From the co-founder of Goodreads, Smashing is a
community-powered curation app that recommends the best articles,
podcasts, and more in your interests.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smashing is a new, invite-only
app designed by Daily Reader Labs to solve the ever-worsening
problem of content overload and social media burnout. Smashing
blends the best of community recommendations and AI personalization
to recommend articles, podcasts, and more across all the interests
you love.
"The internet today contains so many gems," says Smashing CEO
Otis Chandler. "There are more
newsletters, scientific research, thought pieces, and quality
journalism being produced now than ever before. And yet they are so
hard to find. When you look at what people are actually being
pushed in their feeds, it's often the wrong stuff. What we really
need is a better curation system."
Smashing empowers human curators to upvote their favorite
content. The consensus of these reputable curators forms the
Smashing community's Worthwhile Score, which combined with a
personalized AI Relevancy score, deliver to each reader a
delightful daily compilation of articles and information.
For the invite-only public beta, Smashing is inviting avid
readers and interesting thinkers who are active in the topics of
AI, startups, climate, health and wellness, parenting, investing,
crypto, and the Paris Summer Olympics.
"I really enjoy sharing content that I think others will get
value out of, and also discovering new sources that I would not
otherwise have been exposed to," says Smashing beta member
Erin Fox-Ramirez. "In today's
fast-paced world, staying informed is more important than ever, and
I've found my Smashing feed full of reliable and thought-provoking
content. And it continues to get better and better as it learns my
interests."
Smashing is cofounded by Otis
Chandler (co-founder/CEO of Goodreads acquired by Amazon),
Greg Veen (co-founder of Typekit
acquired by Adobe, and MeasureMap acquired by Google), Michael Mraz (Condé Nast, Cool Hunting, Hearst),
and Dan Barrett (software architect
& LLM whisperer).
Smashing raised a $3.4M seed round
from True Ventures, Blockchange, Offline Ventures, Advancit
Capital, Power of N Ventures, and angel investors including
Balaji Srinivasan, James Currier (NFX), Stan Chudnovsky (Facebook), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Gil Elbaz (Factual, Adsense), Abe Burns (Slow Rush Ventures), Adam Jackson (Braintrust), Bryan Goldberg (Bustle), and Ben Rattray (Change.org).
Smashing is the very best of the internet, curated just for you.
Sign up for the waitlist at Smashing.xyz.
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