Brief - The Hustle | apps (3)

Tinder’s new meet-cute is solving a murder

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/11/21
Squire, a barbershop booking app, is proving barbershops are big business

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/3/21
Grocery delivery platform Jokr raises $170m to take on Amazon

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/23/21
Robinhood’s $40B+ IPO, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/6/21
Language learning app Duolingo is headed for a multibillion-dollar IPO

Timmy Chong
Updated 7/1/21
Tripp raises $11m for psychedelic VR meditation

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/29/21
What’s the deal with digital vaccine passports?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/28/21
Fair Art Fair is like a dating app for fine art

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/25/21
Tinder reinvents itself for Gen Z

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/24/21
A video-first dating app made for Gen Z

Shelley Tang
Updated 4/19/21
Coinbase’s venture arm has invested in 100+ startups

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/19/21
In 2021, messaging apps are looking to send a message about monetization

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/17/21
Bumble: An IPO to swipe right on?

Shelley Tang
Updated 2/8/21
Apple’s App Store ecosystem could soon be worth $1T

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/12/21
Not The Onion: Reface raises $5.5m for its AI-powered face-swapping app

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/10/20
In the race to rescue retail, big merchants are arming their associates with an array of apps

Caroline Dohack
Updated 9/23/20
A new recommendations startup hits the scene. Its sole investor? Bill Gates

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/23/20
Easily distracted? This AI focus tool will scold you into staying on task

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 2/26/26
The startup that wants you to go out and do something

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/18/26
Play-to-earn gets back in the game

Jay Fuchs
Updated 1/27/26
The tooth fairy gets a digital upgrade

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 1/22/26
Duck! This company brings dodgeball digital

Jay Fuchs
Updated 1/6/26
Parental anxiety — there’s an app for that

Jay Fuchs
Updated 12/16/25
Kids are ditching piggy banks for financial apps

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 11/13/25
Catch-a-cheater apps vs. anti-facial recognition tech

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/27/25
Citizen naturalists are aiding scientific research

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/28/25
Care to rent some pants?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/16/25
How mobile apps can attract repeat subscribers

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/19/25
Can drivers take on the Uber-Lyft duopoly?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/18/25
We’re still lonely, startups are still trying

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/29/25
Foursquare is officially coming to an end… or is it?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/23/24
Sports betting apps are exploding, and experts worry about young users

Sara Friedman
Updated 2/7/24
Would you pay $1k for 15 minutes with your business idol?

Sara Friedman
Updated 2/5/24
All of the drama, none of the attention span: Bite-sized soap operas are getting big

Sara Friedman
Updated 2/2/24
Some users are swiping left on traditional dating apps

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/1/23
Privacy, who? Gen Z is sharing its location

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/25/23
How to find the best haunt this Halloween

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/13/23
Screen time slowing you down? Try ‘monk mode’

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/5/23
Yelp vs. fake reviews

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/27/23
Do dating apps decide who we get to date?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/23/23
Sherlocking, explained

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/3/23
The next big app is here — until it isn’t

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/26/23
Why do our weather apps betray us?

Sara Friedman
Updated 4/13/23
Whether or not it’s the answer we want, Microsoft has one for Zoom fatigue

The Hustle
Updated 4/11/23
Whatever happened to Groupon?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/4/23
Do we need another newsreader?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/1/23
Can Zmail become the new Gmail?

Samir Javer
Updated 11/23/22
More apps, more problems

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/20/22
An anonymous app called Gas is taking high schools by storm

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/18/22
Spaces, a safe platform for queer connections

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/29/22
The unbundling of online dating

Jacob Cohen
Updated 7/15/22
Slack’s networking play, explained

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/2/22
Personal chefs? There’s an app for that

David Nichols
Updated 4/14/22
Why Hinge is okay making less money than Tinder and Bumble

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/21/22
Russia and Belarus are losing their apps

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/18/22
How ByteDance took over the world

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/15/22
How pandemic trick-or-treating inspired a map startup

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/18/22
Tinder’s new meet-cute is solving a murder

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/11/21
Squire, a barbershop booking app, is proving barbershops are big business

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/3/21
Grocery delivery platform Jokr raises $170m to take on Amazon

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/23/21
Robinhood’s $40B+ IPO, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 7/6/21
Language learning app Duolingo is headed for a multibillion-dollar IPO

Timmy Chong
Updated 7/1/21
Tripp raises $11m for psychedelic VR meditation

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/29/21
What’s the deal with digital vaccine passports?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/28/21
Fair Art Fair is like a dating app for fine art

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/25/21
Tinder reinvents itself for Gen Z

Trung T. Phan
Updated 6/24/21
A video-first dating app made for Gen Z

Shelley Tang
Updated 4/19/21
Coinbase’s venture arm has invested in 100+ startups

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/19/21
In 2021, messaging apps are looking to send a message about monetization

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/17/21
Bumble: An IPO to swipe right on?

Shelley Tang
Updated 2/8/21
Apple’s App Store ecosystem could soon be worth $1T

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/12/21
Not The Onion: Reface raises $5.5m for its AI-powered face-swapping app

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/10/20
In the race to rescue retail, big merchants are arming their associates with an array of apps

Caroline Dohack
Updated 9/23/20
A new recommendations startup hits the scene. Its sole investor? Bill Gates

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/23/20

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