giya.
Urban exploration platform helping neighbors discover local places and connect through activities.
"My niece has been staying with us for six months and it's fucking killing me!" — Jabari Bell's blowup during his YC W19 interview, recounted in his own Substack post about the experience. giya did not receive funding and eventually wound down. The post is a rare, honest artifact — worth reading in full.
Source: https://owlpal.substack.com/p/about-that-time-i-had-an-outburst
Urban exploration platform helping neighbors discover local places and connect through activities.
— giya
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