WHAT_ Calibre is a social platform that connects people through shared passions and turns those connections into real, in-person experiences. We reduce the friction of meeting new people and make it easier to build meaningful platonic relationships — whether that means deepening existing friendships or discovering new IRL experiences and activities. We partner with local experience-economy businesses to host the meetups our matches lead to. TEAM_ We're a small, committed team based in Copenhagen. Ather Nawaz and Adam Isaac are building Calibre full-time, with backgrounds spanning Computer Science and Data Science, and a shared curiosity for ethically applied psychology in digital products. We're actively looking for a technical co-founder (full-stack) to join us as we take the product from prototype to launch. WHY_ The SDG target we're focused on is loneliness — a factor in life expectancy second only to smoking. It's a pressing issue for everyone, but especially for young people, who are facing rising rates of anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Research (Holt-Lunstad et al., 2010; Holt-Lunstad et al., 2017) shows that lacking social connection carries health risks comparable to — and in many cases exceeding — smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, obesity, physical inactivity, and air pollution. Everyone should have access to fewer experiences of loneliness and more highly personal, memorable social experiences. Calibre fosters meaningful platonic friendships and real-life memories, making IRL social connection more accessible. HOW_ We're building Calibre so that IRL activities are as accessible as possible — deliberately not following the "doomscrolling" business model common in social networking. We're currently developing our MVP with a clear mission and a critical technical practice (CTP) mindset, working closely with small experience-economy businesses in Copenhagen to design the ideal platform for connection-driven meetups. For our SME partners, Calibre offers a more effective way to reach and retain customers than the e-commerce-optimized tools currently on the market — built specifically around the real, personal, immaterial value that IRL businesses provide. Copyright © 2026, Calibre Social (https://calibre.social/mission)