Tickle
Tickle is an iOS app that utilizes the phone's accelerometer to detect subtle motions indicative of awkward social situations. By continuously monitoring for these gestures, the app provides users with discreet prompts to help them navigate and gracefully exit uncomfortable moments.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Applications
- Software Only
Funding
Raised to date
$1.3MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Joe Martin
Product
Problem
Navigating awkward social situations can be challenging, leading to discomfort and a desire to escape without causing offense. Individuals often lack a discreet and subtle way to signal their need to exit such encounters gracefully.
Solution
Tickle is a mobile application designed to provide users with a subtle means of extricating themselves from awkward social situations. By leveraging the phone's accelerometer, the application detects specific, pre-calibrated motions indicative of a user's desire to leave. Upon recognizing these gestures, Tickle generates a simulated incoming phone call, providing a convenient and believable excuse for the user to politely disengage from the situation. The application operates in the background, requiring no active user interface during social interactions, and learns to predict when awkward situations are likely to arise, tailoring its sensitivity accordingly.
Target Audience
The primary users are individuals who frequently find themselves in uncomfortable social situations and desire a subtle, technology-assisted method for graceful exits.
Features
- Accelerometer-based gesture recognition for discreet activation
- Customizable calibration to accurately detect user-defined "awkward" motions
- Background operation for seamless and unobtrusive use
- Simulated incoming phone call to provide a believable exit strategy
- Predictive learning algorithm to anticipate potential awkward situations