Is Partiful Cancelled?

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay start off with two sounds of the
summer from a divisive Love Island USA contestant and a popstar
“standing on business.” Then, they explain the controversy brewing
behind Partiful, the hip event invite app that was a rising star in
the tech world, until an NYC Noise blog post brought up that
Partiful’s co-founders used to work at Palantir Technologies.
Palantir is a data-analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel, who
was on President Trump’s transition team and a prominent,
billionaire donor to his campaign, and for years, Palantir has been
in contract with the CIA and ICE. Then in April, 404 Media was able
to obtain Slacks from Palantir that showed they were helping
Trump’s mass deportation effort. So, is Partiful canceled? And why
are there no good invite apps left? Also: We're asking for your
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