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Hey everyone, I’m Rami Maalouf, The founder of Orbit, an app I’ve been working on for the past few months. It is designed to help university students find and connect with people they genuinely want to be friends with, mentors, or even relationship partners. The ultimate goal is to help you find your crew—the circle of people who will inspire, challenge, and support you.
You’ve probably heard the saying, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” It’s true. The people you surround yourself with shape who you are and who you become. That’s why it’s so important to stay open to meeting new people. Growth happens through connection. You find people who complement you—your strengths rub off on them, and theirs on you. That’s what peak friendship looks like, and in many ways, it’s also the foundation of great relationships.
Orbit is here to help you find those puzzle pieces that fit perfectly with yours. We’re all puzzle pieces in this world, and to make your life truly fulfilling, you need to surround yourself with the right ones. That’s where we come in.
We’re focusing on university students because this is a transformative phase of life. The people you meet during this time can have a profound impact on your future. University is where you discover yourself, maximize your potential, and build the foundation for the life you want to lead. By surrounding yourself with peers on a similar mission and mentors willing to help, university becomes the perfect community to find and discover not only who you are but also who you want to become.
Some of the most successful people in this world dedicate their success to meeting that one person who changed their whole life trajectory. There’s even a word for this in Chinese culture - “贵人” (guìrén). We want to make these occurrences happen more often for everyone. We wanna help you to make the most of your university experience by connecting you with the best people for you. As previously mentioned, we want to help people make the best of their university experience, and a significant part of that is enabling everyone to meet the people they wish to connect with
There are studies that show that students with supportive and encouraging friends perform better academically, are healthier, and feel more satisfied with their university experience.
Let me introduce you to two of our target users: Mark and Ken.
Mark is a first-year student from Brazil who moved to Canada for university. Despite being outgoing and meeting a lot of people, he struggled to find someone he could deeply connect with. He met people who enjoyed soccer, which he loves, but he did not feel any emotional connection with anyone. just three weeks in, he felt dissatisfied with his university experience. That’s when he discovered Orbit.
Ken, on the other hand, is an exchange student from Japan. He’s more introverted and prefers one-on-one interactions over group settings like a club event. He finds it hard to approach people, even though he’s interested in making real friendships. Although he is interested in socializing, he finds it challenging to approach people due to his introverted nature. He longs for the connection he had with his best friend back in Japan. He often feels like an imposter in class, disconnected from campus life which demotivates him from studying. One day, while sitting alone at lunch, he discovered Orbit.
After signing up, the first thing he saw at the top of the list was Mark’s meetup request—with a sky-high AI score that proved they were on the same wavelength, sharing similar schedules and a craving for deep conversation. Ken decided to seize the opportunity, and the next day, they met for lunch. They both enjoyed discussing their struggles with fitting in and the things they learned since moving to a new country all alone. After their meetup, they exchanged contacts through our app and planned to meet again.
This is the kind of journey we envision for Orbit users.
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We believe the current platforms for making friends and relationships are flawed. They focus too much on looks and not enough on who people are on the inside. At Orbit, we flip that. We start with who someone is on the inside—their ambitions, goals, vulnerabilities, and life lessons. Only after you’ve connected on that level do we reveal their outside self, like their profile pictures and social media handles
We’re launching at the University of Calgary this coming fall, but from now until then we’re looking for students like Mark and Ken to join us. We’ve created a Discord server where you can talk directly to me and the team. We want to understand your needs and build a platform that genuinely helps you in your university journey. We are not building this for ourselves; we are building it for you. Your input, feedback, and thoughts are crucial for tailoring the app to address your challenges in university life. We are determined to get it right. We believe this app is necessary in today’s world, where making friends is more challenging than it should be. I understand this app may not be for everyone; some people are satisfied with their current friend groups or are not interested in seeking new connections. However, for those who wish to expand their circle or find a better fit, we invite you to join us on this journey. We will not quit; we will continue building this vision so that every university student can easily find their group. Despite my busy schedule, I am more than willing to sit down with you to understand your pain points and what you want this app to solve for you. I promise to do everything in my power to help as many university students as possible make the most of their experiences and the people around them.
Orbit is open source, and we invite you to contribute if you’re interested. There are various issues on GitHub that you can tackle as we approach the finish line for this app.
As mentioned, join our Discord community for further discussions or calls with me whenever you’d like.
Orbit is more than just an app, We’re building a movement, a community, to help students make the most of their university experience.
I am doing this because I love people. I genuinely feel a connection with everyone I encounter. I cannot help it; I just love connecting and bonding with people. This passion fuels my desire to build this app, enabling everyone to connect with the right individuals.
I believe that within each person is a universe waiting to be discovered. Through these connections, you can learn so much about yourself and teach others about themselves. That is the beauty of friendships, connections, and relationships. There is nothing more powerful than two people engaging in deep conversation and understanding each other’s universes. In my opinion, it is the most powerful force in the world, and I want to help unlock that for everyone, especially in university.
If you reached this point in the video, I’m sure something I said resonated with you. Whatever it is, let’s talk about it and join us in our mission. We won’t be able to achieve it without every single one of you guys.