{"id":322379,"date":"2026-04-21T21:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=322379"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:44:32","slug":"bond-a-brand-new-social-media-platform-wants-to-make-use-of-ai-to-provide-help-to-kick-your-doomscrolling-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/bond-a-brand-new-social-media-platform-wants-to-make-use-of-ai-to-provide-help-to-kick-your-doomscrolling-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond, a brand new social media platform, wants to make use of AI to provide help to kick your doomscrolling habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legacy social media sites have been designed to maintain us hooked to our devices, eyes glued endlessly to retina-frying feeds of memes and dumb videos with the intention to create more engaged platforms for advertisements. In recent times, nonetheless, a swell of firms have sought to capitalize on users\u2019 burnout, pushing users to have interaction in IRL experiences, or offering products without addictive features like infinite scroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bond, which officially launched on Tuesday, is considered one of those sites. Dino Becirovic, Bond\u2019s co-founder and CEO, says that his site offers an AI-powered solution to Americans\u2019 screen addiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The location works like this: Very like a standard social media platform, users post about what they\u2019ve been as much as recently. Bond allows users to update their profiles, posting what it calls \u201cmemories,\u201d via a wide range of mediums, including pictures, video, and audio files. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike other sites, Bond is designed to act as a form of idea generator for what the user should go and do in the true world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experiences stored inside Bond turn out to be fodder for its AI system, which then gets trained on what form of personalized, event-based recommendations to make to the user, Becirovic says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an illustration, when you\u2019ve been posting lots about how much you want Pho and the way you haven\u2019t had it in awhile, Bond\u2019s system might recommend a close-by Vietnamese restaurant that&#8217;s getting good reviews. Or, when you\u2019re into heavy metal, Bond might indicate that Iron Maiden is coming to your city next week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The more you post about your experiences, the more the system can feed you higher recommendations, Becirovic says. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, the system is designed to get you off the app and back out into the true world, where you may do more stuff, as an alternative of just \u201cbed rotting\u201d and \u201cdoomscrolling,\u201d as the youngsters today say.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Bond<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The layout looks a bit of bit like Instagram, although there is no such thing as a actual feed. As an alternative, user profiles are presented in a form of cluster formation. Clicking on a profile brings up the user\u2019s current stories. These stories disappear out of your public-facing profile after 24 hours, Becirovic said, but they then get stored in your private profile. Users can search through their very own archive of memories each time they need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bond\u2019s team includes individuals who previously built major social media apps, including TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260421491739\/en\/Bond-Launches-the-Post-Feed-Social-Network-to-Connect-Your-Memories\">the corporate says<\/a>. Becirovic previously worked at Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures, while Bond\u2019s founding researcher, Arthur Bra\u017einskas, co-led integration of user signals at Google Gemini.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s the revenue path for an organization like this? Most social media sites are only <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2024\/01\/social-media-platforms-make-11b-in-ad-revenue-from-u-s-teens\/#:~:text=YouTube%20derived%20the%20greatest%20ad,was%20also%20a%20co%2Dauthor.\">giant vehicles for promoting<\/a> \u2014 and that\u2019s where they make the lion\u2019s share of their revenue. Bond doesn\u2019t have ads, so how\u2019s it going to show a buck?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestingly enough, Becirovic envisions a scenario wherein \u2014 eventually \u2014 users can license their very own data from Bond\u2019s archives, selling it to firms that need to use it for AI-training purposes. On this scenario, Bond would take a really small cut of the profits via a licensing fee, thus generating ongoing revenue and positioning itself as a knowledge provider to AI firms which can be trying to tune up their models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe thought behind this licensing model is that you may monetize your memories,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we turn out to be this platform with the correct incentive structure to get billions of individuals to create about their every day lives, we&#8217;ll naturally turn out to be a extremely attractive place for people to need to train GPT six and 7, all the opposite variants which can be going to come back future.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"463\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3114525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=150,102 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=768,522 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=680,463 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=1200,816 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=1280,871 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=430,292 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=720,490 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=900,612 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=800,544 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=668,454 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=551,375 551w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=907,617 907w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=708,482 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/discover_entry_live.jpg?resize=50,34 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption__text\">Processed With Darkroom<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Bond<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one other scenario, Bond would use its amassed data to act as a product advice tool that integrates with e-commerce sites. \u201cOur users would opt into\u00a0this experience. If we&#8217;re capable of do that, we imagine we could capture some value from the transaction with\u00a0merchants by enabling a greater user experience, driving conversion, and\/or increasing throughput,\u201d Becirovic told TechCrunch in an email. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becirovic said that Bond would never sell users data for the needs of promoting, and users can \u201cdelete any memories by either deleting them within the Memory tab or using natural language in Memory chat.\u201d He added: \u201cUsers also can delete their profile in the event that they aren&#8217;t getting value from Bond. Because the product grows, we&#8217;ll introduce more privacy control features to our users for them to administer their data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becirovic said Bond will improve its encryption over time, though he&#8217;s a bit of vague concerning the platform\u2019s current protections: \u201cE2EE encryption is a priority for us within the near-future after launch. Within the meantime, we store all user data\u00a0securely in our database and ensure it&#8217;s protected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meanwhile, Becirovic seems mostly focused on making Bond cool. \u201cMonetization is just not a short-term priority,\u201d he said. \u201cOur initial focus is on creating an application users get\u00a0more value from the more they capture their memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy social media sites have been designed to maintain us hooked to our devices, eyes glued endlessly to retina-frying feeds of memes and dumb videos with the intention to create more engaged platforms for advertisements. In recent times, nonetheless, a swell of firms have sought to capitalize on users\u2019 burnout, pushing users to have interaction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2084,50861,23143,4334,536,3452,1548],"class_list":["post-322379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-bond","tag-doomscrolling","tag-habit","tag-kick","tag-media","tag-platform","tag-social"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322382,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379\/revisions\/322382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}