That's why we're here to help. "IRL" (pronounced I-R-L) stands for "in real life." The abbreviation is often used in informal messaging, such as via DM or texting. It distinguishes real life from ...

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were ...

How quickly a unicorn can fall. Two years ago, the Gen Z-messaging app IRL was flying high with a $1.2 billion valuation and a fresh $150 million from SoftBank and $20 million from other investors.

The San Francisco social media startup IRL — a once-hyped “unicorn” valued at $1.17 billion — has shut down for good after a year filled with internal tumult and external scrutiny.

The founders of IRL, Abraham Shafi and Genrikh Khachatryan, are suing their investors, claiming that they intentionally sabotaged the company. At its peak, IRL was poised to become an event ...

Many believe what happened to the women was an example of “stream sniping,” a trend that involves viewers using visual clues to seek out content creators doing IRL (in real life) streams and ...