Less screen, more human
We build for ears, not thumbs. Every feature has to work with the phone in a pocket, and every design choice is weighed against the scrolling it would add.
Since 2021
Our story
It started with a commute
An hour a day with eyes on a screen, and nothing to show for it. We wanted the opposite: an hour a day with people, hands free.
Witspeak was founded in 2021 with a question that still drives us: what would social media look like if it were built for ears instead of thumbs?
The answer was a 30-second voice feed. Long enough to say something real, short enough that you cannot hide behind production. In 2022 we launched the beta on iOS and Android with Speak, Play All, Listen and live channels, and the first thousand voices showed up from Dubai, Mumbai, London and Lagos.
What we learned
- People say more than they type. The average voice feed carries a tone no caption can.
- Listening is additive. You can hear your friends while you cook. You cannot scroll while you cook.
- Creators want to be paid directly. INC coins arrived in 2023, and the first channel owners cashed out that year.
- Privacy is a feature. Voice Chat messages that vanish after one play became one of the most used things in the app.
The rebuild
In 2025 we stopped patching the old app and started again: a new app, a new web platform and Witspeak Podcasts, a free podcast host that delivers shows to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube Music and inside the Witspeak feed. The AI studio came with it, so one person with a phone can sound like a studio, publish in 30 languages and keep a live room safe.
Witspeak is operated by Sixty Seven Digital FZCO, a company in the Dubai IFZA free zone (IFZA Business Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates). The team works remotely, and we are hiring.
