European startup eYou has raised €300,000 in pre-seed funding to launch a social platform with built-in AI fact-checking and algorithm transparency, ahead of a May 2026 debut.
When Grégoire Vigroux logged into Twitter last year, his feed was dominated by posts from Elon Musk — a person he had never followed. The experience crystallized something he had been thinking about for some time: that social platforms had become too easily shaped by the priorities of whoever controlled them.
Around the same time, Telegram founder Pavel Durov sent a message directly to all Romanian users on the morning of the country’s presidential election, accusing France of interfering in the vote. For Vigroux, the incident confirmed that social media had become a genuine force in democratic processes — and that someone needed to build an alternative.
The result is eYou, a European social media platform that has raised €300,000 in pre-seed funding from Fil Rouge Capital ahead of a public launch planned for May 2026. The platform is built around a single differentiating feature: a fact-checking button embedded beneath every post, powered by multiple competing AI models that evaluate claim accuracy in real time.
How the Fact-Checking Works
When a user clicks the fact-check button on any post, the system analyses the content and assigns an accuracy score to each individual claim — expressed as a percentage, accompanied by an explanation drawn from credible, neutral sources. Posts on eYou can be up to 3,000 characters, meaning a single post may contain 20 or 30 separate claims, each evaluated independently.
To reduce the risk of algorithmic bias — and to handle edge cases such as satire — eYou uses four large language models simultaneously, each competing to produce the most accurate assessment. The founders tested a satirical publication during a demonstration and the system correctly identified the content as humour rather than factual reporting.
Over time, users accumulate a reputation score based on the accuracy of their sharing. Those who consistently post reliable information appear more frequently in feeds and recommendations. Those who spread misinformation, Vigroux says, will not be promoted by the algorithm.
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Transparent Algorithms and Open Moderation
Beyond fact-checking, eYou introduces a transparency feature that lets users see and edit the profile the algorithm has built about them—a direct contrast to the opaque recommendation systems used by most major platforms. Users can modify the signals shaping their feed and broaden their exposure to viewpoints outside their usual content diet.
The platform’s interface is deliberately simple. Each post has two reactions — “Agree” and “Disagree” — but users who disagree must leave a comment explaining why, a design choice intended to encourage substantive debate rather than passive engagement.
On moderation, Vigroux acknowledges the company is still working through the harder questions — how to handle conspiracy theories, hate speech and harmful content — and is weighing approaches that range from outright bans to algorithmic suppression that limits visibility without removing content entirely.
“Finding the right balance between freedom of expression and moderation is difficult,” he said. “We’re still defining exactly where that line should be.”
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A Two-Person Team With Global Ambitions
EYou was co-founded by Vigroux, who serves as chief commercial officer, and Jasseem Allybokus, a serial entrepreneur and the platform’s chief executive, who built the technology entirely in-house. The two French entrepreneurs have been based in Romania for more than a decade and chose Bucharest as the venture’s base, though the platform is open to users globally.
Vigroux brings four previous exits to the partnership, including CallPoint, which was acquired by customer experience platform TELUS Digital. The pair is deliberately running a minimal internal operation, outsourcing functions including user acquisition to specialist agencies rather than building large internal teams.
The platform targets users who have reduced or stopped using X — formerly Twitter — as well as readers of longer-form platforms such as Medium. Vigroux describes the ideal eYou user as a journalist, professional, or educated urban dweller who wants to discuss ideas and current events in a more substantive environment than conventional social media provides.
EYou aims to reach 10 million users by 2030. The €300,000 pre-seed investment will support product development and early community growth ahead of launch. A public waitlist is currently open.
“The founders bring strong entrepreneurial experience, a clear vision, and they are tackling one of the most important challenges facing digital platforms today: trust,” said Matei Dumitrescu, partner at Fil Rouge Capital.
