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Midjourney buys popular astrology app Co-Star: here are its plans

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Artificial intelligence lab Midjourney Inc. has acquired the popular astrology app Co-Star.

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Bloomberg - Artificial intelligence lab Midjourney Inc. has acquired the popular astrology app Co-Star and is developing its first standalone image generation app, in the latest initiatives by the startup to venture into new business areas after announcing an ambitious expansion last month. Co-Star uses birth charts and a combination of artificial intelligence and human writing to offer personalized advice and assess compatibility between the user and added friends. The free app, which offers some paid features, has about 4.3 million monthly active users, according to Sensor Tower data. The acquisition, which had not been previously reported, closed this spring, Midjourney indicates. The company declines to disclose financial terms. See also: AMD launches new AI products for data centers and says they will outperform Nvidia Midjourney, best known for offering a generative AI subscription service that allows customers to create images and video clips, surprised the industry last month by announcing it is working on a "full-body ultrasound machine" that will eventually be installed in spa centers. This device is one of eight projects the San Francisco-based startup is currently focused on, spread across four hardware and four software initiatives, it indicated at the time. The acquisition of Co-Star is just one part of the company's plan to reinvent itself. What unites...

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San Francisco, California, United States

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  • Co-StarTargetcostarastrology.com

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Detected
Jul 24, 2026
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