The man who lived in garages to build the app that replaces the corporate gig economy

Cloud Atlas OS launches on Product Hunt on November 18, 2026

Boris Kowalczuk from Germany has literally lived in garages. Not for the story, but for the time: fewer bills and fewer daily distractions meant more hours for the one thing he wanted to build.

The result is Cloud Atlas OS, a community-owned superapp on a 3D globe. Rides, rooms, meals, tools, skills, socializing, volunteering, all in one place. Pay with money, swap, share, or give for free: users choose.

There is no commission, no fees, and no server to pay for, because it's peer-to-peer. Users keep 100% of what they earn.

The first-year goal is $1 billion in collective savings to workers. Not revenue, savings: money that would otherwise have gone to platforms.

"Checkmate, they can't undercut zero," Boris says. To compete, the corporations would have to pay people to use their products. He isn't trying to get rich from it either. If he ever wants to earn money on the platform, he says, he can be his own customer, like everyone else.

To make sure that stays true, he is setting up a foundation, so the project continues even after his death and belongs to the public forever.

It's a brand-new app, so the globe is still empty: the first 100 humans decide what goes on it. It's live today, free, and needs no signup:

https://cloudatlasos.org

Short video:

https://youtu.be/O6CHRdYSaH0 (about all other features)

It launches on Product Hunt on November 18. I'm happy to talk, or to answer any questions.