bonds is the messaging app for the next generation. Every friends' chat gets an AI friend with superpowers. Not an assistant: it gets your inside jokes, keeps the fun going, helps you pull things off together. A little unhinged 💀
"A week without TikTok?" It creates a challenge app with streaks, inside the chat. No downloads. Games, videos, stickers, too.
It remembers what matters to each of you, notices when someone's struggling, gets grumpy if you ghost it. You care for it, it cares for you.
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Launched this week
Every AI is built for one person. Remember Tamagotchi? 💀 bondi is like one that lives in your friends chat and belongs to the group. Say “30 days of gym” and it sets up the challenge. Everyone checks in with a photo, and doing real things together gives it lives ❤️❤️❤️. Go quiet and it starts losing them. At zero it dies. It also makes games, stickers, countdowns and videos right in the chat. Free on iPhone, web and Mac.
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@seb_linares I adored my Tamagotchi.
I like the idea of bringing its look back to the present day.
@maria_anosova So glad you like the idea! Try it out with your friends and let us know how many days yours survives 🫶
How do I take care of Bondi?
@jessicaestepa Bondi lives in your group chat and is shared by everyone, so you take care of it together. It feeds on what you do as friends: daily photos, calls, challenges, plans, and seeing each other in real life.(+3 ;) ). Every quiet day it loses a heart, and at zero it dies!
JD here, also a maker 👋
the question we get most: does it really die? yes. it really dies.
every product instinct says don't punish your users. but a streak you can't lose means nothing. and this one isn't yours to lose, it's the group's. nobody wants to be the friend who killed bondi.
that's the whole bet: an AI that doesn't keep you company, it gets you to show up for your people.
so what would your group try first? gym, reading, calling your mom? and if yours dies, come back and tell us who flaked 💀
love the idea of something that only works if your friends actually turn up. how do you stop it from feeling like a chore when one person goes quiet for a week?
@reebzindatrap Good question! It's natural for friends not to talk every day, so that's not what we're asking for. That's why bondi has several lives before it dies, and you don't only earn them by chatting: photos, calls and actually meeting up count too. Worst case it dies and you start again from level 0