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Bending Spoons acquires Harvest, prompts user price hikes

Harvest, a time-tracking application, has been acquired by Bending Spoons. Following the acquisition, Bending Spoons has reportedly made staff reductions and introduced new features, including AI capabilities. Users have received notifications of significant price increases, with their current plans potentially becoming 5 to 10 times more expensive within ten days. AI

IMPACT Potential for AI features to drive up costs for existing software users.

RANK_REASON Acquisition of a software product by another company, with subsequent user-facing changes.

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Bending Spoons acquires Harvest, prompts user price hikes

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · kito99 ·

    We've been devoted users of the # Harvestapp for time tracking ( https://www. getharvest.com/ ) for over a decade. Recently they were purchased by # BendingSpoo

    We've been devoted users of the # Harvestapp for time tracking ( https://www. getharvest.com/ ) for over a decade. Recently they were purchased by # BendingSpoons , which has been snapping up companies, laying off staff, adding a bunch of features (including # AI , of course), an…