Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app for highschool and faculty college students. The corporate didn't disclose the phrases of the deal however mentioned that near 30 of Saturn's full-time workers will probably be becoming a member of Snap as a part of the acquisition.
It's not clear what precisely Snap has deliberate for Saturn, however the firm confirmed to Engadget that the calendar app will proceed to function as a standalone service. It additionally instructed that the acquisition might assist Snap convey calendar-focused options into Snapchat.
A calendar app might look like an odd alternative for Snap, however there's clearly a number of overlap between the 2 providers' customers. In keeping with Snap, about 80 % of US excessive schoolers attend faculties that assist Saturn (its App Retailer web page says it's out there at greater than 17,000 excessive faculties). Snap is utilized by greater than half of US teenagers, per Pew Analysis.
Saturn can also be far more social than the standard calendar app. It has a Snapchat-like design that enables teenagers to simply share and evaluate their schedules with mates. It additionally helps options particular to many highschool college students' routines, like block schedules, rotation calendars and extracurricular actions. Saturn additionally has options for school college students, although it doesn't appear to be as extensively used amongst that barely older demographic.
The startup, based by Dylan Diamond (Saturn's CEO) and Max Baron (COO) has beforehand raised cash from plenty of high-profile buyers, together with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions. Forbes reported in 2021 the startup had raised $44 million.
Jim Lanzone, the CEO of Engadget’s father or mother firm Yahoo, joined the board of administrators at Snap on September 12, 2024. Nobody outdoors of Engadget’s editorial crew has any say in our protection of the corporate.
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