July 26, 2025
Great news! The chapters of endlessly plotting until God himself sent over a React Native developer are officially over. I am proud to announce that the last year of teaching myself to code is starting to paid-off. A long journey still awaits ahead of me, however today I am absolutely thrilled to be entering the chapter of continuously coding. Releasing new versions. Getting real user feedback. Adapting and growing Telos. I have been working roughly 14 hours per day on it and it has been incredibly hard, but what sustains my devotion until the early hours of the mornings when I stop coding is the constant reminders of how profoundly important the mission is to accelerate the advent of a humane technology future. Since my venture has led me to Asia in order to extend my runway, the first demo of Telos Alpha is now ready to be shared over TestFlight.
Setting the right expectations here is critical. There is no one on earth who holds a higher bar for intuitiveness of the UI, the unique utility of the features, and of course the intrinsic pleasurability that Telos is designed to induce—to a higher standard than I hold myself. Yet, that need not entail shying away from constructive third-person reflections. So, I ask only to keep in mind while engaging with the new app and website that currently we are still at early phase of development. I hope you choose to chip in for, say, 10 minutes, checkout the new website and prototype that will become Telos Alpha.
Aspirationally speaking, Telos Alpha is designed to become an essential tool for students facing the highest academic pressures by strengthening signal and eliminating noise. Seamlessly handling study events, tasks, and focus sessions in one app to excel academically at specifically MIT and Harvard—auto-blocking distracting notifications and apps while aiding with class schedules, deadlines, sessions of undivided attention, and combining it all to become the preferred tool for every student on campus.
Back to reality, this version of the prototype has the basics set up for events and todos in one seamlessly integrated grid called "Foresight." This version is not an MVP: it is not 'viable' yet as it does not yet handling actual imported events, nor does it yet have the complex backbone to offer things move things around as they should. Having said that, below are a few gifs of screen captures showing user interface interactions of the prototype that do work. I would like you to experience the app, hopefully get a little excited, and provide constructive ideas if they come up.
I tried to import the screen recordings in the article here, but it will cost too much time.
To know what the current prototype is capable of, please Open-Me
Living in Asia has been absolutely marvelous. In all honesty, I haven't stepped foot in a kitchen for over 3 months. The food and the people are remarkably kind. So much so, I hope the West would watch and learn. Most importantly, of course, living here has kept me so far afloat, spending no more than 600 per month. As serious progress is being made and a real app can be downloaded that only will become better, I believe Telos is in a significantly better position to attract further micro seed funding to keep me churning out continuous enhancements so Telos Alpha is ready for release.
So I ask, if the new website and app excite you as much as they excite me, if you know someone in your network interested in signing the industry standard SAFE investment agreement who cares about Telos's unique mission. Who seeks to invest in a philanthropic startup venture with potential for unicorn-class outcomes, please do not hesitate reaching out while I keep tinkering away at the software for release of Telos Alpha in 1-2 months in Boston if all goes well.
All the best, Meritis
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