Our story began with something small but painfully relatable: trying, and failing, to get quality time booked in with a friend I adored.

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When we first moved to London (from Ireland), our lives were intertwined in that effortless early-20s way. We saw each other constantly; planning wasn’t a thing. But adulthood crept in quietly, and suddenly time together depended on schedules, calendars, and advance notice. When we couldn’t get anything in the diary, I started to feel unexpectedly isolated.

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In a moment of desperation, I suggested we use Google Calendar.

The second I said it, I felt sad.

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It felt clinical, bossy, un-romantic - the opposite of what our friendship was. I hated that the only tools available made something so precious feel like a work meeting. That moment planted a seed: why did organising time with someone I love feel lonely?

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I went looking for something softer; a calendar made for friendship, not logistics. Everything I found was soulless, overly functional, or simply ugly. Nothing reflected the sentimentality I felt. Nothing honoured the reality that quality time is a love language.

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And that’s when the thought hit… surely it doesn’t have to be this way? Surely planning can feel warm, emotional, and human.

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As someone who has always scrapbooked memories, organised community events, and treated friendship like an art form, the idea felt obvious. Building this didn’t feel like launching a company; it felt like solving a problem that was already living inside me.

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But I couldn’t do it alone and I needed someone who understood the mission deeply.

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I met loads of potential technical co-founders. It felt like dating. Everyone was capable, but no one was aligned. No one lit up the way I did when talking about connection, loneliness, and the chaos of growing up.

So I made a TikTok, during the peak “man in finance” trend, saying “I’m looking for a girl in tech.” A few days later, El messaged me.

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We met in a cosy Hackney café, and within minutes it was clear: same values, same obsession, same belief that technology should bring people closer rather than overwhelm them. Two small-town girls in a big city searching for the same thing, community that feels like home.

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That day, Quti truly began.

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We’re launching on Valentine’s Day 2026, intentionally, because we believe quality time is a love language that’s essential to everyone’s wellbeing.

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But while building the product, we also wanted to make a start on our mission. So we created Quti Club:  free monthly events for our WhatsApp community - craft nights, forest walks, game nights, and small seasonal activities - to help people return to intentional time. The kind of quality time that adulthood slowly squeezes out unless you protect it.

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The community grew faster than we expected, confirming what we already knew: people aren’t lacking friends - they’re lacking intentional rituals that bring them together.

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Quti exists because growing up made friendship harder than it needed to be.

Because planning shouldn’t feel like admin.
Because the tiny moments - coffees, crafts, game nights, long walks - end up being the memories that shape our lives.
Because everyone deserves a village.
And because technology should help us return to each other, not drift further apart.

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We’re building Quti to make quality time easy, sentimental, and central to your self care. A tool that supports the relationships that support you.

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Launching in 2026. Follow our journey. <3 xx