# Eduardo Vivas

> Eduardo Vivas is an entrepreneur, investor and AppLovin director who co-founded Bright.com and Curated. Bright joined LinkedIn in 2014; Curated brought human expert advice into online shopping and was acquired by Flip in 2024. Vivas later served as COO of Humans, Inc., the company behind Flip, through September 2025.

- **Role:** Independent Director at AppLovin
- **Organizations:** Curated, Bright.com, LinkedIn, Humans, Inc. (Flip), AppLovin
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bright.com, acquired by LinkedIn in a transaction announced at approximately $120 million., Co-founded Curated, which had connected over one million consumers with experts by April 2021., Curated’s acquisition by Flip was announced at $330 million in stock in July 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2011** — Left high school and bootstrapped an advertising technology company; later sold it.
- **2011-2014** — Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Bright.com; official biography dates his role October 2011-February 2014.
- **2014** — LinkedIn announced its agreement to acquire Bright for approximately $120 million.
- **2014-2017** — Head of Product, Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, March 2014-April 2017.
- **2017-2024** — Co-founded Curated; AppLovin biography dates CEO tenure August 2017-March 2024.
- **2018** — Joined AppLovin’s board in August.
- **2024-2025** — COO of Humans, Inc., March 2024-September 2025; Flip announced Curated acquisition in July 2024.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bright.com, acquired by LinkedIn in a transaction announced at approximately $120 million.
- Co-founded Curated, which had connected over one million consumers with experts by April 2021.
- Curated’s acquisition by Flip was announced at $330 million in stock in July 2024.
- AppLovin director since August 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — AppLovin’s 2026 proxy identifies Vivas as an independent director and records his Humans COO tenure ending in September 2025.
- **2025-09** — His COO tenure at Humans, Inc. ended, according to AppLovin’s 2026 proxy.
- **2026-03** — Forbes records that Humans, Inc., the company behind Flip, shut down, as recorded by Forbes.
- **2024-07** — Flip announced Curated’s acquisition for $330 million in stock.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-vivas-0845347
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/eddievivas

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