According to KIK official blog. They are partnering with Rage Bot Team to announce something exciting in the coming days
https://www.kik.com/blog/kik-medialab-acquisition/
>For the time being, we will be discontinuing the video chat toggle as well as the 3rd party bots platform. Don’t worry this doesn’t include RageBot. (In fact we’re hoping to announce some exciting news with the team behind RageBot in the very near future)
This could imply that ragechat might not be happening if Rage Team and Kik partner cause Rage Chat would be a competitor to Kik, tactically and strategically.
Don't expect any further news on Ragechat while Rage team and Kik are in the midst of negotiations
>Kik will not be closing
Like the one that already funded them 4 years ago?
https://www.kik.com/blog/kik-receives-50-million-investment-from-tencent/