A startup called Operation Bluebird, founded partly by former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates, has launched a new social network named Twitter.now. The move follows a lawsuit from X last year, which tried to block the company from using the Twitter name, though Operation Bluebird argued X had abandoned trademarks like 'Twitter' and 'Tweet.' The platform is currently in paid testing at $20 for early access and features an AI trust-scoring system called VERA.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-27
Virginia-based Operation Bluebird has launched Twitter.now, a new social network built on the belief that Elon Musk's X Corporation forfeited rights to the Twitter name, logo and 'tweet' terminology when it rebranded in 2022. The move comes despite an ongoing lawsuit X filed against the startup, after a federal judge tentatively suggested from the bench that X may indeed have abandoned those trademarks, though no written ruling has been issued. Cofounder and general counsel Stephen Coates, who held the same role at the original pre-Musk Twitter, said the company has waited long enough and decided to proceed regardless of the pending litigation.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-26
Particle, the AI newsreader startup started by ex-Twitter engineers, has launched Radar, a search engine that transcribes and semantically indexes over 130,000 podcasts to surface quotes and highlights. The product grew out of a popular clip-sourcing feature in Particle's news app and is now offered as a standalone API for AI agents and data buyers, including hedge funds and search platforms like Exa.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
Twitter Viewer is a website that allows people to view Twitter/X content without logging in, combining profile browsing, tweet searching, and video downloading into a single platform. The service positions itself as an alternative to juggling multiple separate sites for these tasks.
twitterwebviewer.com
· 2026-08-26
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