Radiate is a mobile app that connects people going to the same events as one another.
They are branded as "not a dating app", although they have been compared to Tinder, especially with
Tinder
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's introduction of Festival Mode.
Insomniac
Insomniac or The Insomniac may refer to:
* A person who has insomnia
Music
* ''Insomniac'' (Green Day album), 1995
* ''Insomniac'' (Enrique Iglesias album), 2007
* "Insomniac" (song), a 1994 song by Echobelly
* "Insomniac", a song by Billy P ...
, producer of
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and is currently t ...
has said "''One of the primary reasons people go to festivals is for the community, and that’s what Radiate provides.''"
History
Radiate was founded by Michael Tom and Philip Butler in 2015.
They debuted at the
electronic dance music festival Electric Adventure in August 2015.
On May 27, 2019, Radiate was featured on
Product Hunt
Product Hunt is an American website to share and discover new products. It was founded by Ryan Hoover in November 2013.
Users submit products, which are listed in a linear format by day. The site includes a comments system and a voting system s ...
.
Radiate's gained initial traction around large music festivals, with users using the app to meet and interact with others going to festivals such as
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and is currently t ...
,
Tomorrowland
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,
Ultra Music Festival, and
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza (Lolla) is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park in Chicago. It originally started as a touring event in 1991 but several years later made Chicago the permanent location for the annual music festival. Mus ...
. Recently, Radiate has also been adding artist tours, including partnerships with artists such as
Dillon Francis
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Early life
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and
Flosstradamus
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.
In July 2020, Radiate released a feature called Spaces, which allows users to move in a virtual 2-dimensional space, interact with each other through video chat, and listen to or watch a common
livestream.
In December 2021, Radiate cofounder
Michael Tom
Michael Tom (1946–1999) was an American sculptor.
Early life
Tom was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tom was adopted and named as Michael Goon Bing Tom. Tom's sister is Crystella.
Education
In 1971, Tom received a bachelor of fine a ...
was featured in the
Forbes 30 Under 30
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list.
Features
Users can opt into events, and then post images and text for others within the event to see. Users can anonymously say "Hey" to each other, and if both users say "Hey", a chat will open up between them. In addition to the forums, users can also "swipe" through other users, using a mechanic similar to
Tinder
Tinder is easily combustible material used to start a fire. Tinder is a finely divided, open material which will begin to glow under a shower of sparks. Air is gently wafted over the glowing tinder until it bursts into flame. The flaming tinder i ...
.
References
External links
* {{official website, https://radiatetheworld.com
Geosocial networking
Mobile social software
Online dating services of the United States
Internet properties established in 2015
IOS software
Privately held companies of the United States
American social networking websites