Why we are here
We are building a small bridge between planning a trip and meeting the people who might define it.
Overlap started with a simple observation. The best part of traveling is rarely the pin on the map. It is the person who changes how you remember it.
Most tools for meeting people abroad were built for something else. Dating apps. Social feeds. Hostel notice boards. None of them understood the trip before the trip.
You do not want to find someone interesting while jet-lagged in an airport line. You want enough time to talk, compare plans, and decide if a coffee in Lisbon sounds good.
That is why Overlap starts with where you are going next, not where you are standing now.
Tell us where you are going. See who will be there. Connect while you still have time to make a plan. Then the app turns off when you arrive.
Nobody needs another feed on vacation. The product succeeds when you no longer need it.
We are building for the moment two people who met through Overlap sit at a cafe and neither one needs their phone.
No optimizing for time in app. No manufactured pressure. Just enough technology to create a real opening.