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Housewarming

Share casual moments with the people you care about

Y CombinatorWinter 2022ActiveConsumerArtificial IntelligenceConsumerEntertainmentSocial

What they do

Problem

People feel disconnected from friends because existing social media can be isolating and algorithm-driven rather than relationship-focused.

Solution

Housewarming is a social media app enhanced with AI that helps users share casual moments to feel closer to friends.

Who it's for

Consumers who want to stay connected with friends through casual social sharing.

Founders

Bobby Pinckney
Founder

Bobby is the co-founder and CEO of multiple consumer apps including Verse, one of the fastest social platforms of all time to reach over 10M users, and Discz, which Rolling Stone called "one of the hottest music apps in the world." He is a Forbes 30 under 30 lister, Y Combinator alumni, and his ventures have been backed by multiple of the top venture capital firms.

Michelle Yin
Founder

Michelle is the co-founder and CTO of Verse. She also started Discz, a music platform with over 1.5M users which Rolling Stone called "one of the hottest in the world". Previously, she was a senior engineer at Meta working on zero to one initiatives at NPE, and WhatsApp.

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