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Digg founder Kevin Rose has teamed up with former rival Alexis Ohanian to buy the once-popular content aggregator as they bet on an artificial intelligence-powered revival of the platform that once drew around 40 million monthly visitors.<\/p>\n

Launched in 2004 by a then 27-year-old Rose, Digg was once called the “homepage of the internet” and was a rival to Reddit<\/a>, a firm co-founded by Ohanian.<\/p>\n

But the platform lost ground after its 2012 sale to New York-based tech incubator Betaworks. Microsoft’s LinkedIn<\/a> scooped up its most valuable assets, including patents. It has since pivoted to curating news.<\/p>\n

Rose and Ohanian, who acquired Digg for an undisclosed sum, said on Wednesday they aim to revive the platform by leveraging their social media expertise, restoring its nostalgic early interface.<\/p>\n

Digg’s early model allowed users to “digg” or “bury” content\u2014 an early precursor to how social media platforms surface viral stories today.<\/p>\n

The duo also plans to use AI-driven curation to curb misinformation and toxic discourse.<\/p>\n

“Recently we’ve hit an inflection point where AI can become a helpful co-pilot to users and moderators, not replacing human conversation, but rather augmenting it,” Rose said.<\/p>\n

He added that he had been approached several times over the past years to buy Digg but it “never felt right” before.<\/p>\n

Invites for the new version will roll out in the coming weeks, as Digg prepares to reenter a crowded social media landscape where smaller players such as Pinterest are jostling for ad dollars and user attention with giants such as Meta.<\/p>\n

Justin Mezzell, a longtime collaborator of Rose with experience at Google<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>, will take over as Digg CEO.<\/p>\n

The deal is backed by venture capital firms True Ventures, where Rose is a partner, and Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six. Rose will be Digg’s board chair and key advisor.<\/p>\n

Ohanian has also joined a bid led by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to acquire TikTok’s<\/a> US operations.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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