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Candle

Fall 2024Active

Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.

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Candle logo

Candle

Fall 2024Active

Candle helps friends and couples grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.

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Most relationships, romantic or platonic, don’t end in one moment, they drift apart over time. Missed check-ins, surface-level conversations, busy lives, and routines replace real connection. Candle helps couples and friends stay close through 1-minute daily rituals that bring back presence, play, and curiosity.

Candle gives couples and friends a daily, low-pressure game designed to create emotional momentum: the most essential, and often most neglected, ingredient in long-term connection.

What started as a swipeable questions game has grown into a full platform and private space for your relationship:

Daily Prompts & Games: Thoughtful, funny, and unexpected questions, couple quizzes, audio and photo challenges that update and adapt monthly

Shared Canvas Widget: Leave notes, doodles, or drawings right on each other’s home screen

Now in beta: Date Ideas Swiping**: Get 60 curated date ideas based on your area (yes, even San Francisco :)), updated weekly. Swipe to match on what you both want to try. From pop-up events to hidden gems, it’s the easiest way to try something new together or even with friends or family! We’d love feedback here!

Streaks & Shared Progress — Build accountability and a shared rhythm

Adaptive Decks: Smarter, more relevant questions over time

Shared Photo Albums & Memories: Keep track of all your photos and logged memories

Location
New York City, NY, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Artificial Intelligence
YC Directory Pagewww.trycandle.app
Founders
  • AR
    Alex Ruber
    Co-Founder and CEO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
  • PC
    Parth Chopra
    Co-Founder and CTO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn

Most relationships, romantic or platonic, don’t end in one moment, they drift apart over time. Missed check-ins, surface-level conversations, busy lives, and routines replace real connection. Candle helps couples and friends stay close through 1-minute daily rituals that bring back presence, play, and curiosity.

Candle gives couples and friends a daily, low-pressure game designed to create emotional momentum: the most essential, and often most neglected, ingredient in long-term connection.

What started as a swipeable questions game has grown into a full platform and private space for your relationship:

Daily Prompts & Games: Thoughtful, funny, and unexpected questions, couple quizzes, audio and photo challenges that update and adapt monthly

Shared Canvas Widget: Leave notes, doodles, or drawings right on each other’s home screen

Now in beta: Date Ideas Swiping**: Get 60 curated date ideas based on your area (yes, even San Francisco :)), updated weekly. Swipe to match on what you both want to try. From pop-up events to hidden gems, it’s the easiest way to try something new together or even with friends or family! We’d love feedback here!

Streaks & Shared Progress — Build accountability and a shared rhythm

Adaptive Decks: Smarter, more relevant questions over time

Shared Photo Albums & Memories: Keep track of all your photos and logged memories

Location
New York City, NY, USA
Founded
Unknown
Category
Artificial Intelligence
YC Directory Pagewww.trycandle.app
Founders
  • AR
    Alex Ruber
    Co-Founder and CEO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
  • PC
    Parth Chopra
    Co-Founder and CTO
    X / TwitterLinkedIn
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