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The

Offline Social Network

Opt-out of social media — without missing out.

Telos is a casual and social calendar for students with a built-in chat within every event. 100% free. Of charge and ads. With our unique design, you can not only quickly drag & drop events, but also your friends into your day.

Beta coming this April

Pause on that for a moment...

A Day
The problem

Junk food.
Junk connections.

Much like the fast food industry tried to hide the inconvenient truth it was selling junk food, history is repeating itself with the information technology industry concealing the fact that social media offers us junk connections.

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2.3

Hours
daily

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17

Hours

weekly

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68

Hours

monthly

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823

Hours

annually

1-3M

Posts

per minute
on facebook alone

-91

Minutes

tiktok
daily

-9

Hours

total daily screen time
The top calculations are solely average social media screen time divided over all users. However, nowadays teenagers are actually clocking in 4 hours daily. Waking days refers to actual waking days one loss.  Realistically, this excludes the required 8 hours of sleep which would still be needed when spending 16hrs on social media.

But you already knew that — of course.

We know you know.

But wait a minute...

Let's forget about those minutes

A Life

Instead, let's talk about the years

Life-Time Expectation

84

Years

2

Months

Health-Time Expectation

64

Years

6

Months

Waking Moments

51

Years

2

Months

Life Time use (LTU)

Your Life

Chores

48

%

7

Years

0

Months

streaming

48

%

10

Years

11

Months

social media

48

%

6

Years

11

Months

A Species

So let's zoom out and see the big picture

Every day we are collectively watching

-1,000,000,000

hours on

YouTube

That collectively equals

-114,000

years

Spent.

Every.

Single.

Day.

Think of all the problems we could get our heads around and solve instead.
The hard reality

You are going to miss out

if you are

f

f

n

social media.

The big idea
Opening social media can be fun, but it's designed for constant self-comparison and distraction. Thus sabotage our well-being, self-determination, and friendships with +800 hours wasted annually.
The goal is not about spending less time on your phone. At Telos, the goal is to spent more time on your life.

Unlike social networks, Telos is a social framework designed for authentic friendships & living life well.

How it works

One notification a day

Sent to everyone at once every morning to sync and align.

Access all invites at once

All non-urgent invites get released in one convenient deck.

Send and receive your own

Simply drag & drop activities and friends into your day.
Benefits

A social calendar for students. With our unique design, users can quickly drag & drop events template as well as friends into their day. Offering daily time-blocking for students to chart the day and share it with friends.

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Deadline Tracker. Every time you check into Telos for the fun stuff you automatically get a heads-up for things you don't want to forget.
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Invite friends with a drop. Pick a time, select a friend, create an event, and start a chat -- all with one drag & drop.

A chat that doesn't like to disturb. Every event has a built-in chat designed for true alignment rather than just endless communication. Knowing when messages are urgent, and when they aren't.

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Chats that evolve with the plan. As plans are established,  the chat makes it easier than ever to extend the invitation to more friends.
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Houseparty hosting. For hosts, doing things over group chats is a nightmare. We offer built-in hosting tools you can't live without.

A new great start to your day. Pick a moment and we'll send a prompt to catch up and outline the day.

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Trade in the News Feed for a 'Me Feed.' Set aside a moment to reflect and outline where you want to be with our daily Ritual planner.
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Stay in the flow. We push back on the "instant" in "instant-messenger' by nudging conversations to be as calm and quiet as possible.

An availability tool made for friends. Bring the flexibility of enterprise availability to that casual coffee — without looking like a control freak.

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Layers of flexibility. Whenever you want a friend to pick a date, send out multiple proposals, or select a time out of the day.
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No preaching required. You don't have to convince your friends that Telos is better — we'll do that for you! Just send out our chat-first external event links requiring no download and no sign-up.

Free of

Charge

Free of

Distractions

2x
Free

This isn't for the productivity geeks. This is for you.

Telos will be invite-only soon.
Now is the only time to sign-up.

Beta coming this June

Developed for cross-platform.
Talk to the founders
We will respond to anyone!
Team

A team in it for something more.

Telos commits itself to deliver people a way to opt-out of social media — without missing out.

Felix
Meritis

Founder, CeO,
and design lead
Felix is a professional  Ui/Ux designer living in Amsterdam.

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Job
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Technical lead

Winner of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge. Computer science student with 4+ years of experience.

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Thank you for spending your precious attention with us.

And in case you missed anything.

How is Telos twice as free?

Telos is an alternative twice as free as social media. It's free of charge and more importantly ads. We break the shekels of the perverse incentive model which now for over two decades has rewarded big tech to develop the most distracting and addicting intricate technology in human history through 'persuasive technology.'

At every turn, for decent people at these large companies, the instilled economic imperative made any form of connection online "de facto good,” despite the reality that increasing screen time reliably hurts the well-being of users they say they serve.

At Telos, it is our core belief that omnipresent self-reported regrettable time-on-device ought not to exist at all. Despite being morally superior, we believe this can also even be economically viable so as to enable better products and services to be developed by pioneering startups. Once we make the paradigm shift away from optimising for usage and clicks and instead optimising for individuals and their aspirations, this exciting future will take hold.

What can I expect from the beta?

We are working in an iterative process. Our first iteration will have a uniquely designed calendar with which you can drag and drop template event activities.

By signing-up you send out a strong signal of support for Telos which will help accelerate development faster.

Where are you based and who is your target audience?

Despite  being Dutch at heart, our focus lies primarily on our target audience within the United States. Telos aims to bring our novel experience to the US and subsequently go international.

What is the mission of Telos?

Unlike a social networks designed for constant self-comparison and distraction, Telos is building a social framework around self-development and authentic relationships.

Are you hiring at the moment?

Yes. This is going to be a long, gnarly but incredibly meaningful venture and we want to succeed by working with A-players. We do this by crafting a results-only workspace designed not for just anyone. At Telos, those who flourish are those who deeply care about the responsible technology movement. Those who are entrepreneurial and proactive — no committees but a proclivity towards action by talent. Who are full of grit and self-determination. Who want to become masters of their craft and grow into leaders. Who know when to put in the 80-20 Rule and vice versa, when to put in the "110-300 Rule."

All in all, we offer a workplace where the only confrontational conversations come from 'product-obsessed assholes' (see Build by Tony Fadell) where we always do what is best for the company and its mission of setting up the next generation with the world's first 'social framework.'

Seriously, send us your resume — right now!

Still have a question?

Get in touch with our team — we don't bite.