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An AI-driven personalized news reader and discovery feed that ranked stories and adapted to each user's interests.

Artifact removed posting and comments on January 12, 2024 and kept its core news reader running only through the end of February.

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Shutdown: Artifact's founder announced the complete app wind-down on January 12 and said the core news-reading capability would operate through the end of February. The effective date therefore retains month precision rather than inventing a day. Yahoo's later acquisition of Artifact's technology and team did not continue the standalone app. Official shutdown notice
Dates checked: Announced 12 Jan 2024 · Verified 23 Sep 2026
AI functionality: AI functionality source
Launch: Nokto's founder-signed trademark application was filed on January 31, 2023, the day Artifact was announced and opened its waitlist. The broader open beta followed in February.
Location: United States · San Francisco. Nokto's founder-signed January 2023 trademark application identifies the operator's mailing city as San Francisco. This records a historical operator address, not a service market or server location. Coordinates use the Natural Earth city point rounded to two decimal places. Location source