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Oct 2025Candle suffered a full app outage after a mistaken deploy dropped database indexes; the founders said the app would not open until the indexes were rebuilt.
SourceCandle helps couples and friends grow closer daily in just 5 minutes.
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Candle is a YC-backed consumer relationship app for couples and close friends. It uses daily prompts, mini-games, photo challenges, shared widgets, streaks, and date ideas to help people stay emotionally close; the public materials show it as a small, product-led startup under Encore AI Labs, Inc.
Primary product
A daily relationship app for couples and close friends (“the home for your relationship”).
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Consumer social / relationship app
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
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