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| August 2008 – December 2009 || Conception || The product is conceived by [[wikipedia:Ben Silbermann|Ben Silbermann]], [[wikipedia:Evan Sharp|Evan Sharp]], and [[wikipedia:Paul Sciarra|Paul Sciarra]] as part of Cold Brew Labs.
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| January 2010 – early 2012 || Product build-out, userbase growth, policy tuning || Pinterest grows steadily, raises a few rounds of money, releases mobile apps, and makes policy changes to better accommodate concerns surrounding copyright, opt-out and not reusing user content.
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| Early 2012 onward || Large funding rounds and aggressive acquisitions || Pinterest raises multiple large rounds of funding at steadily rising valuations ($100 million Series C at $1.5 billion valuation, $200 million Series D at $2.5 billion valuation, $225 million Series E at $3.8 billion valuation, $200 million Series F at $5 billion valuation, and $553 million Series G at $11 billion valuation) and also aggressively acquires companies.
| June 2015 onward || In-app commerce || Pinterest partners with [[wikipedia:Shopify|Shopify]] and retailers to launch Buyable Pins, special types of pins that people can use to make purchases within Pinterest itself. Although Buyable Pins do not cost the seller money, Pinterest clarifies that sellers may choose to promote Buyable Pins just as they can promote other pins.
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| 2016 || Pinterest hits 150 million active users per month<ref>{{cite web |title=Use Pinterest to boost your study habits! |url=https://www.utep.edu/extendeduniversity/utepconnect/blog/march-2017/use-pinterest-to-boost-your-study-habits.html |website=utep.edu |accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref>, and receives an average of around 2 billion searches per month.<ref>{{cite web |title=HOW CAN PINTEREST BE USED FOR DIGITAL MARKETING? |url=https://trendjackers.com/how-can-pinterest-be-used-for-marketing/ Floating |website=trendjackers.com |accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref> The Pinterest debuts as a public company reports US$300 million in revenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is Pinterest’s Latest Update an Attempt to Transform Visual Search? |url=https://www.envision-creative.com/pinterest-update-search/ |website=envision-creative.com |accessdate=24 August 2019}}</ref>
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