GoKawiilFlipboard buys Bluesky feed-builder Graze to expand open social web ads
Flipboard has acquired Graze, a Portland startup that lets creators build and monetize custom Bluesky feeds using contextual, non-tracking ads. Graze has delivered over 41 billion posts to roughly 12 million people across more than 7,000 feeds since launching 21 months ago, splitting ad revenue 70/30 with creators.
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The deal signals Flipboard's deeper commitment to decentralized social platforms built on the AT Protocol, betting that privacy-friendly, contextual advertising can fund creators without the tracking-based model dominant on mainstream social media. It also suggests a maturing business layer for the open social web, where independent apps and communities—not a single company—could share in ad revenue.
- Flipboard acquires Graze, a Bluesky feed-building and monetization startup.
- Graze uses contextual ads instead of user-tracking, splitting revenue 70/30 with feed creators.
- The move deepens Flipboard's investment in the open, decentralized social web ecosystem.
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