Yap careers
Yap is a video messenger that keeps your friends closer.
Texting is easy but flat. Calls mean finding a time you’re both free. Yap is the in-between: send a video whenever someone crosses your mind, and they watch it whenever they’ve got a moment. No feed, no followers, no algorithm. Just the handful of people you actually want in your day, one-on-one or in small groups.
AI does the heavy lifting in the background. Smart previews summarize every Yap so you can catch up at a glance, and talking points help you reply when you don’t know where to start. You can even send a Yap to a friend before they’ve downloaded the app, and it’s waiting for them the moment they join.
We’re building for anyone trying to stay close to people they wish they saw more, starting with students and recent grads whose friends are now spread across different cities.
Where we are: Yap is live on the App Store, built end to end by a solo founder in Washington, DC, and funded by friends and family. The product is in place; the next chapter is distribution. We’re seeding friend groups on DC campuses, growing through communities and short-form video, and planning to raise a seed round in early 2027.
Joining now means real ownership and direct work with the founder on the most important problem in consumer social: getting people to show up for each other.
Texting is easy but flat. Calls mean finding a time you’re both free. Yap is the in-between: send a video whenever someone crosses your mind, and they watch it whenever they’ve got a moment. No feed, no followers, no algorithm. Just the handful of people you actually want in your day, one-on-one or in small groups.
AI does the heavy lifting in the background. Smart previews summarize every Yap so you can catch up at a glance, and talking points help you reply when you don’t know where to start. You can even send a Yap to a friend before they’ve downloaded the app, and it’s waiting for them the moment they join.
We’re building for anyone trying to stay close to people they wish they saw more, starting with students and recent grads whose friends are now spread across different cities.
Where we are: Yap is live on the App Store, built end to end by a solo founder in Washington, DC, and funded by friends and family. The product is in place; the next chapter is distribution. We’re seeding friend groups on DC campuses, growing through communities and short-form video, and planning to raise a seed round in early 2027.
Joining now means real ownership and direct work with the founder on the most important problem in consumer social: getting people to show up for each other.
Co-founder & Head of Growth
Onsite or remote • Washington DC • Remote (United States)
10.0% – 25.0%7 days ago
Arion Farhi
Valuation
$2.5M
Funded over
1 round
Latest round