YCS17· OtherWildfire
Social news app
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
neoncoralX25Shared: social mediaActive
WakieW16A social app for phone calls. Express yourself and make real friends.Shared: social mediaActive
FrizW21AI Social Media ManagerShared: social mediaAcquired
DigipalsF25The future of Social in the age of AIShared: social mediaActive
StreamupW16Streamup is a live streaming community for music. We make it fun and…Shared: social mediaInactive
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About Wildfire
We started Wildfire during our senior year at UC Berkeley as a safety alert app for colleges. Wildfire quickly grew beyond a campus safety tool to a social news app, which empowered people to spread the word quickly to their community when something significant happened nearby. Over six years, we've sent 65 million alerts to nearly 1 million users.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Wildfire: questions
Which YC batch was Wildfire in?
Wildfire was in Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch (S17).
Is Wildfire still active?
Y Combinator lists Wildfire as acquired.
Where is Wildfire based?
Wildfire lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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