PulseAugur
EN
LIVE 00:35:32

Midjourney acquires astrology app Co-Star; Bluesky expands AI assistant Attie · 5 sources tracked

AI company Midjourney has acquired the astrology app Co-Star, a move that has drawn mixed reactions. While some users express enthusiasm for the acquisition, others view it with skepticism, with one source suggesting it further proves AI is merely superstitious nonsense. Separately, Bluesky is expanding its AI assistant, Attie, into an open social research tool. AI

IMPACT This acquisition suggests AI companies are exploring diverse consumer applications beyond core AI development.

RANK_REASON Acquisition of a consumer app by an AI company, not a core AI release.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 7 sources. How we write summaries →

Midjourney acquires astrology app Co-Star; Bluesky expands AI assistant Attie · 5 sources tracked

How we ranked this

Signal score
0 / 100
Composite score across the factors below. Higher = stronger signal that this story matters right now.
Newsworthiness bucket
Tool
Acquisition of a consumer app by an AI company, not a core AI release.
Source corroboration
7 independent sources
Strong cross-source corroboration — multiple independent publishers covered this within the clustering window.
Topics
product, other
Editorial topic classification. Feeds into how the story surfaces on /topic/<slug> hub pages and into the per-entity coverage mix.
AI-industry relevance
Standard
On-topic for AI-industry coverage; kept in the public index.
Story freshness
47 days old
Aged out of breaking-news scoring windows; ranking reflects the durable signal from the full source set.
Coverage growth since scoring
+2 source(s) since last score
New sources have picked up this story since our last re-score. Score will update on the next scoring pass.

Full methodology in our editorial standards.

COVERAGE [7]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney buys Co-Star, expanding from image generation into consumer AI apps. A deliberate move into new territory. # AI # Automation Source: TechCrunch AI ht

    Midjourney buys Co-Star, expanding from image generation into consumer AI apps. A deliberate move into new territory. # AI # Automation Source: TechCrunch AI https:// techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midj ourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney acquires Co-Star, moving from AI image generation to consumer astrology. A sign of AI spreading into niche personalization tools. # AI # Automation S

    Midjourney acquires Co-Star, moving from AI image generation to consumer astrology. A sign of AI spreading into niche personalization tools. # AI # Automation Source: The Verge AI https://www. theverge.com/ai-artificial-int elligence/970894/midjourney-co-star-acquisition

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney acquired the # astrology app Co-Star - https:// techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midj ourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ further proof that # ai is

    Midjourney acquired the # astrology app Co-Star - https:// techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midj ourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ further proof that # ai is just superstitious nonsense...

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about https://www.engadget.com/2222797/midjourney-buying-astrology-horoscope-app

    Midjourney is buying horoscope app Co-Star, which users will surely be thrilled about https://www.engadget.com/2222797/midjourney-buying-astrology-horoscope-app-co-star/ # Tech # AI # Apps

  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970894/midjourney-co-star-acquisition # AI # Tech # Business

    Midjourney bought the astrology app Co-Star https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970894/midjourney-co-star-acquisition # AI # Tech # Business

  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Bluesky's AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/blueskys-ai-assistant-attie-expands-into-an-open-social

    Bluesky's AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/blueskys-ai-assistant-attie-expands-into-an-open-social-research-tool/ # AI # OpenSource # SocialTech

  7. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ # AI # Startups # Acquisitions

    Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/midjourney-acquired-the-astrology-app-co-star/ # AI # Startups # Acquisitions