It started on our own sofa.

I'm a very private person, and for me connection is everything. Ask anyone at the end of their life what mattered, and it's always the same: love, and the people closest to them. Not connection with the world at large, but the intimate kind.

Proxima started on our own sofa. My wife and I would sit right next to each other, both doomscrolling, when we could have been connecting.

The phone isn't the enemy. We need our phones, and sometimes we're working on them. We just wanted something to bring us back into the real world, where we live and sit side by side. So we can look at each other, touch each other, love each other.

That's all the prompt is. No judgement, just something loving. Even if all it does is make you smile, that's enough.

It's all about love.

— Gys, founder of Proxima Connect

Why there's a library here too

Proxima is one small answer. The bigger question is why connection matters so much, and what really happens when our attention is somewhere else. The library collects what the research says, honestly and without blame, whether or not you ever use the app.

Say hello: get in touch.