Overview

• AltStore secured a $6 million Series A from Pace Capital for roughly a 15% stake, with Pace’s Chris Paik and Flipboard CEO Mike McCue joining the board.
• The company plans to bring AltStore PAL to Japan, Brazil, and Australia before year‑end, with the UK targeted for 2026, subject to regulatory progress and Apple enabling the mechanics.
• AltStore is integrating ActivityPub so app sources become followable accounts on the open social web, with interactions flowing back into the app.
• A managed Mastodon server is live in beta through a partnership with Mastodon gGmbH, and Bluesky support is planned via Bridgy Fed from nonprofit A New Social.
• AltStore will donate $500,000 to fediverse projects, including $300,000 to Mastodon gGmbH, plus contributions to Bridgy Fed, Tapbots’ Ivory and Phoenix, The Iconfactory’s Tapestry, mstdn.social, Akkoma, PeerTube, Bookwyrm, and Fedify.