One trust infrastructure. Every context where connection is hard.
Maitreya builds graduated-trust connection infrastructure for people carrying things most platforms can't hold. likeu for personal contexts. SlowBurn for professional. Same self, different surfaces, one underlying trust model.
Existing platforms weren't built for the things you carry
Social graphs connect you to people who share your interests, your employer, your demographics. None of them were designed for the things you can't easily talk about — the caregiving alone at 2am, the chronic pain you don't mention at work, the masking, the abuse history, the isolation-by-difference.
Existing infrastructure forces you to pick a context and perform for it. LinkedIn wants the work mask. Instagram wants the performance. Reddit trades anonymity for depth but strips context. None of them carry what you actually carry.
We built the layer those platforms skipped.
US adults report measurable loneliness (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023)
people worldwide feel lonely (Meta-Gallup, Global State of Social Connections, 2023)
autistic adults are more likely to be lonely than non-autistic people (Autism in Adulthood, 2023; National Autistic Society, 2018)
of parents say parenting demands make them feel isolated and lonely (Ohio State Univ. Wexner Medical Center, 2024)
One trust infrastructure. Two surfaces. Built to scale to every context where connection is hard.
Most platforms assume you want the same thing from everyone who connects with you. Maitreya assumes the opposite. You reveal different depths of yourself to different people, at different times, in different contexts. That's not a design flaw — that's how human relationships actually work. Existing platforms just never built for it.
Trust is graduated here. Access widens as behavior earns it. The same graduated-access model is designed to slow anyone trying to rush intimacy — it is not automated predator detection, and it is not a guarantee against exploitation. It is built on the design principles child safety will require, applied to adults first, because that is the only group here today.
See what's actually built, and what isn't — Safety →The trust layer
Graduated disclosure. You enter at the lowest tier and earn access to deeper connection through sustained engagement. Not pay-to-access. Not follower-count. Trust as the only currency.
The contexts
likeu for personal sharing and peer recognition — for parents, survivors, neurodivergent adults, anyone looking for people who get it. SlowBurnfor professional work and collaborative identity — for people for whom LinkedIn's social performance is exhausting. Same person. Right depth. Right place.
The mediator
Dora, our AI interviewer, handles intake across both products. A conversation, not a form. Your profile emerges through dialogue. Human reviewers curate every connection. Dora carries the first-contact cognitive load so humans can focus on what only humans can judge.
likeu
likeu — “find people who get it”A connection platform for people the social graph left behind.
Connection through recognition, not algorithms
likeu links people based on what they carry and what they'd recognize in someone else. Not interests. Not demographics. Shared weight.
SlowBurn — networking that grows gradually
Professional connection on the same trust infrastructure as likeu. For people who don't fit the LinkedIn mold — who build relationships through shared work and mutual recognition, not cold pitches and volume metrics.
The same you, in two contexts
One identity, two surfaces. Your personal conversations on likeu stay personal. Your professional network on SlowBurn sees the version of you that shows up for work.
Connection through content, not pitches
Relationships form through shared interest and mutual recognition. No cold DMs. No outreach spam. No pitching strangers who didn't ask to be pitched.
Conversation, not a form
Dora interviews you at intake — the same AI mediator as likeu, tuned for professional context. Your profile emerges through dialogue, not field-filling.
Trust-gated professional depth
Expertise earns visibility gradually. You reveal more of your work, your ambitions, and what you're actually building as trust builds — not as a credentials dump on day one.
A public benefit corporation. AI-native. Founded by someone who carries it.
PBC — mission in the charter
Maitreya is incorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation. Our legal obligation is to consider community impact, not just shareholder returns. Safety is a bylaw, not a promise. We publish transparency reports because accountability should be the default, not the exception.
One founder, team-scale output. An operating model built for the next decade of work.
Maitreya runs on one founder directing AI systems that absorb the repeatable work, so one person ships what a team ships. The founder holds judgment, safety, and every decision that matters; the systems carry the volume. A deliberate governance choice, not a stopgap. Tech burn stays under ~$190/month, published in our annual report. Capital goes to safety, not headcount.
“I carry things that don't fit neatly into one label. I know what it's like to look for your people and realize no platform is built to help you find them. So we're building one.”
Grooming awareness educator, CSA survivor, and holder of two UCLA B.S. degrees — Neuroscience and Computational & Systems Biology. Content on child safety has reached 460K+ views and generated 793 comments from survivors, parents, and educators across six countries. Maitreya emerged from those conversations.
Our commitments
We tag every safety claim by how far it's built — live, in progress, or not yet. The full list, including what we haven't built, is on the Safety page. Decide on receipts.
Public reports on impact, finances, and product decisions. No greenwashing.
Each population we serve has a dedicated channel and a direct line to us. We're standing up advisory boards, drawn from those communities, as we grow.
Designed for neurodivergent users from day one. Sensory-considerate by default.
No data selling. No attention manipulation. Revenue aligned with connection outcomes.
Legally bound to consider community impact. PBC structure ensures mission permanence.
Early, intentional, operational
Maitreya is pre-revenue by design. The first priority was building trust infrastructure that works. Here's what's live.
survivors disclosed unprompted in the comments of a single reel — evidence of a population no platform serves
views on that reel with zero paid spend — distribution is organic, demand self-selects
comments from survivors, parents, and educators across 6 countries
Dora onboarding operational, consent-based matching stress-tested, human review on every connection. First sustained matches are the current frontier — the flywheel hasn't spun yet, and we say so.
Infrastructure
likeu runs with graduated-trust disclosure, AI-mediated onboarding via Dora, consent-based matching workflows, and human reviewers on every connection. Parents arriving organically from Instagram.
Global reach
Content engagement from six countries — early evidence that demand for trust-gated connection is universal, not regional.
Parent safety guide
48-page guide with five free mini-guides. Reviewed by Dr. Glenn Stone, Professor, School of Social Work, Sacramento State University. Practical grooming prevention resources distributed through organic channels.
What we're learning
We build in the open. Product decisions, mistakes, and what our community teaches us — the founder's essays, kept here under her name with a link back to each original.
Work with us
For investors, press, potential partners, and anyone who wants to learn what Maitreya is building.
Investors
Impact investment, grants, accelerator partnerships. Mission-aligned only.
Press
Child safety tech, survivor advocacy, AI ethics. Press kit with founder bio and product details available on request.
Partners
Trust and safety advisors, academic researchers, and child safety organizations.