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Cray 2.4 Is Here: The Update That Completes the Picture

The biggest Cray update yet: BaeScore™ measures 36 green flags for free, PhotoScan reads your screenshots for red flags, and ConvoScan analyzes how someone texts. Version 1 spotted what's wrong — 2.4 completes the picture.

August 10, 2026
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Company News

We're Giving Every Campus a Free Launch Kit. Here's Why.

Starting this fall, every campus that partners with Cray receives our complete Campus Launch Kit free — a $2,500+ package with a launch guide, 36 weeks of social programming, posters, and launch graphics.

August 10, 2026
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Cray Red Flag Glossary — dating safety terms defined
Red Flags

The Red Flag Glossary: Every Dating Safety Term, Defined

43 dating safety terms, defined in plain language — from benching and DARVO to shrekking, cookie-jarring, and ghostlighting. Every term from the Red Flag Academy series, kept current as new ones emerge.

July 29, 2026
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Cray romance safety — how romance scams work
Red Flags

How Do Romance Scams Work? The Playbook, Stage by Stage

Romance scams follow a four-stage playbook: manufactured connection, isolation, the ask, the squeeze. Know the script and you can spot any actor.

July 28, 2026
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Meeting someone from a dating app safely — smart moves, better outcomes
Red Flags

Is It Safe to Meet Someone From a Dating App?

The risk isn't the app — it's the information gap. A practical checklist for verifying before the date and controlling the logistics during it.

July 21, 2026
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How to tell if someone is catfishing you — don't trust the vibe, verify it
Red Flags

How Can You Tell If Someone Is Catfishing You?

The camera is never broken by accident. The warning signs of catfishing, the verification steps that work, and what to do when the story doesn't add up.

July 7, 2026
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Cray Protected venue safety badge
Company News

Introducing Cray Protected: Safety You Can See at Your Favorite Venue

Cray Protected brings visible, physical safety to bars and venues — drink covers, QR coasters, and a badge that tells patrons they're looked after.

June 4, 2026
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Cray Campus Safety Awareness Package — the "It's Cray!" giveaway at the ATIXA Summer Symposium
Campus Safety

It's Cray! — How We're Showing Up for ATIXA This Summer

Cray is a Bronze Registration Sponsor at the ATIXA Summer Symposium — with a $5,000+ "It's Cray!" door prize giveaway for campus safety professionals.

May 20, 2026
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Justin Smith holding his Spartan Incubator certificate at the University of Tampa
Company News

Certificate in Hand: Cray Completes the Spartan Incubator at UTampa

We closed out the Spring 2026 Spartan Incubator cohort at UTampa's Lowth Entrepreneurship Center — certificate in hand and a big summer ahead.

April 27, 2026
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The Campus Digital Safety Playbook — Cray's free campus prevention resource
Campus Safety

Introducing the Campus Digital Safety Playbook: A Free Resource for Higher Ed

The Campus Digital Safety Playbook is here — a free, practical prevention resource for Title IX, Student Affairs, and Campus Safety teams.

April 11, 2026
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Cray romance safety — what is breadcrumbing
Red Flags

What Is Breadcrumbing? Why Mixed Signals Are a Pattern, Not a Puzzle

Breadcrumbing runs on the same psychology as slot machines. The signs, the science, and the reframe: mixed signals aren't a puzzle — they're the answer.

March 9, 2026
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Cray romance safety — what is love bombing
Red Flags

What Is Love Bombing? How to Recognize It Before It Sweeps You Away

Love bombing fast-tracks attachment and bypasses judgment. Here's how it works, the signs to watch for, and how to tell it apart from genuine excitement.

February 10, 2026
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The John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center building at the University of Tampa
Company News

Cray Selected for the Spartan Incubator at the University of Tampa's Lowth Entrepreneurship Center

Cray joins the Spring 2026 cohort of the Spartan Incubator at UTampa's top-ranked Lowth Entrepreneurship Center — a milestone for our campus-first mission.

January 19, 2026
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Recognizing relationship red flags — the early warning signs in modern dating
Red Flags

Recognizing Relationship Red Flags: Why We Miss the Signs

Why do smart people miss red flags? A student's guide to the earliest warning signs — love bombing, inconsistency, boundary testing — and how to actually spot them.

December 9, 2025
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Cray romance safety — what is gaslighting
Red Flags

What Is Gaslighting? Signs, Examples, and How to Trust Yourself Again

Gaslighting attacks the tool you'd use to detect it: your own judgment. The phrases, the pattern, and the one habit that makes it visible.

November 17, 2025
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Why I Created Cray — the founder story behind the Cray dating safety app
Founder Notes

Why I Created Cray: Fixing Dating's Trust Problem

Modern dating has a trust problem. Founder Justin Smith on why safety needs to be proactive — and how self-awareness became the fix.

October 21, 2025
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Cray dating safety app national launch
Company News

It's Official: Cray Launches Nationwide

Cray is officially live nationwide on iOS and Android — 70+ red flags, 18 categories, two scores, and total privacy. Here's what day one looks like.

October 20, 2025
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