Founded by two French serial entrepreneurs who have spent decades in Romania, the platform aims to become a trusted design alternative to X and Facebook when it goes public in May 2026.
A new social media platform that brings real-time fact-checking directly into the user experience has expanded to Romania in 2025 and raised €300,000 from Croatian-founded early-stage venture fund Fil Rouge Capital.
The startup called eYou was founded in Bucharest in 2026 by Grégoire Vigroux and Jasseem Allybokus and aims to go public in May. you.social.
The platform’s central proposition is simple: when a user clicks on a post, an AI-generated assessment appears in a pop-up summarizing the veracity of the claims made, based on what the platform describes as reliable and neutral sources. The goal is to allow users to challenge misinformation in real time without interrupting the conversation itself.
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eYou also introduces what it calls a transparency layer for its feed algorithm. Instead of obscuring the recommendation logic, the platform allows users to see and edit the profile that an algorithm builds about them, allowing them to intentionally expand content exposure and move beyond algorithmically-enhanced echo chambers. B
other features are direct responses to two of the most common criticisms of mainstream social media: that misinformation spreads faster than it can be corrected, and that it traps users in ideological bubbles they never want to enter.
“Unlike traditional social networks that promote connectivity at all costs, eYou is built to prioritize trust. Social media was originally designed to connect people and democratize information. But over time, it has also become a powerful engine for polarization and misinformation. We believe there is a real need and urgent demand for a new type of platform built around transparency, trust and accountability.” said Grégoire Vigroux, co-founder and CCO of eYou.
The platform is built primarily with GDPR compliance and European data protection standards, a design choice that the builders present as a differentiator against the dominant US platforms and a fit for the regulatory environment in which European users increasingly expect to operate.
Co-founder and CEO Jasseem Allybokus brings technical depth from his previous role as CTO at Visiperf, a French digital marketing technology company serving more than 300 brands across 15,800 retail outlets and 4,000 geographies. He also co-founded Ecrilib, a community platform for creative writing.
“Most social platforms today are designed to show users more of what they already agree with. This reinforces echo chambers and allows misinformation to spread faster than facts. eSiz offers a completely different approach to online debate, built around European principles of transparency, accountability and exposure to diverse viewpoints,” said Jasseem Allybokus, co-founder and CEO of eYou.
Vigroux is one of the more prolific serial entrepreneurs in the Romanian startup ecosystem. In 2007, he and his business partners founded CallPoint New Europe, a BPO company that grew to over 1,000 employees and was acquired by Canadian global customer experience company TELUS International in 2012.
He served as Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development for TELUS International in Europe and remained on the Board until his shareholder exit in 2017. Operating as TELUS International Europe, the company currently employs around 5,000 people in Romania and Bulgaria.
He also co-founded BonApp, a mobile food waste app, and Fenix.eco, a refurbished smartphone store that sold to Recommerce within 14 months of launch, among other ventures.
The €300,000 round comes from Fil Rouge Capital’s accelerator program. Originally Croatian but now expanding to Romania with Matei Dumitrescu as a local Venture Partner, the fund runs a program offering seed funding of up to €300,000 for early-stage companies.
Fil Rouge Capital has backed over 170 companies since its inception in 2014 and lists portfolio exits including DocPlanner and happn.
“The founders bring strong entrepreneurial experience, a clear vision, and they solve one of the most important challenges facing digital platforms today: trust. eYou has the potential to become a leading European social media player.” — Matei Dumitrescu, partner of one of the Fil Rouge Capital funds
The platform will be available from May 2026 via iOS, Android and mobile and desktop web. Although its architecture, regulatory design and investor placement are distinctly European, eYou is open to users globally.
