CaughtUp
We built CaughtUp because great plans die in the chat.
And we got tired of watching it happen. So we did something about it.
The problem was obvious. Nobody had fixed it.
The problem wasn't just making plans — it was keeping up with all of them. A friend invites you to something in a group chat, you react with an emoji, and three days later you've completely forgotten it existed. Another friend texts about a concert, someone else drops a dinner idea, and suddenly your social life is scattered across a dozen threads with no way to see it all in one place.
On the other side, if you're the one trying to organize something, it's a different kind of pain — chasing RSVPs, repeating details, and doing the mental work of keeping everyone in sync while also just trying to have a good time.
The tools hadn't kept up with how people actually live. Stephen looked for something that fixed both sides of this. There wasn't one. So he built it.
Our mission is to eliminate the friction that kills spontaneous moments — so you can focus on actually showing up.
CaughtUp LLC — Founded 2019
This is what we're building.
Not just an app — a new way for the people in your life to stay close. Watch how CaughtUp turns a normal conversation into an actual plan.
The principles behind every decision we make.
Every feature we build, every word we write, and every tradeoff we make comes back to these four things.
The conversation is the coordination.
People already know how to make plans — they talk to their friends. We don't want to change that. We want to listen to it and make it work automatically.
Friction is the enemy of friendship.
Every extra step between "we should hang out" and actually hanging out is a step where the plan can die. We obsess over removing every one of them.
Technology should be invisible.
Nobody should have to think about CaughtUp while using it. If you're thinking about the app, we haven't done our job. You should just be thinking about the plan.
Real life is what matters.
We're not building to keep you on the app longer. We're building to get you off your phone and into the room with the people you care about.
Built by people who felt the problem.
CaughtUp is an independent product built by a small, focused team. We're not a big company with a big office — we're people who got frustrated with the same problem you have, and decided to fix it.
Stephen Tan
Founder & CEOStephen got tired of the same two problems: trying to keep track of everything friends were inviting him to — scattered across texts and group chats with no single place to see it all — and the exhausting back-and-forth of organizing something himself. The tools were a decade behind how people actually live. So he built something better.
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Try CaughtUp with your next group chat. You'll wonder why planning ever felt hard.
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