DEAL STREET ASIA - Jan 24 - The app matches users based on mutual interests and connects them in real time for a 10 minute chat. Originally released in Japanese only, AI Pacific has made an English and Korean version for Android and is now available in beta in South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. During the beta release in Japan, Festar saw 75% of active users matching and chatting, and 29% of users who chatted for 10 minutes mutually selected "Talk More" to continue talking with unlimited private messaging. 53% of users came back to the app monthly, based on a 5-month trial period.