about folk

the folk behind folk

we're a tiny, slightly unhinged team building the ai friend we always wanted, one that lives in your texts, remembers you, and actually cares.

the folk team posing dramatically on a hill at night

bros think they're batman 💀

we want ai to feel like a friend, not a tool

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most ai makes you log in, learn an app, and engineer prompts. that's not how friendship works. so we built folk to meet you where you already are: your imessage, your group chats, your people.

honestly, we're a bunch of college kids and gen z who grew up online. so much of today's ai makes us feel more alone, not less, and that's the part we care about most. so we made folk multiplayer: your folk teams up with your friends' folk, makes the plans, and actually gets everyone in the same room. we call it crew.

under the hood, folk runs on nia, the memory and context engine we built so your ai genuinely remembers you. but you never see the machinery. you just get a friend who shows up, keeps your people close, and quietly handles the boring stuff.

we sweat the tiny things (how it texts, when it stays quiet, the way it remembers your mom's birthday) because personal ai should actually feel personal. that's the whole point, and it's why we're building this for everyone, not just the technical few.

this is folk

five things we don't compromise on. hover to pull one out.

book us dinner at 8?
done. lilia, 8pm. confirmed ✓
lives in your texts
imessage, telegram, whatsapp
what's my mom's bday?
may 14. want me to remind you?
remembers everything
months of context, always
ask kayla's folk for the rec
she says get the pistachio one
multiplayer
your folk + your friends' folk = crew
is any of this private?
always. just us. wipe it anytime.
private by default
yours alone, deletable in seconds
you up? it's 3am
always. what do you need?
always on
its own computer, running 24/7

the gen z we're building for

less doomscrolling, more of this. the feeling we want folk to give people back.

friends out together at night
a night out with friends
friends sharing late-night food

life at folk

shipping too hard, launching at our hackathon, and wearing way too much of our own merch.

launching folk at the nozomio hackathon

launching folk at our hackathon

an engineer asleep at their desk

shipped too much. he's fine, we promise.

the team in nozomio merch

nozomio merch szn

the team is genuinely cracked

six people, one mission: make ai feel human. a quick taste of who's behind the texts.

ex-yc founder40m+ users foundergame acquired by netflixcontent creator · millions of viewsex-stanfordfirst central asian at princetoncollege dropouts

want to build folk with us?

we're a small team who care a lot. if that sounds like you, come say hi.

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