Candle

Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.

Y CombinatorFall 2024ActiveConsumerArtificial IntelligenceConsumerAI

What they do

Problem

Friends and couples drift apart over time due to missed check-ins, surface-level conversations, and lack of consistent emotional connection.

Solution

Candle is a relationship app that delivers short daily prompts, games, and shared widgets to help pairs build closeness in a few minutes each day.

Who it's for

Couples and friends who want an easy daily ritual to stay emotionally connected.

Founders

Alex Ruber

Co-Founder and CEO

Co-founder, CEO @ Encore, building design-first consumer AI products that help people build better habits Ex iOS/Arch Engineer @ Apple Ex Flight Systems/Sequencing Engineer @ NASA JPL Non-technical hobbies: soccer, surfing, art, F1

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Parth Chopra

Co-Founder and CTO

Co-founder & CTO of Encore - building for the future generation of consumer AI. Prior to this, worked on ads relevance & ranking @ Twitter, and architected changes to the sharing/permissions framework @ Asana. Hobbies: math, thrifting, discovering new music, 3B1B youtube videos, cutting hair

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