Han Seo Hee is going viral after several of her messages leaked. Han Seo Hee On March 11, several news articles reported that Han Seo Hee’s text messages were leaked. According to the reports, the messages were sent between the controversial trainee and her fans on a group chat. In the messages, Han Seo Hee […]
The incumbents go shopping for startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, I explored what happened to one Norwegian hardware startup, whose cap table was sufficiently wonky that three different investors concluded that it was essentially […]
Zendaya Spotted Shopping A Korean Product Even Koreans Don’t Know About
Ancci Brush House, a small store selling makeup brushes, is in Hongdae, Seoul. Ancci Brush House in Hongdae | @shokommr/Twitter Better known as the “Seohyun Station Brush,” from when the CEO used to sell the brushes at a kiosk outside the subway station, these “hidden gem” cosmetic brushes are one of the biggest “IYKYK”-type products […]
Locker organizes your shopping links into virtual wish lists and collages
After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family, Kristine Locker finally decided to launch a social shopping platform (which she named after herself) that could take her endless tabs and organize them into a shareable, virtual wish list all in one […]
Amazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app
Amazon announced today the launch of an AI-powered shopping assistant it’s calling Rufus that’s been trained on the e-commerce giant’s product catalog as well as information from around the web. The company says the new tool will launch to a subset of U.S. customers in beta, starting today, before expanding to more users in the […]