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v0.18.0
2026-01-06

The SEO & Digital Identity Revolution

This update transforms how the comedy industry is discovered on the global web. We've implemented a massive SEO infrastructure, including regional 'City Hubs' and 'Genre Indexes,' paired with cinema-grade structured data (JSON-LD) to ensure Funny.CEO performers and venues dominate Google Search.

Key Features

  • SEO City Hubs: Dedicated landing pages for every city in our network. Now, when users search for 'Best comedy clubs in New York,' they find Funny.CEO's curated city guides.
  • Genre Style Index: Targeted directories for performance styles like 'Dark Comedy,' 'Stand-up Masters,' and 'Improv.' This allows topical search traffic to find the perfect talent for their specific taste.
  • Rich Snippet Schemas: We've added cinema-grade JSON-LD 'Event,' 'Person,' and 'ComedyClub' metadata across the platform. Your showtimes and profile details now appear directly in Google Search results with rich detail.
  • Intel Bureau Social Distribution: Admins can now generate high-stakes social media kits (captions, hashtags, and cinematic scripts) for every blog post using Gemini 3.0 Pro, ensuring our content hits harder on Instagram and X.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Favicon & Brand Optimization: Updated our digital signature to follow Google's latest best practices, featuring a high-res 48x48 icon and a full PWA Web App Manifest.
  • Production Route Hardening: Resolved persistent 404 issues on production by hardening the middleware logic, ensuring 100% stable routing across funny.ceo and epk.lol.
  • Blog Draft AI: Integrated a new workflow for drafting long-form industry intelligence, ready for AI-driven distributions.
v0.17.0
2026-01-05

The Local Sponsorship Update

We've completely reimagined how venues and advertisers connect. This update transforms the Ad Marketplace from a standalone tool into a fully integrated storefront within the Venue Dashboard, empowering club owners to manage high-margin local sponsorships and network demand from a single command center.

Key Features

  • Integrated Venue Storefront: Venue owners can now preview and manage their public ad storefront directly from their dashboard. No more external links—recruit local sponsors and verify your inventory in real-time.
  • Neural Engine Ad Renders: The 'Advertise' headquarters now features cinema-grade previews of the 'Neural Engine.' See your brand identity rendered into cinematic venue assets with professional HUD status overlays.
  • Global Command (Wide Net): Advertisers can now 'Cast a Wide Net' to find slots across the entire network. If your specific club isn't listed, our intelligence engine will find the best available stage for your brand.
  • Revenue Stream Education: New dashboard intelligence helps venue owners understand the split between passive Network Demand (global ads) and high-margin Direct Sponsorships (local partners).

Refinements & Fixes

  • Zero-Friction Ad Onboarding: Streamlined the multi-step ad purchase flow with better visual feedback and automatic error recovery.
  • Hardened Routing Architecture: Resolved pathing issues for the ad marketplace, ensuring zero-latency transitions between discovery and checkout.
  • Visual Status HUDs: Added technical HUD elements to ad previews, providing real-time feedback on render quality and deployment status.
v0.16.0
2026-01-05

The Cinematic Profile Update

We've completely reimagined the Comedian Public Profile (EPK) to act as a high-powered digital agent. With a new "Netflix-style" visual architecture, streamlined booking flows, and a dedicated high-fidelity press gallery, your professional profile now works harder to convert fans into ticket buyers and talent buyers into bookings.

Key Features

  • Cinematic Booking Experience: The "Book Now" flow has been redesigned into a high-conversion command center. Venue owners can now check availability, rate deployment readiness, and initiate offers directly from a streamlined, visually stunning interface.
  • High-Fidelity Press Gallery: A new, dedicated visual asset hub automatically curates your best press photos and headshots into a downloadable, high-resolution gallery, ensuring press and promoters always have access to your brand's best angle.
  • Intelligence-Driven Layout: We've restructured the profile hierarchy to place "Intelligence Reports" and "Direct Booking" stats side-by-side, giving industry decision-makers an instant, data-rich snapshot of your career momentum.
  • Precision Alignment Engine: Every pixel of the profile has been calibrated for symmetry and visual balance, ensuring that your digital presence feels as polished and professional as your stage performance.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Standardized Messaging Actions: Unified the design and functionality of "Message" and "Contact" buttons across the platform for a consistent communication experience.
  • Enhanced Type Safety: Hardened the data structures for image handling and system badges to ensure rock-solid stability during high-traffic browsing.
  • Visual Grain & Texture: Applied subtle cinematic grain and lighting effects to the profile view to elevate the aesthetic depth and premium feel.
v0.15.0
2026-01-04

The Fair Economy Update

We believe in a transparent and fair ecosystem for live comedy. This update introduces a revolutionary "Fair Fee" model where our platform costs scale down when you offer discounts to your fans. We've also completely reimagined the checkout experience to provide total clarity on every dollar spent.

Key Features

  • The Fair Fee Standard: We've aligned our success with yours. Now, whenever a venue offers a discount code or group deal, the Funny.CEO platform fee automatically scales down proportionally. If you give your fans a break, we give you a break.
  • Crystal-Clear Checkout: The ticket purchase experience now features a breakdown of exactly where every service fee goes. See the split between credit card processing and platform services instantly, ensuring total trust in every transaction.
  • Precision Discount Engine: Our fee engine now intelligently honors every type of promotion—from group bundles to influencer promo codes—ensuring that your pricing rules are applied consistently across the entire cart.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Significantly improved the visual stability of the checkout interfaces during page load.
  • Hardened the mathematical precision of the backend billing engine for complex cart scenarios.
  • Optimized the rendering performance of global navigation elements for a smoother browsing experience.
v0.14.0
2026-01-02

The Social Presence Update

We've transformed how your comedy brand travels across the digital world. With our new Social Presence Engine, every share—whether it's a comedian's profile, a venue's landing page, or a high-stakes show—now appears with cinema-grade previews and rich metadata. We've also finalized our real-world notification hub, bridging the gap between digital coordination and real-life action.

Key Features

  • Cinema-Grade Social Previews: Deployed a site-wide Social Intelligence engine that automatically generates high-fidelity previews for Venues, Comedians, and Shows. Your professional profile now commands attention with rich images and professional formatting across all social platforms.
  • Real-World Notification Hub: Successfully bridged the digital-to-physical gap with our new real-world email engine. Booking requests and high-priority messages now land directly in your inbox, ensuring you stay connected to your career even when you're off-platform.
  • Dynamic Brand Intelligence: The Home Page is now fully optimized with global brand metadata, ensuring that every share of FUNNY.CEO provides a professional, premium first impression to new fans and venues alike.
  • High-Performance Discovery Indexing: Deployed a sophisticated backend indexing architecture that enables lightning-fast retrieval of show reviews and real-time 'Pulse' updates for a smoother user experience.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Hardened the stability of the global communication engine for real-world engagement.
  • Optimized the intelligent routing of booking requests to ensure seamless transition from alert to action.
  • Improved the internal architecture for secure credential management to ensure zero-downtime deployments.
v0.13.0
2025-12-29

The Performance Pulse Update

We've bridged the gap between show creation and real-time coordination. With our new 'Performance Pulse' messaging engine, venue owners can now instantly broadcast to their entire cast, share high-fidelity design assets, and sync every detail of the production from a single, unified command center.

Key Features

  • Instant Cast Broadcast: Revolutionized show night coordination with the 'Message Cast' tool. Venue owners can now initialize a secure, high-stakes group thread with every comedian on the lineup in a single click.
  • High-Fidelity Media Sharing: The unified inbox now supports real-time sharing of design assets, promotional posters, and technical specifications, ensuring every professional stays synchronised with the vision of the show.
  • Mission Control Messaging Widgets: Direct access to your most urgent professional conversations is now integrated into every dashboard, featuring real-time unread indicators and context-aware show titles.
  • Intelligent Navigation Persistence: Your communication context is now smarter than ever, preserving your search and filter parameters even when jumping between high-stakes threads and show management tools.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Enhanced the visual performance of the messaging engine for professional-grade reliability.
  • Optimized the background synchronization of unread message counts across all personas.
  • Improved the intelligent routing of notification links to ensure seamless transition from alert to action.
v0.11.0
2025-12-28

The Talent Pipeline Update

We've revolutionized how talent discovery and booking flow across the ecosystem. With a newly consolidated gig marketplace and automated stage registration, the path from sign-up to spotlight is now faster and more intuitive than ever.

Key Features

  • Consolidated Gig Marketplace: We've streamlined the 'Featured Gigs' view to give comedians a high-level summary of every opportunity. See total availability, multi-role casting, and performance durations at a glance without the clutter.
  • Automated Stage Registration: Our new instant-booking technology removes the friction from open mic sign-ups. Your spot is confirmed and populated in your personal mission control the moment you finish registration.
  • Universal Persona Access: We've unified the dashboard experience so that every professional—whether you're a Club Owner or a Comedian—has instant, unrestricted access to their personal Fan profile and ticket history.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Intelligent Dashboard Filtering: Strategically separated audience-facing tickets from professional stage bookings for a cleaner, mission-focused interface.
  • Enhanced Booking Velocity: Optimized the transition from performance sign-up to real-time status updates across all professional dashboards.
  • Unified Persona Permissions: Updated internal protocols to ensure seamless navigation between different platform views.
v0.10.0
2025-12-24

The Currency of Comedy Update

We've redefined the economy of live performance. Introducing 'FU' (Funding Units), a bold new standard for digital currency that powers the entire Funny.CEO ecosystem. Alongside this major rebranding, we've personalized the fan experience and hardened our financial infrastructure.

Key Features

  • Global Currency Rebranding: We've transitioned the entire platform economy from 'IQ' to 'FU' (Funding Units). This change reflects a more direct, impactful approach to how value is exchanged between fans, talent, and venues.
  • Personalized Command Centers: The Fan Dashboard now greets you by name, adding a personal touch to your daily comedy headquarters.
  • Hardened Financial Infrastructure: A complete audit and refactor of our billing and action systems ensures that your 'FU' are handled with bank-grade precision and reliability.

Refinements & Fixes

  • System-wide updates to all billing components, ensuring consistent terminology across every screen.
  • Refactored backend actions for improved maintainability and performance.
  • Enhanced legacy support to ensure a seamless transition for existing user balances.
v0.9.0
2025-12-23

The Local Intelligence Update

We've completely overhauled how the world discovers local comedy. With a new cinematic map view, smart discovery controls, and a fully SEO-optimized architecture, Funny.CEO is now the most powerful guide to the comedy circuit ever built.

Key Features

  • Cinema-Grade Map Experience: A breathtaking new map interface with animated, mood-aware markers (🤣) that showcase the vibe of every club at a glance.
  • SEO Dominance Architecture: We've deployed a dynamic, intelligent sitemap engine that automatically syncs with your database in real-time, ensuring every club, comedian, and show is instantly indexable by major search engines.
  • Smart Vicinity Engine: Discovery controls have been redesigned for deeper human connection, replacing raw data points with a conversational interface that intelligently finds clubs within your exact range.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Prioritized growth by weighting unclaimed venues higher in search indexing to maximize directory reach.
  • Enhanced visual hierarchy of the Discovery Bar for clearer, more intuitive filtering.
  • Deployed brand-consistent 'Happy Face' iconography across all location markers for a cohesive visual identity.
v0.8.0
2025-12-22

The Intuitive Command Update

We've refined the Funny.CEO interface to be more direct, literal, and professional. By standardizing navigation across all roles and consolidating settings, we've reduced cognitive load and made the platform even faster to navigate.

Key Features

  • Literal Navigation Standard: Renamed creative menu items to standard, predictable terms (e.g., 'Earnings', 'Timecards', 'Scanner') across all dashboards for immediate clarity.
  • Unified Settings Hub: Consolidated all user and platform settings into a single, secure entry point via the avatar menu, decluttering the main navigation bars.
  • Streamlined Fan Dashboard: Refactored the Fan navigation to match the high-performance single-row layout used by pros, providing a consistent experience for everyone.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Fixed layout inconsistencies in the Venue Owner sidebar.
  • Standardized role display names across the entire platform.
  • Removed redundant navigation layers for a faster workflow.
v0.7.0
2025-12-21

The Operational Authority

We're moving beyond management into true operational command. With unified headquarters for finances and facilities, and the launch of the Neighborhood Radar, Funny.CEO is now the most powerful command center in the industry.

Key Features

  • The Money & Ledger Hub: A comprehensive financial headquarters for venue owners. Track gross revenue, analyze attendance velocity, and manage your Stripe connectivity—all from a single, cinematic view.
  • Integrated Venue Operations: We've unified your entire physical operation into one workspace. Manage Locations, design Floorplans, scan tickets at the Door, and control your TV HUDs from a single, synchronized hub.
  • Neighborhood Radar: Our most advanced discovery technology yet. Every Venue Home now features a real-time perimeter scan that detects and highlights professional comedians currently active in your immediate vicinity.
  • Command-First Navigation: A streamlined, high-speed navigation architecture that removes sub-menu friction, providing instant, direct-to-page access for every mission-critical tool.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Dashboard Velocity: Significantly reduced navigation steps by flattening the menu hierarchy and providing direct-to-tool access.
  • Visual Financial Auditing: Integrated the global transaction ledger directly into the performance analytics view for a complete financial audit trail.
  • Real-Time Operational Status: Added live status indicators across the platform to provide instant feedback on system health and operational mode.
v0.6.0
2025-12-19

The Atmosphere Update

We're closing the loop between the stage and the seats. From IQ-enhanced show openings to the industry's first real-time digital tipping engine, we're making live comedy more interactive, automated, and rewarding.

Key Features

  • IQ Stage Brief Engine: Venue operators and MCs can now generate professional, hilarious, and context-aware show openings in seconds. Powered by advanced Intelligence, it analyzes your lineup and audience to set the perfect tone for the night.
  • The Digital Tip Jar: A revolutionary way for fans to support performers in real-time. Fans attending a live show can now send 'Heckles' directly to the comedian on stage with fun, themed virtual gifts like 'Beers', 'Shots', and 'Bottles'.
  • Interactive Management Hubs: Each persona now features a premium 'Project Console' layout. Whether you're a Fan finding shows or a Comedian building sets, your most important tools are now front-and-center in a stunning, high-performance terminal.
  • Real-time Live Sync: Fans attending shows now see 'Live Now' widgets on their dashboard the moment a show begins, enabling instant interaction with the performers.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Visual Overhaul: Modernized the dashboard aesthetic with glassmorphism, glowing accents, and role-specific color palettes.
  • Real-time Ledger Integration: Seamlessly integrated tips into the platform's financial engine with automated notifications for performers.
  • Unified Tool Grid: Streamlined navigation with a reusable components architecture across all dashboard views.
v0.5.0
2025-12-18

The Trust & Transparency Update

We're bringing a new level of trust and professionalism to Funny.CEO. From official identity verification to transparent financial tracking, we're building the gold standard that professional comedy deserves.

Key Features

  • Official Talent Verification: Comedians can now authenticate their accounts through our secure verification pipeline, earning the exclusive Green Checkmark that signals elite reliability to venues and fans.
  • Professional Financial Suite: A brand new mission control for your comedy business—track booking revenue, manage platform credits, and maintain flawless financial records.
  • Verified Discovery Algorithm: Our global search prioritizes verified talent, ensuring the most dedicated professionals are always front-and-center for venue operators.
  • Professional Identity Safeguarding: Separately manage your creative stage presence and your private legal credentials for secure, professional contract handling.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Perfected the Verified Badge experience with a holographic interactive status card.
  • Synchronized professional status across the entire ecosystem for instant recognition.
  • Enhanced privacy layers for sensitive professional documentation.
  • Optimized the financial history engine for lightning-fast performance during high-volume periods.
v0.4.0
2025-12-11

The Communication Engine

Connectivity is the heart of show business. We've built the network that keeps every show synchronized and every conversation moving.

Key Features

  • Direct Professional Messaging: A private, real-time communication channel for comedians and venues to coordinate high-stakes show logistics and technical requirements.
  • Instant Alert Ecosystem: A multi-channel notification system that ensures you never miss a booking request, a message, or a career opportunity.
  • Smart Thread Management: Keep your professional communications organized by launching chats directly from show rosters or talent portfolios.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Polished the mobile communication experience for performers and hosts on the move.
  • Implemented intelligent status tracking to prioritize urgent professional messages.
v0.3.0
2025-09-15

Performance at Global Scale

Following a record-breaking summer tour season, we've upgraded our core infrastructure to support the next generation of comedy megastars.

Key Features

  • Global Speed Optimization: A complete site-wide speed upgrade ensures smooth, zero-latency navigation even during peak global traffic.
  • Elite Discovery Pipeline: Intelligent search that connects fans with talent and venues in milliseconds, regardless of territory.
  • High-Definition Visual Delivery: Optimized the processing of headshots and promotional posters for a crisp, premium visual experience on any device.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Hardened platform reliability to ensure 24/7 availability for global comedy operations.
  • Streamlined background processing to reduce battery usage and data consumption for traveling talent.
v0.2.0
2025-08-05

Elite Venue Operations

Empowering the rooms where comedy history is made. The platform is now a comprehensive club management ecosystem.

Key Features

  • Venue Command Center: Total administrative control for comedy clubs to manage their public image, operational data, and recurring schedules.
  • Interactive Room Mapping: Dynamic templates for organizing venue layouts, managing capacity, and planning the ultimate fan experience.
  • Staff Coordination Tiers: Secure, role-based access for owners, managers, and hospitality staff to keep night-of-show operations flawless.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Advanced the intelligence of our recurring show scheduling engine.
  • Refined the location-aware discovery for specialized, one-off comedy events.
v0.1.0
2025-07-08

The Inception: Digital Transformation

The official launch of the Funny.CEO ecosystem. Setting the new industry standard for professional comedy management.

Key Features

  • The Industry Standard: A secure, high-performance foundation built from the ground up for the demands of live entertainment.
  • Role-Specific Experiences: Tailored, high-end environments for the three pillars of the industry: Global Talent, Premier Venues, and Dedicated Fans.
  • The Unified Talent Roster: The first searchable database of the world's most professional comedy talent.

Refinements & Fixes

  • Established industry-leading security protocols for universal data protection.
  • Defined the signature Funny.CEO premium aesthetic across all platform touchpoints.

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