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Midjourney acquires Co-Star, names Banu Guler Chief Design Officer

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Midjourney, the AI image generation company, has acquired Co-Star, a popular astrology and social networking app. Co-Star's CEO, Banu Guler, will now serve as Chief Design Officer at Midjourney, where she will lead the development of a new cross-functional design, product, and frontend team. The Co-Star app will continue to operate independently under Guler's leadership. AI

IMPACT This acquisition could signal a move by AI companies to integrate consumer-facing social or lifestyle applications to broaden their user base and data collection.

RANK_REASON Acquisition of a consumer app by an AI company, with a leadership change.

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Midjourney acquires Co-Star, names Banu Guler Chief Design Officer

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  1. X — Midjourney (image gen) TIER_1 English(EN) · midjourney ·

    Midjourney is acquiring Co-Star. CEO @banu__guler is now Chief Design Officer at Midjourney. She's building a cross-functional design, product and frontend team

    Midjourney is acquiring Co-Star. CEO @banu__guler is now Chief Design Officer at Midjourney. She's building a cross-functional design, product and frontend team for all our efforts. The Co-Star app will continue to operate under Banus complete control. Welcome Banu and team &lt;3

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