Pinterest Acquires The Hunt & Pext to Boost Ads, Commerce

Pinterest announced Tuesday the acquisition of two startups: Pext and The Hunt. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Pinterest announced Tuesday the acquisition of two startups: Pext and The Hunt. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The Hunt is a mobile shipping and discovery platform, led by co-founder and CEO Tim Weingarten. A Pinterest blog post notes that this acquisition will help the company “continue to build a discovery engine to help people discover, save and buy the things they love.”

Pext is an app by OMG Labs that turns texts into memes, helping people discover images relevant to their messages.

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