Bucharest-based eYou raises 300K pre-seed

"The platform's central proposition is straightforward: when a user clicks on a post, an AI-generated assessment appears in a pop-up, drawing on what the platform describes as credible and neutral sources, summarising the veracity of the claims being made. The aim is to let users challenge misinformation in real time without interrupting the flow of the conversation itself."

"eYou also introduces what it calls a transparency layer for the feed algorithm. Rather than keeping its recommendation logic hidden, the platform allows users to see and edit the profile the algorithm builds about them, with the option to deliberately broaden their content exposure and step outside algorithmically reinforced echo chambers."

"Both features are direct responses to the two criticisms most commonly levelled at mainstream social media: that it spreads misinformation faster than it can be corrected, and that it traps users in ideological bubbles they never chose to enter."

eYou is a social media platform founded by French entrepreneurs Grégoire Vigroux and Jasseem Allybokus in Bucharest, designed as a trust-focused alternative to X and Facebook. The platform integrates real-time fact-checking through AI-generated assessments that appear when users click posts, drawing from credible and neutral sources to evaluate claim veracity without interrupting conversation flow. Additionally, eYou introduces a transparency layer allowing users to view and edit their algorithmic profile, enabling them to deliberately broaden content exposure and escape echo chambers. These features directly address misinformation spread and ideological polarization on mainstream social media platforms.

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