Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads

A new app called Yope has raised twelve point three million dollars in seed funding, per TechCrunch. The platform focuses on private groups of friends and family, with messaging, photo sharing, and AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships — and deliberately avoiding algorithmic feeds and the creator-driven model of mainstream social networks.

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