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Ollie Alpha, A New Way To Connect

The way we connected online over the past few decades was revolutionary. We got some things right, but we got some things wrong. Ollie’s vision is to keep the revolution going by building a more useful, enjoyable, and empowering digital landscape.

Jon McEwen, Founder and CEO

Jon is a tech proffessional who has been coding web applications for 5+ years. Outside of his career in tech, he's deeply appreciative of creative writing, philosophy, entrepreneurship, and joy-filled levity.

Social platforms promote themselves as tools to empower us. But in reality, the relationship is reversed. We find ourselves reduced to consumption, stuck in an infinite scroll of content, hours on end. In these moments, where do our lives drift? Social apps pressure us into spending more time passively observing and less time writing our own stories.

What’s worse, for the companies who have built these social platforms, our livelihoods - the hours we spend on their products - are a resource to sell to their real customers, the advertisers who want our data.

At Ollie, we are not building a platform for endless digital consumption. And our users are not a resource we peddle to advertisers hungry for personal information. We are a company excited by the unbounded possibilities of human connection, collaboration, and shared energy - whether it occurs online or offline.

It’s simple. How can we help you do more of you? That’s our mission.