LOKE began with loyalty and discovered that the humble food order was the better way in. Now it is trying to turn every tap, payment and pepperoni pizza into a customer relationship the restaurant actually owns.
The bootstrapped platform behind $1 billion in creator earnings is betting that the future of video isn't a bigger audience - it's owning the one you already have.

Kajabi, Discourse, Disciple and a pack of rivals are selling creators and brands the same promise - leave the algorithm behind and own the people who show up. Here is who is actually fighting for the private community, and what they are betting on.
Sirqul is a Seattle-based platform company that turns scattered IoT signals into engagement. Founded in 2013 by AWS technical co-founder Robert Frederick, its Intelligence-of-Things 'Engagement-as-a-Service' platform bundles dozens of APIs, customizable native app templates, smart-mesh networking, and edge-plus-cloud analytics so businesses can launch connected experiences - across retail, venues, healthcare, and logistics - in weeks instead of years. More recently the company has folded agentic AI and edge devices into its AIE platform.