Artifact (app)
CEO) | |
Developer(s) | Nokto, Inc. |
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Initial release | January 31, 2023 |
Final release | 1.98
/ 4 October 2023[1] |
Operating system | iOS, Android |
Size | 107.8 megabyte |
Type | News aggregator |
Website | artifact |
Artifact was a personalized social
History
Nokto, Inc. was established on March 3, 2022, as a foreign stock company in California, with its headquarters in San Francisco.[4]
The company's main product, Artifact, is the first new product launched by Krieger and Systrom since their 2018 resignation from Instagram after conflicts with parent company Meta, which acquired Instagram in 2012.[5]
Artifact launched on January 31, 2023,[5][6] after the team had been working on it for over a year,[7] offering the option to sign up for a waiting list for its private beta, which grew to about 160,000 people,[8] and then launching in open beta on February 22, 2023.[9][10]
With a team of seven employees in San Francisco, the app was free throughout its lifetime, with the founders explaining at the time that different business models - such as advertising or subscription fees - could be explored in the future.[11]
In January 2024, cofounder Kevin Systrom announced that the app would be shutting down after concluding that "the market opportunity isn’t big enough to warrant continued investment in this way."[12]
In April 2024, it was announced Artifact has been acquired by
Features
Frequently described as "
References
- ^ "Artifact: Feed Your Curiosity". Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "TERMS OF SERVICE" (PDF). Artifact. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ a b Newton, Casey (2023-01-31). "Instagram's co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "California state incorporation filing". CA Secretary of State. 2022-03-03. Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ a b Newton, Casey (2023-01-31). "Instagram's co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Korn, Jennifer (2023-01-31). "Instagram's founders are back with a new app | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Korn, Jennifer (2023-01-31). "Instagram's founders are back with a new app | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (2023-02-22). "Instagram's co-founders' news app Artifact launches to the public". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Peters, Jay (2023-02-22). "Artifact, the AI-powered news app from Instagram's co-founders, is now open to all". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ Team, Artifact (2023-02-23). "Artifact: Now Open to Everyone". Artifact News. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ a b Criddle, Cristina (2023-02-01). "Instagram founders launch Artifact to rival Twitter and tackle misinformation". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Team, Artifact (2024-01-12). "Shutting down Artifact". Artifact News. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Pierce, David (2024-04-02). "Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Ghaffary, Shirin (2023-05-19). "Instagram's co-founder explains why he's starting over". Vox. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ "Instagram Founder Says the Time Has Come for a New Social Network". Bloomberg. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ a b "Instagram creators' Artifact app is starting to look more like Reddit". Engadget. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Peters, Jay (2023-07-27). "Artifact is getting an AI-powered text-to-speech feature to read you the news". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ "Artifact's App Forces an AI Snoop Dogg to Read the News to You". Gizmodo. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Mehta, Ivan (2023-06-02). "Artifact news app now uses AI to rewrite headline of a clickbait article". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Team, Artifact (2023-09-18). "Introducing Links". Artifact News. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Team, Artifact (2023-09-27). "Create Your Own Posts on Artifact". Artifact News. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
External links
- Interview with Systrom and Krieger about Artifact by Ben Thompson (analyst)
- Artifact on Google Play
- Artifact on the App Store