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Partiful

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Partiful
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Event planning and management
Founded2020
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Founder(s)Joy Tao, Shreya Murthy
URLhttps://partiful.com/

Partiful is an event planning and management platform. The service allows users to create events, invite guests (often via text message), and perform various event hosting tasks, including managing RSVPs and sending updates to attendees. Currently, all services are offered free of charge to users.[1]

History

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The service was founded in 2020 by Joy Tao and Shreya Murthy.[2] First launched as a website, the platform gained significant traction in 2022, also securing $20 million in Series A funding that year.[3] The service has seen significant adoption among Gen Z, millennials and startup founders, with the majority of users under the age of 30.[4][5][6][7]

The company has claimed "millions" of active users by the end of 2023.[8] Partiful expanded into iOS and Android apps in 2024, winning the award for Google's Best App of the Year that same year.[9][10][11]

Controversy

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Critics have raised questions about the professional backgrounds of Partiful's founders,[12] as both CEO Shreya Murthy and CTO Joy Tao previously worked at Palantir Technologies,[13] a data-analytics company that has been the subject of controversy due to its data-mining work for the CIA and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[14] Partiful's CEO has continued to represent herself as a Palantir alum, including at a "Palantir Mafia" event in October 2024, but says both cofounders "exclusively worked on private-sector projects" and that sharing user data is "not realistically something we’re planning on doing."[12]

References

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  1. ^ Kaufman, Anna. "It's my party, and I'll take it seriously if I want to: How Partiful revived the evite". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  2. ^ Perez, Sarah (2024-11-18). "Partiful is Google's 'best app' of 2024". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  3. ^ DePinho, Gabriella (2024-10-28). "I Could Text You the Details, But I'd Rather Send a Partiful Invite". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  4. ^ Holtermann, Callie (2022-09-15). "Is This the Least Cringe Option to Get People to Your Party?". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Bergman, Ben; Russell, Melia. "Andreessen Horowitz wins leading a Series A funding round for Partiful, the buzziest invitation app of the year". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  6. ^ Barkho, Gabriela (2023-03-16). "How Partiful became the hottest invitation app for startup founders". Modern Retail. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  7. ^ Nguyen, Terry (2023-02-03). "Dirt: Partiful". The Dirtyverse. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  8. ^ Rosenzweig-Ziff, Dan (2023-12-31). "Partiful wants Gen Z to move in a new social direction this New Year's Eve". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ Moreno, J. Edward. "From RSVPs to Revenue: Partiful is taking over calendars but not yet wallets". Sherwood News. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  10. ^ "Partiful: Fun Party Invites – Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  11. ^ Bright, Sam (2024-11-18). "Google Play's best apps and games of 2024". Google. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  12. ^ a b Zhang, Cat (7 May 2025). "Wait, Partiful's Founders Worked at Palantir?". The Cut. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  13. ^ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (2 December 2022). "The Internet, but for Hot People". The Atlantic. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  14. ^ Woodman, Spencer (17 March 2017). "Palantir Enables ICE Agents to Access Information From CIA". The Intercept. Retrieved 7 May 2025.