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Founder & SF Engineer

Creator of DreamInterpreterAI & investor @TheCoworkApp

Works at FAANG

Make the world a better place with AI

Secret Crypto Millionaire

Living his best live ever and "dabbling" in crypto

Software Agency Owner

Runs 508.dev & investor @TheCoworkApp

AR Engineer

Building the future of augmented reality

SF Startup Consultant

Advising early-stage startups in the Bay Area

Project Manager

Leading remote teams across time zones

AI Pipeline Freelancer

Building scalable ML infrastructure for startups

iOS Developer

Helped build a top-rated weightlifting app with 500K+ users

"I was tired of working alone in my apartment. Finding other remote workers who actually get it has been amazing. Now I have a whole crew to grab coffee with."

Marcus Chen

Product Designer

"Remote work was lonely until I found this community. I've met freelancers, founders, and engineers who are now actual friends, not just LinkedIn connections."

Sarah Martinez

Content Strategist

"Best part of my week is meeting up with the crew at our favorite café. We do deep work together, bounce ideas around, and actually feel like a team."

James Park

Full-Stack Developer

"Moving cities as a digital nomad used to mean starting from zero. Now I can instantly find my people in any new city. Game changer."

Alex Kim

Growth Marketer

"Finally, a way to meet people who don't think working from a café is weird. Everyone here gets the lifestyle and the hustle."

Lisa Thompson

UX Researcher

The Hidden Health Crisis of Remote Work

Connected Yet Alone — The Hidden Health Crisis of Remote Work

"Loneliness has the same impact on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day." — U.S. Surgeon General, 2023

Remote work gave us freedom — but also a silent epidemic. Behind every video call is a growing crisis of isolation affecting millions of remote professionals worldwide.

The Human Emergency

The freedom to work anywhere shouldn't mean working alone.

73%
of remote professionals
struggle with isolation
  • 79% of Gen Z report feeling disconnected.
  • Remote workers are 28% more likely to experience depression.
"I realized my only friends were Slack notifications."
Software Engineer, Seattle

The Economic Toll

When connection breaks, productivity follows.

Annual loss to workplace loneliness
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HBR / J. Org. Effectiveness
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HBR synthesis
Disconnected employees are 2× more likely to quit. MIT research shows remote work shrank professional networks by 38%, slowing collaboration and creativity.

The Global Crisis

From private pain to public policy.

The World Health Organization now recognizes loneliness as a global health risk, affecting 1 in 6 people worldwide. Nations from Japan to the UK have created Ministries of Loneliness — a public response to what was once considered a private pain.

That's over 1 billion people.

Source: World Health Organization, 2025

From Connected Yet Alone→Connected and Belonging

We help remote professionals find real-world connection — one café, one coworker, one conversation at a time. Every partnership funds local events and programs that bring people together.

Citations available:Gallup 2024·HBR 2024·MIT/Nature 2021·WHO 2025·U.S. Surgeon General 2023