Spectamen is a privacy-first positioning platform that enables real-time proximity experiences without building long-term location histories or invasive tracking profiles. The company offers both a consumer app, Prooxie, and an SDK/API for developers to integrate private location-sharing capabilities into their own applications.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Most location-based proximity services continuously collect, store, and monetize sensitive user data, building invasive tracking profiles and long-term location histories. This approach compromises user privacy and creates a fundamental tension between the benefits of location services and the right to data protection.
Solution
Spectamen provides a privacy-first positioning platform that enables real-time proximity experiences without storing location data or creating tracking profiles. The platform operates on a simple principle: nothing is shared because nothing is stored, ensuring users can benefit from location services without sacrificing their privacy. Spectamen offers both a consumer application called Prooxie, which allows friends to safely share their location with each other, and an SDK/API that enables developers to integrate real-time proximity capabilities directly into their own applications. The technology is designed to bring people together in the real world, helping friends find each other and create meaningful moments more often, while maintaining strict data protection standards.
Target Audience
Primary customers are developers and businesses seeking to build privacy-respecting proximity features into their applications, as well as individual users who want a secure, private way to share their location with friends and family.
Features
- Privacy-first architecture that does not build long-term location histories or invasive tracking profiles
- Prooxie consumer app allowing users to choose who can see them and when, with no data tracking, storage, or access by anyone
- SDK/API for developers to integrate real-time proximity capabilities into their own applications, platforms, and experiences
- Flexible and scalable infrastructure suitable for social applications, businesses, and communities
- No collection of payment data, location data, or special category data through the website
- Google Analytics configured to anonymize IP addresses and not share data with other Google products