerisit, Michael Goldenstein, Clear Pluvinage, Charly Rock, Julian Martin, Quentin Perez, Nicholas Fallourd, Alexis Druon And Jean Baptiste Dalido are all Amo co-founders And all ancient Zenly people.
THE second reason Why Amo launch East very anticipated East that THE to start up farm A $18 million funding round In FEBRUARY Or March has A assessment around $100 million with New Wave leading THE round, And Coatue And summer time Global Also participant. There are Also 80 angel investors on Amo cap table.
This East A very unusual funding round as he arrived In 2023 (during A Capital risk funding slow-down), Amo East A mobile consumer to start up (No source of income For NOW) And THE to start up doesn't to have any of them product out there.
A empty clothIn 2010, Jürgen Swiss Since Cultivated Coded, THE business behind staff stain management application Things, wrote A Blog job shortly After Steve Jobs introduced THE original iPad. In that job, he compared with THE iPad has A empty canvas.
"If You to want has to understand What makes THE iPad special, You can't look has What he has, but What he no to have. THE iPad East SO thin And light, he becomes THE display, And THE display becomes THE application. No to input devices. THE device disappears And turns In THE application You are using. THE technology East transparent," Swiss wrote.
And This analogy applies particularly GOOD has IDENTIFIER And Amo work as GOOD. There are a lot things that You can TO DO with IDENTIFIER. There are Also a lot things that We take For granted In A social application that simply are not there.
IDENTIFIER East A empty cloth paired with creative tools that help You express yourself. You can to use he has create A profile that Perfectly describe your interests In A visual manner. But There is A social twist as You can both see your friends' profiles And add things has their own profiles.
In 2018, I wrote A TechCrunch article declaring that 2018 was "THE year social networks were No longer social." Reflection on that article, I am not Of course that 2018 was THE turning indicate. But THE premise of THE article always is holding up well.
HAS a few indicate, social networks were No longer about link with your the closest friends, keeping up with long distance family members And feeling A special connection with people You love.
Tic Tac, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Youtube And X (Previously Twitter) are all slowly evolution has become THE even infinity scrolling food of algorithm-optimized short videos Since high artists.
And he turns out that I am not THE only A WHO has REMARK that social networks to have has been slowly derivative far Since their original aim. Love, A little team base In Paris, has has been functioning For THE better part of 2023 on A brand new social application called ID.
IDENTIFIER East A social application launch Today on iOS that let's allow You connect with your friends In A creative path. In a lot manners, he feels as THE early days of blogs, MySpace highly personalized profile pages And THE Golden time of Tumblr.
But First of all, a few context about Amo. There is A plot of threshing And anticipation surrounding Amo launch as THE business has has been co-founded by Anthony Martin, WHO was THE co-founder of Zenly with Alexis Bonillo. Zenly was A popular social application concentrate on location sharing that encouraged You has spend more time with your friends And discover new places.
Instant spent more that $200 million has acquire Zenly And guard THE even team has repeat on he, as A separated application. Below Snap ownership, Zenly became A of Europe the biggest social apps of all time. HAS It is peak THE business had 18 million different users opening THE application each day.
And SO… he disappeared.
As part of Snap cost reduction efforts, THE business decided has close down Zenly quite. From What I have heard, This move even sets off discussions between French The politicians has THE The highest level And Instant CEO Evan Spiegel.
A lot key members of THE Zenly team are NOW functioning has Amo. In do, there are ten co-founders. In addition has Martin, Corentin Kerisit, Michael Goldenstein, Clear Pluvinage, Charly Rock, Julian Martin, Quentin Perez, Nicholas Fallourd, Alexis Druon And Jean Baptiste Dalido are all Amo co-founders And all ancient Zenly people.
THE second reason Why Amo launch East very anticipated East that THE to start up farm A $18 million funding round In FEBRUARY Or March has A assessment around $100 million with New Wave leading THE round, And Coatue And summer time Global Also participant. There are Also 80 angel investors on Amo cap table.
This East A very unusual funding round as he arrived In 2023 (during A Capital risk funding slow-down), Amo East A mobile consumer to start up (No source of income For NOW) And THE to start up doesn't to have any of them product out there.
A empty clothIn 2010, Jürgen Swiss Since Cultivated Coded, THE business behind staff stain management application Things, wrote A Blog job shortly After Steve Jobs introduced THE original iPad. In that job, he compared with THE iPad has A empty canvas.
"If You to want has to understand What makes THE iPad special, You can't look has What he has, but What he no to have. THE iPad East SO thin And light, he becomes THE display, And THE display becomes THE application. No to input devices. THE device disappears And turns In THE application You are using. THE technology East transparent," Swiss wrote.
And This analogy applies particularly GOOD has IDENTIFIER And Amo work as GOOD. There are a lot things that You can TO DO with IDENTIFIER. There are Also a lot things that We take For granted In A social application that simply are not there.
IDENTIFIER East A empty cloth paired with creative tools that help You express yourself. You can to use he has create A profile that Perfectly describe your interests In A visual manner. But There is A social twist as You can both see your friends' profiles And add things has their own profiles.
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