Seeking nominations for the top VCs backing the creator economy in 2024

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Creator economy VCs from left to right: Jenny He, Marlon Nichols, Paige Finn Doherty, Wayne Hu
Top VCs funding creator economy startups in 2023 from left to right: Jenny He, Marlon Nichols, Paige Finn Doherty, and Wayne Hu

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BeReal is being acquired and its CEO is stepping down

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BeReal was launched in 2020.

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  • BeReal is acquired by Voodoo Games for 500 million euros.
  • The once-popular social media app struggled to grow and had limited runway left.
  • Co-founder and CEO Alexis Barreyat will leave BeReal after a transition period.

BeReal is being acquired.

She's a 27-year-old electrician — and she makes $200,000 a year off social media posts about her job

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Lexis Czumak-Abreu is an electrician and social media influencer.
Lexis Czumak-Abreu is an electrician and social media influencer.

Lexis Czumak-Abreu

Did Google fix its AI answers? Or did it just stop showing us AI answers?

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Are Google's AI bots showing us fewer AI-generated answers? Or did they just fix the problem with bad ones?

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The tattoo industry is facing a reckoning, with customers fed up with bad artists, overpricing, and sexism

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Tattoo artist creating a tiger on a client's arm.
People are becoming more discerning about the tattoo artists they go to, which has led to a "tattoo recession" (stock image).

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The historic rise of Facebook in photos — from a Harvard dorm room to one of the world's biggest companies

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Facebook, helmed by Mark Zuckerberg, turned 20 this year. Here's a look at where it's been and where it's headed.

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Linda Yaccarino's right-hand man is leaving after a year at X

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Linda Yaccarino was named the chief executive of X, formerly known as Twitter, in May 2023.

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Girlfriends pay me to conduct loyalty tests via Instagram DMs. It's a lucrative gig, and most boyfriends fail.

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Photo collage featuring selfies of Trinity Howard and screenshots of DM conversations
Trinity Howard conducts loyalty tests through Lazo.

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A teacher invented a bunch of fake slang words to trick his Gen Z students. Now some of those words have caught on.

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Sam Salem
Sam Salem.

Sam Salem

People are going wild over a seemingly basic California house on the market for $2 million

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A home located at 604 Chimalus Drive in Palo Alto's Baron Park neighborhood.
This California home in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood is listed for sale at $2 million.

Courtesy of Olivia McNally/ McNally and Associates

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