<s>
Raya	B-Application
is	O
a	O
private	O
,	O
membership-based	O
,	O
social	O
network	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
launched	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
initially	O
a	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
,	O
but	O
over	O
time	O
has	O
added	O
features	O
to	O
promote	O
professional	O
networking	O
and	O
social	O
discovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raya	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Daniel	O
Gendelman	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Raya	B-Application
acquired	O
Chime	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
messaging	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
link	O
their	O
profile	O
to	O
their	O
Instagram	B-Application
account	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
create	O
a	O
photo	O
montage	O
set	O
to	O
music	O
for	O
their	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raya	B-Application
is	O
not	O
advertised	O
and	O
grows	O
by	O
word	O
of	O
mouth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
of	O
Raya	B-Application
who	O
met	O
actor	O
Matthew	O
Perry	O
through	O
a	O
match	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
created	O
a	O
controversy	O
by	O
sharing	O
her	O
conversation	O
with	O
the	O
actor	O
on	O
TikTok	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TikTok	B-Application
video	O
went	O
viral	O
but	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
who	O
had	O
shared	O
the	O
video	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
Raya	B-Application
for	O
violation	O
of	O
the	O
privacy	O
policy	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
