Snapchat

• Issa Rae returns to her roots with Snap’s new accelerator class
• Snap stock jumps 25% after Q1 earnings beat projections. Also, 9 million people are now paying for Snapchat+.

  Snap has had a rocky couple of years: several quarters of flat growth or declines, struggles with the digital ad market, numerous rounds of significant layoffs (the latest of which was just two months ago and cut 10% of the company's workforce), and issues with growing newer initiatives like its subscription service Snapchat+.

  
• Snapchat’s getting review-bombed after pinning its new AI chatbot to the top of users’ feeds

  The platform is seeing significant backlash from users after it pinned "My AI," its new chat tool powered by OpenAI's GPT, to the top of users' chat feeds, with no way to remove it.

  
• Hayley Thompson has earned thousands from Snapchat’s Spotlight Challenges. Here’s how.

  Hayley Thompson has won money from over 30 of Snapchat's Spotlight Challenges. Here are the strategies that have helped her earn thousands.

  
• Snap’s Black History Month plans include Spotlight Challenges, Lenses, and more
• This Valentine’s Day, Snapchat is paying creators for their bad date horror stories
• Snap wants to turn the post-holiday lull into “a unique business opportunity.” Welcome to Q5.
• Snapchat will celebrate spooky season by paying out $100,000 through Spotlight Challenges
• Here are the first 25 Black creators who will receive $10,000 per month from Snap
• Here’s how cooking creator Eitan Bernath uses Snapchat as the “main source of revenue for his company.”
• Snapchat doubles up with new dual cam
• Snapchat already has 1 million people paying for Plus