The founders of eYou are building a new social media platform focused on transparency and control, allowing users to verify content instantly as they scroll.
Romanian startup eYou has raised €300,000 (approximately $345,000) in pre-seed funding from Fil Rouge Capital as it prepares to launch a new social network that bakes real-time fact-checking and feed transparency into the core product experience.
The fledgling startup has emerged as a European alternative to mainstream social networks. The founders of eYou have explicitly framed the new fact-checking social media platform as a response to how today’s platforms shape information flows.
In a LinkedIn post announcing the round, co-founder Grégoire Vigroux wrote: “Because the future of social media should not be decided only in Silicon Valley or Beijing. Europe must build its own platforms.”
eYou was co-founded by CEO Jasseem Allybokus and CCO Grégoire Vigroux. The founders have highlighted their Romania base and European ambitions in public messaging. External coverage has described the startup as built in Bucharest, positioning it against rival platforms such as X and Facebook.
The company’s product pitch centers on two ideas: real-time verification and user control over feeds. On the fact-checking side, eYou says users will be able to fact-check posts in real time “in one click.” An assessment is displayed as a pop-up when someone engages with a post.
In terms of the social media feed, eYou says it will offer a more transparent approach to recommendations than the “black box” model common on big platforms. It will allow users to see and edit what their algorithm builds for them.
eYou is challenging how global platforms shape information flows
The new social media startup says its core feed features and assessments draw on “credible and neutral sources.” Those sources are meant to help users challenge misinformation without leaving the conversation.
It comes at a time when X continues to face sustained criticism and regulatory pressure in Europe around content, disinformation, and platform design.
The European Commission opened formal proceedings against X in December 2023 under the Digital Services Act. It has since zeroed in on investigatory steps around its “recommender system.”
The context helps explain why a new entrant like eYou thinks it has an opening. Not necessarily to “replace” X or Facebook overnight, but to win users who want more confidence in what they’re reading and more control over how feeds influence them.
eYou is targeting a public launch in May 2026, with availability planned across mobile and web. It has also offered a “public waitlist” option, where prospective users can earn an “Early Believer” profile badge.
Whether eYou’s fact-checking social media platform breaks through will depend on execution. Especially when it comes to finding a way to make fact-checking in the ever-evolving information landscape fast and fair.
But as far as the signal goes, the round underscores that people may just be looking for a new social media platform designed for trust as much as it is attention.
