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W Social: The soon-to-launch European social network will allow anonymity and promote journalism

IN an exclusive interview with Pathfounders, "W" founder Anna Zeiter said the network will promote human-generated content over bots, will offer micropayments for media articles, with revenues shared with publishers.

Mike Butcher

Apr 9, 2026

Pathfounders Newsletter: Are two ex-McKinsey consultants out to kill McKinsey with AI?

Pathfounders: Code. Capital. Consequences.

Mike Butcher

Apr 3, 2026

Are we really killing it?

In this Pathfounders Guest Essay, Sonia Afzal argues that the row over Sifted’s recent “tech bro renaissance” opinion piece misses the real story: a deeper cultural shift in tech, where feminism, media incentives, and “brosculinity” collide.