GoKawiilPie adds Community Homes feature, shifting from events app to social network
Andy Dunn's startup Pie has launched a new feature called Community Homes, giving its roughly 300,000 users permanent group pages instead of just event listings. The homes include shared feeds, admin controls, shareable pages, and event-planning tools, letting anyone in the group post updates, not just organizers. Pie, backed by investors like Forerunner, Lightspeed, Accel and Ev Williams, plans to add group chats and casual hangout prompts next.
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The move reflects a broader shift among younger users away from purely digital socializing toward apps that facilitate real-world relationships and recurring connections rather than one-off events. By competing directly with group texts and Facebook Groups, Pie is betting that persistent community spaces, not single gatherings, will drive long-term engagement and retention.
- Pie introduces Community Homes, turning group event pages into ongoing social hubs.
- The feature lets any member post to a group's feed, not just organizers.
- Pie is evolving from a Chicago-founded events app into a broader social network with about 300,000 users.
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