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The Yope Times
AI-native · private · micro-communities
Press Edition · London · Lisbon
✦The first to bet on Facebook, TikTok and Spotify were the first to bet on Yope.✦
By the numbers
- 14M+ users across 182 countries
- 500M+ photos & videos shared
- 35M+ AI recaps watched
- #1 Lifestyle app in 12 countries
Core features
- Private groups
- shared only with close friends — no public feed.
- Lock-screen delivery
- snaps land straight on friends' lock screens.
- AI Recaps
- AI turns shared moments into personalized memory recaps.
- Streaks & levels
- gamified closeness with your friends.
- Custom profiles
- vibes, wallpapers, music, face pick.
Backed by
Goodwater Capital (Facebook, Spotify, TikTok) · Inovo VC · Redseed.
Angels. Among our angel investors are founders who have successfully exited to Snap, Google & AppLovin, as well as many seasoned consumer founders with extensive experience. Among them: Jean de La Rochebrochard · Greg Tkachenko · Dima Shvets · Anton Borzov.
Prior investors from BeReal and Zenly.
The founders
Bahram Ismailov, CEO — co-founded Yope in 2021; previously founded GetClean and Peech.
Pavel Rudkouski, CTO — previously iOS engineer at Kibo and Rakuten Viber (1B+ users).
About
Founded February 4, 2021. Incorporated as Salo App, Inc. Headquartered in Middletown, Delaware, with the core team in London and Lisbon.
Press contact: press@yope.app