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Re:Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actual... by htrp on Monday October 06, 2025 @01:37PM (#45493913)
Was a huge fan of gather.town, is this the official notice that it's going into maintenance mode?
Re:Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actual... by eambutu on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:30PM (#45494595)
The Gather work product is unfortunately going into maintenance mode. We still have a strong team working on the core AV and performance, and the business is very decent and more than supports that team (and we still use the Gather product heavily ourselves).

However, it didn't reach the growth trajectory we needed, so a majority of the company will be working on Grapevine + new products instead.

Re:Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actual... by stuartjohnson12 on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:50PM (#45494847)
This is sad to hear. We loved Gather but the technical issues stacked up and we made the choice to kill it around 2 weeks ago.

We've still been searching for a proper replacement for go-karting. Our team greatly enjoyed that little mini game.

A thought for any lurking vibe-coders.

Re:Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actual... by htrp on Monday October 06, 2025 @04:30PM (#45495965)
Is there a recommended migration path ? or another product that you would suggest here?
Re:Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actual... by eambutu on Monday October 06, 2025 @05:13PM (#45496395)
Ah to be clear, the team is staffed well enough on Gather that the experience will be equal, if not better, than what you've been using already. So we haven't been telling customers to migrate (and unfortunately, there aren't many good alternative products right now).