Takoa

Apps like Bumble BFF and offline events such as Timeleft and weAreNeverReallyStrangers promised a better way to make friends. Friend-finder apps full of promise.

But the loneliness epidemic rages on.

Visions of a real connection gave way to a people who genuinely wanted to help you make a friend. A dozen apps produced by small companies have become huge players in the market today. Weren't they supposed to solve our loneliness? If they did, why do they still exist - how do they drive revenue and even IPO?

You get endless swipes, ghosting, abundance of choice, sunk-cost hope that maybe you find the one who finally goes above and beyond. And so, we pick our clothes. Our tunes. Our furniture. But our friends? They're still one-size-fits-all. Swipe till you drop. Made for billions. Not for us.

When friendship software is oriented around you, it's freed from these dark patterns.

We believe software has a greater purpose: to help each of us live our lives - with real people.

That's why we built Takoa. The first personal friendship platform.

No generic personality quizzes. Converse naturally; we learn your life, context, vibe. Science-backed algorithms generate your perfect questions, craft a custom itinerary, and group you with four others for a real meetup. Persistent memory makes every connection click. Not just another friend-finder... but this time, one for you.

We use a backed-by-science algorithm - generating the best questions for you, building a custom itinerary, then matching you with four others for a real meetup. Here's where we are very careful: no part of AI touches the connections you can potentially make. Everything is sorted by algorithms, fixed logic free from preferential bias.

Our point? Not repeat users. This isn't business - it's a venture. A venture into helping you get the love and support you deserve. Love(platonic) is the only serious business at Takoa.

What will these bonds become? Hard to say. We don't know you yet. But someday, we'll look back on friend-finder apps like cable TV - mass content for the masses, with a slice of superficiality. A new era of connection is here.

Takoa. Even our name isn't easy to pronounce or spell; we really don't want returning users.