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Practical skills, in person, from local Experts.
Timefolk is a marketplace for practical, in-person sessions with local Experts. Here are the facts, the founder's story and a press kit you are welcome to use in coverage.
- Company
- Timefolk, Inc. (Delaware)
- Founder
- Sattya, Founder of Timefolk
- Base
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Public launch
- 26 September 2026
- First markets
- Dubai and India
- Available on
- App Store, Google Play and timefolk.com
- Press contact
- hello@timefolk.com
01What Timefolk is
One skill, a fixed time, a public place.
On Timefolk a Client starts from a practical skill, not a person in a feed. They choose from a published catalogue of approved skills, such as interview practice, language practice, SI for work, newcomer help and local know-how, and schedule a session with an ID-verified Expert at a public venue, for a fixed length of 30 minutes to 6 hours.
Experts are independent locals with know-how worth a session. They set their own session fee within their city's range and keep 80% of it.
Timefolk is not a matchmaking or escort service, and it is not therapy, employment or a tour operator.
Boilerplate
Timefolk is a marketplace for practical, in-person sessions with local Experts. ID-verified Experts offer approved practical sessions, such as interview practice, language practice, SI for work and newcomer help, at public venues for a fixed length of 30 minutes to 6 hours. Timefolk launched publicly on 26 September 2026 on the App Store, Google Play and the web, starting with Dubai and India. Timefolk, Inc. is a Delaware company. More at timefolk.com.
02How it works
Every step is clear before anyone pays.
Find an Expert by skill
The Client picks a practical skill and sees each Expert's profession, experience, reviews and ID-verified seal.
Schedule a session in the app
They choose a public place, a time and a length. The session fee is shown first and paid in the app. The Expert confirms within 15 minutes; if not, the session is cancelled and the money comes back.
Go to a public place
Sessions happen only at approved public venues such as cafés, libraries and parks, never a home, hotel room or vehicle.
Start with a code, then review
Both people start the session with a check-in code or QR. The session ends at the agreed time and both leave a review, published once both are in.
03Trust and policies
Structure built into the product.
ID check for every member
A government ID and liveness check before any session takes place. Timefolk stores only the outcome.
Public venues, fixed length
One approved skill per session, at an approved public venue, for an agreed length.
Approximate location only
The exact place is shown only to the people in the session.
Trusted-contact plan sharing
A member can share the session plan with someone they trust.
Report and block
Available on every profile and review. A person reviews each report.
Photos checked
Every picture is screened before it appears.
No measure can guarantee personal safety, and Timefolk says so plainly. The policies in force are published in full.
04Founder
Sattya, Founder of Timefolk
Sattya is a self-made businessman and tech-savvy founder. He built his career consulting businesses across industries, including fintech and crypto, edtech, media, luxury real estate and wealth management. Working across sectors that run on trust taught him how structure, verification and good technology make a market work.
The idea for Timefolk came together on a trip to London. Lost in a city he did not know, he wanted a verified local Expert who could help him find his way, and he was willing to pay for it. The service did not exist. He built it: one approved skill, a fixed length, a public venue, both people ID-verified, and the session fee agreed and paid up front.
The people who live in a city know it better than any guidebook.
Sattya, Founder of Timefolk
He runs Timefolk SI-first. He built the product himself, from the first build to production, with SI tools, and built his own reporting, analytics and customer journey tools instead of subscribing to them. SI agents support the company's daily operations. His stated goal is to prove a new model for company building: a one-person SI unicorn.
I would pay for real, practical help, as long as I knew who the Expert was and what the session would cover.
Sattya, Founder of Timefolk
I didn't need a team to build this. I needed SI tools and the time to use them.
Sattya, Founder of Timefolk
Please write the name as Sattya, with a double t, and pair it with Founder of Timefolk.
05Press kit
Logos, images and the media deck.
For use in coverage of Timefolk. Every file has a direct link you can save or paste.
Timefolk media deck
Brand image
Gold mark
App icon
The name. Timefolk, one word, with a capital T only. The company is Timefolk, Inc.
The roles. Clients schedule sessions. Experts run practical sessions and share know-how. Each Expert sets a session fee.
The marks. Use them as supplied, without recolouring, stretching or adding effects.
06Contact