FriendOS is assistive technology for being the friend you mean to be.

We reduce the effort required to maintain the relationships you care about using hardware, software, and behavioral ritualization.

Daily in-person time with friends has fallen 57% over the past two decades.

U.S. adults, all ages

Lacking social connection is as dangerous as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.

Odds of premature mortality, by risk factor

Each call strengthens your connections, while extended silence makes it harder to reconnect.

Vicious cycle

Virtuous cycle

Source: Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, U.S. Surgeon General, 2023

"So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect."

Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the USA from 1933–1945

"The same is true for social fitness. It's not easy to take care of our relationships today, and in fact, we tend to think that once we establish friendships and intimate relationships, they will take care of themselves. But like muscles, neglected relationships atrophy."

Drs. Robert Waldinger & Marc S. Schulz in The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness (2023)

Of the 79 people who responded to our survey, most report that they speak with 3 to 5 connections per week on the phone. Social psychology — specifically Dunbar's number — suggests people care for ~40× more.

Our product will help you close the gap, so that valued relationships are no longer pushed to the margins of your life or neglected to the point that they fade.

93% of people

(out of the 79 adults who responded to our product–market fit survey)

…want to keep in touch with more people, if it were easier.

Not another social media or messaging app

Despite the illusion of hyperconnectivity, society is lonelier than ever (self-reported rates of loneliness have doubled since 1980 and continue to rise). We spend more time online — overexposed to bots, followers, and professional content producers — while underinvesting in our most treasured, real-world relationships.

Our social wellness infrastructure will help you identify how your connections feel, function, and fit in your life, strengthen the ones you value with conversational prompts, reinforce healthy communication cadences, and nurture mutual awareness that keeps your valued relationships from quietly drifting. We're building humane tech to make it easier for you to reach the long-term goals that you set for yourself.

Private by default

We won't sell your data, show you ads, or gamify your social life with public metrics.

Invest in existing connections

Deepen and repair connections with the people you already care about, instead of chasing new ones.

Promote cognitive ease, reduce decision friction

Every major design choice removes a decision or step between you and reaching someone who matters to you.

Time-respecting technology

We measure success by real-world outcomes, not time spent on the app.

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let's stay in touch.

We'll reach out when we're ready (no spam, no sharing your data).