BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed

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BuzzFeed, publicly owned and headquartered in the US, founded in 2006, operates with approximately 2000 employees. The company primarily focuses on technology, information, and the internet, functioning as a digital media and content company.

Revenue

Founded

2006

Headcount

2,000

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Technology, Information and Internet

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

BuzzFeed hopes a new suite of AI applications can revitalize the company, which has faced significant challenges in recent years, including the shuttering of its Pulitzer-winning BuzzFeed News in 2023, the sale of its "Hot Ones" franchise in late 2024 to address debt, and 2025 layoffs across HuffPost. On March 18, 2026, CEO Jonah Peretti unveiled Branch Office at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, a new venture dedicated to exploring AI through consumer-facing apps designed to rethink how people connect online. This initiative follows an earnings report that raised questions about the company's financial stability and marks a renewed commitment to artificial intelligence. Peretti had first announced a "hard pivot to AI" in a staff memo in January 2023.

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Mar

25th

2026

18:30

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, March 2026 edition

BuzzFeed’s future, The Economist Group’s restructuring, and more. Overheard at DPS At the Digiday Publishing Summit in Vail, Colo., this week, publishing execs couldn’t help but lament about search traffic declines, and how this was leading them to try to find new ways to connect with readers and make money.

Mar

19th

2026

18:30

Bankruptcy, Corporate Restructuring, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Buzzfeed hopes some AI apps can save the company

Like many online outlets that flourished in the 2010s, Buzzfeed has fallen on hard times in recent years. In 2023, the company shuttered the Pulitzer-winning Buzzfeed News . In late 2024, it sold Hot Ones to help pay off some debt, and 2025 saw layoffs across HuffPost and, days later, an embrace of AI .

Mar

19th

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Can TikTok Teach You How to Be Rich?

As a once-in-a-lifetime virus rippled across the world, so, too, did misinformation. There were manosphere-backed Covid-19 treatments, cryptocurrency cons, and plenty of get-rich-quick schemes. On New Year’s Day in 2021, Vivian Tu, then a twenty-something Buzzfeed staffer, decided to do something about it.

Town & Country Magazine

Mar

18th

2026

09:05

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Buzzfeed Hopes AI Apps Can Help Solve Its Financial Woes

Buzzfeed is taking a stab at AI , but doing it in their own way. As part of a new venture called Branch Office, the spin‑off aims to introduce a slate of new apps designed to rethink how “people connect on the internet.” The move comes just days after an earnings report cast doubt on the company’s ability to stay afloat financially .

Mar

18th

2026

07:42

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed looks at AI to get out of financial troubles

By Dwaipayan Roy Mar 18, 2026 01:12 pm What's the story BuzzFeed, the US media giant famous for its quizzes and listicles, is reinventing itself for the artificial intelligence (AI) era. At the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti unveiled Branch Office, a new company that will focus on exploring AI through consumer-facing apps.

Mar

18th

2026

04:23

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Neural Dispatch: AI is slop, an unripe fruit and an insomniac

Cognitive warmup. It was in January 2023 when Buzzfeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff that the company was making a hard pivot to AI. Two points to remember. First, this happened two months after OpenAI’s ChatGPT caught everyone’s fancy.

Hindustan Times

Mar

18th

2026

01:23

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed Bets on New AI Apps Amid Lukewarm Reception at SXSW

BuzzFeed has introduced a new suite of AI-powered social apps as part of its broader strategy to reinvent its business model, unveiling the products at the SXSW conference through a new spin-off initiative called Branch Office.■

CXO Digital Pulse

Mar

17th

2026

17:55

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed AI Apps Debut at SXSW: A Desperate Bid for Revenue Meets Skeptical Silence

In a high-stakes move to secure its future, BuzzFeed unveiled a suite of new AI-powered applications at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on June 9, 2025, marking a pivotal shift for the struggling digital media giant.

Mar

17th

2026

13:27

Layoffs, B2B Tag

The rise and fall of Buzzfeed

If you're a millennial, or someone who spends a lot of time on the internet - there's a high chance you've heard of a company called Buzzfeed...and there's an even higher chance you've done one of their infamous quizzes.

Mar

17th

2026

11:47

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

BuzzFeed, the U.S.-based media company known best for its quizzes, listicles, and, for a time, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism division, is reinventing itself for the AI era. At least, that’s the pitch. At the SXSW conference in Austin, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti introduced the company’s next media foray: a spin-off called Branch Office , which will explore artificial intelligence in consumer-facing apps designed for creativity and connection.

Mar

15th

2026

18:30

Financial Results, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed Inc. Announces Filing of (10-K) for the Year 2025

Table of Contents ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of BuzzFeed and related notes thereto included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Mar

15th

2026

18:30

Financial Results, Bankruptcy, B2B Tag

BuzzFeed Has 'Substantial Doubt' About Its Future

BuzzFeed said there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating as the digital media company grapples with ongoing financial challenges, CNN reports. In its latest earnings report, the company said it has begun “strategic conversations” aimed at addressing liquidity issues and improving its financial position.

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