Palmstreet
Palmstreet, founded in 2020 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a live-shopping marketplace that grew out of PlantStory, a machine-learning plant identification app.
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Palmstreet, founded in 2020 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a live-shopping marketplace that grew out of PlantStory, a machine-learning plant identification app. After seeing rare-plant sellers thrive on Instagram Live, it pivoted to live commerce and now spans rare plants, crystals, handmade pottery, vintage collectibles, trading cards and reptiles, connecting hundreds of independent sellers with over a million members.
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