990 Revekka Palaiologou: Community as a Platform

AI, Community and IRL Meetups

Somewhere between all the likes, swipes, and double taps, something got lost. We’re the most connected in history, yet most people are lonely, feeling isolated and disconnected.  

So, what if there was a social app that helped you connect in real life?

Revekka Palaiologou grew up in Greece, and taking her inspiration from the town of Ikaria, one of the fabled “Blue Zones” where people live healthy lives to 100, she set out to change social media – by bridging the gap between digital interactions and real-world relationships. 

Revekka is the CEO and founder of Dion, a “community as a platform” which uses the power of AI to connect people in real life around shared interests for genuine community bonds and experiences. 

Today Revekka shares how her app Dion helps people initiate connections by sending each other real drinks, coffees, and experiences that can be redeemed in the real world, all with an emphasis on safety, quality, and authentic engagement. She is also changing how brands interact with consumers, effectively converting social intent into real-world transactions. Her platform has already attracted thousands of members across cities such as New York and Miami, with tens of thousands of drinks sent globally and a growing waitlist of people eager to join the network. Category-defining brands, including LVMH (Moët Hennessy), Pernod Ricard, Cîroc, Revolve, and Groot Hospitality, have already activated through Dion, drawn by its ability to reach high-spending, curated communities that no ad or influencer can access.

We also talk about her journey from software engineer, processing 7 billion ticks of data per day at Bloomberg, to founder, the challenges of building and scaling a values-driven platform, and the innovative ways brands and communities are finding new ways to engage. 

More about Revekka Palaiologou at www.dionapp.com

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More about Revekka at DionApp

Revekka Palaiologou, a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, is the CEO and founder of Dion, a next-generation social platform where people initiate connections by sending each other real drinks, coffees, and experiences that can be redeemed in the real world. By turning one of the oldest social gestures, buying someone a drink, into a digital interaction, Dion converts social intent into real-world transactions, creating a new way for people and brands to connect through real-world spending. The platform has already attracted thousands of members across cities such as New York and Miami, with tens of thousands of drinks sent globally and a growing waitlist of people eager to join the network. Category-defining brands, including LVMH (Moët Hennessy), Pernod Ricard, Cîroc, Revolve, and Groot Hospitality, have already activated through Dion, drawn by its ability to reach high-spending, curated communities that no ad or influencer can access.

 

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