Social Growth Engineers · Jan 2026
This app breakdown describes Housewarming as a close-friends social app with contact-based friend discovery, camera-first sharing, and a mandatory add-three-friends onboarding step.
Share casual moments with the people you care about
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
New York–based YC Winter 2022 consumer social startup building Housewarming, a friends-only AI social app for casual daily moments and custom “Starter Pack” profiles.
Primary product
Housewarming, a friends-only social app for sharing casual moments and AI-generated starter packs/profile canvases.
Founded
2021
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Consumer social networking / AI-powered creative app
Offices
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Mar 2022
Latest amount
$500K
Mar 2022 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Founder, CEO
Founder, CTO
Founding Product Designer
Founding Engineer & AI Systems Lead
Investors
Friend-focused, anti-algorithm, casual social sharing with AI support; emphasizes real moments over polished highlights.
Pricing
Free app; the company has said it may explore a subscription model in the future.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Social Growth Engineers · Jan 2026
This app breakdown describes Housewarming as a close-friends social app with contact-based friend discovery, camera-first sharing, and a mandatory add-three-friends onboarding step.
Apple App Store · Dec 2025
The App Store listing describes Housewarming as friends-only social media with real-time camera posting, Atlas, and custom Starter Pack onboarding, and notes a recent version update.
LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Bobby Pinckney posted that Housewarming would be launching in October and referenced an investor update, suggesting an upcoming launch milestone.
Business Insider · Mar 2025
Business Insider reports Housewarming (formerly Verse) operating from Verci and quotes Michelle Yin describing the app as a social mood board / visual blogging product built in a small office environment.
TechCrunch · Sep 2024
TechCrunch says Verse was founded by Bobby Pinckney and Michelle Yin, launched in June 2024, and uses LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta (Llama), and Mistral; it also notes the app is free and that the company may explore subscriptions later.