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August 26, 2025

Maxime Barbier - From 300M+ monthly video views to founding an anti social media startup, The loneliness epidemic, Connecting 25,000+ people every week across 320+ cities in 65 countries

52 minutes

Our guest today is Maxime Barbier, co-founder and CEO of Timeleft.

They are organizing dinners for strangers. Imagine a sort of blind date with 5 other people while eating good food. Spicy!

Timeleft is now live in 320+ cities across 65 countries. Every Wednesday, more than 25,000 people gather in restaurants worldwide to share a meal and experience the joy of genuine human connection and they went from 0 to 16m Eur run rate in 18 months.

During this episode we discuss the return to "irl", the effects of social media and why you should go on a Timeleft experience.

Enjoy!

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