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Our mission

About Yapbar

An Indian network, built in India, for the people who are building India.

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The story

Why we exist, and what we are

Why we built Yapbar

India is the world’s largest democracy, a young nation of more than a billion people, and one of the most connected. Yet the places where we meet, work, learn and trade online have mostly been built elsewhere, tuned for someone else’s priorities, and run by rules we had no hand in writing.

Yapbar is our answer. It is a social and professional network that is made in India, hosted for Indians, and shaped by the way Indians actually live and work: in many languages, across every state, in cities and in villages, in boardrooms and on shop floors.

A farmer in Vidarbha, a weaver in Pochampally, a software engineer in Pune, a founder in Coimbatore and a teacher in Guwahati should all be able to find each other, trust each other and do business with each other. That is the whole idea.

Trust is the product

A network is only as good as the people on it. On Yapbar, people and companies can be verified, and the verification is visible. A badge tells you what has been checked, by whom, and until when. You will never have to guess whether the recruiter is real, the seller exists or the profile belongs to the person it claims to.

We publish how verification works, how fact-checks are decided and how posts reach your feed. No secrets, no mystery.

You are in control

You choose who you follow, what you mute, how your feed is sorted and which topics, languages and states you want to see. You can see why every post appears. Advertising is clearly labelled and you decide how much of it you want.

Your data belongs to you. We collect only what we need, we explain what we do with it, and you can access, correct or erase it at any time under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

Bharat first

We believe that when Indians choose Indian, the benefits stay home: in jobs, in skills, in tax revenue, in the next generation of companies. Every salary paid by an Indian startup, every order placed with an Indian manufacturer, every rupee invested in an Indian idea comes back to our streets and our families.

  • Make in India. Companies on Yapbar can show that they build, make and employ in India, and members can find them first.
  • Atmanirbhar Bharat. We celebrate self-reliance: local manufacturers, craftspeople, small traders, startups and professionals building something of their own.
  • Vocal for local. Discover talent, products and services from your own city and state before looking anywhere else.
  • All of India, in your language. Read and write in the language you think in. Bharat does not have one voice, and neither should its network.

Trust

Believable people, companies and content

Trust is made visible and checkable. It is never for sale.

Verification you can check

Identity, employer, profession and organisation badges are signed credentials with a public check page.

How verification works

Fact-checking in the open

Challenged posts get a labelled verdict with sources from certified reviewers. No silent removal, no down-ranking.

How a post gets a label

Open about money

The core stays free. Add-ons cover capacity and the cost of checks. Payment never changes what a badge means or how far a post travels.

See the price list

What we stand for

Our principles

Six commitments that shape every product decision.

  • You choose your feed

    The people and topics you pick decide what you see. We do not insert posts to keep you scrolling.

  • No manipulation

    No engagement-ranking, no hidden experiments on what you read, no dark patterns in our interface.

  • Your data stays yours

    We collect only what we need, explain why, and give you the tools to access, correct and erase it.

  • Built for Bharat: 22 languages

    Language is not an afterthought. Scripts, search and typography are designed for India’s languages.

  • Safety by design

    Strong controls for blocking, muting and messaging, with clear rules and human review.

  • Transparent ads

    Ads are labelled, targeted only on declared attributes and always explain why you are seeing them.

  • Trust you can verify

    Every badge is a signed credential with a public verification page. Fact-checks cite their sources and can be appealed.

  • Honest pricing

    Reading, posting, connecting and applying for jobs stay free. You pay for capacity and the public Verified badge, shown with GST before you click. The identity check is free.

Side by side

How we’re different

A plain comparison with the typical algorithm-ranked social network.

Comparison of Yapbar with a typical algorithm-ranked social network
TopicYapbarTypical algorithmic network
What decides your feedYou do: sources, order, filters and mutes.A ranking model that predicts engagement.
Order of postsLatest, or most reacted. Both are explainable.Reordered to keep you scrolling.
Why you see a postEvery post says why, in plain words.Rarely explained.
AdvertisingLabelled Sponsored, targeted only by what you declared.Targeted from tracked behaviour.
Fake accounts and badgesBadges are signed, and their status and expiry are checked live at /verify.Badges that can be bought or are hard to check.
MisinformationVisible fact-check labels with sources. Nothing is quietly pushed down.Reach is often reduced with little explanation.
How it is fundedA public price list, a free core and no sale of personal data.Often ads built on tracked behaviour.
Your dataAccess, correct and erase it under the DPDP Act.Controls can be limited or hard to find.
LanguagesPost in many Indian languages. The app itself is in English for now.Interface languages vary by platform.

Honest limits: we are new and much smaller than the established networks, the interface is English-only for now, and identity verification through a licensed partner is still to come. See how we differ.

Where we’re headed

Roadmap

What is live today and what we plan next. Plans can change; we will say so when they do.

  1. 1

    Now

    Follow, connect, work

    The short-post, follow-based experience people know from X, joined with the professional network people know from LinkedIn.

    • Short posts, topics and followsLive
    • Connections, profiles and company pagesLive
    • Jobs with open salaries and response deadlinesLive
    • Verification badges and fact-check labelsLive
    • YouTube videos and Shorts in posts, played only on requestLive
    • News headlines and colour-coded circlesLive
  2. 2

    Next

    Richer ways to share

    Facebook and Instagram-style features, built with the same promise: no ranking, clear labels, your controls. We don’t host video ourselves; we embed YouTube instead.

    • Translate posts between Indian languagesPlanned
    • Live eventsPlanned
    • End-to-end encrypted messagesPlanned

The people

Who builds it, and how to reach us

Who is behind Yapbar

Yapbar is operated by Kitepod LLP, an Indian company with its registered office at Registered office address – to be updated in Admin › Platform settings. We answer to Indian law and to the people who use the platform. You can reach us at support@yapbar.example, and the Grievance Officer at grievance@yapbar.example.

Join the movement

Create your profile, follow the people and companies you care about, and start something. If you build in India, hire in India or buy from India, you already belong here.

Jai Hind.

Who runs Yapbar

Operated by
Kitepod LLP
LLPIN
To be updated
Registered office
Registered office address – to be updated in Admin › Platform settings

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