Dear bots, we exist to...
Clap back.
with love, humanity
Rewarding real people for real participation.
The team building the playground.
A crew of builders, dreamers, and troublemakers who believe the best content is the kind your audience makes themselves.
Sean Conway
Co-Founder & CEO
A serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Clap. Previously, he co-founded Notehall, which was acquired by Chegg (NYSE: CHGG), and Pillow.com, which was acquired by Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE). He's known for building products around participation, engagement, and help everyday people earn income - with a steady diet of metrics, apples with peanut butter, and an irrational distrust of spiders.
A serial entrepreneur and the co-founder of Clap. Previously, he co-founded Note…
Dan Palumbo
Co-Founder & CTO
Dan loves building things that make a real impact on people's lives. Creating Pillow with Sean was a pivotal experience, and he's excited to go even further with Clap. He's competitive at heart, whether battling his brothers in games or trying to beat his crossword times. Outside of work, he enjoys time with his wife and young children and embraces his Jersey Shore trips.
Dan loves building things that make a real impact on people's lives. Creating Pi…
Allison Goodman
Founding Product Lead
Allison is a product leader with over a decade of experience turning bold ideas into products people actually love. She's energized by building zero-to-one products and the creative problem-solving that comes with building something from scratch such as Clap. Outside of work, you'll find her hiking a new trail, perfecting a recipe in the kitchen, or competing on the pickleball court or golf course. She's always planning her next trip somewhere new and believes some of the best ideas often come from new experiences.
Allison is a product leader with over a decade of experience turning bold ideas…
Ish Chhabra
Founding Developer
I do computers. B.S. Computer Science — University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prev: Nuna, Gordian Software, Co-Founder & CTO at H.S. Gaming.
I do computers. B.S. Computer Science — University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Pr…
Rob Lombardo
Founding Developer
Rob's journey as a developer started back in 2013, when he was teaching English in S. Korea and started making & publishing Flash games on the side. He transitioned into a career as a web engineer, worked around the industry including startups, mid-size, and big companies like Samsung & Apple, and came to Clap with the realization that startups are where the real fun is to be had. He is having all the fun now, and hopes that you are, too.
Rob's journey as a developer started back in 2013, when he was teaching English…
Matthew Stephens
Head of Design (UX/UI)
Design leader with 25+ years at the intersection of design, technology, and business. Previously VP of Design at insurtech unicorn The Zebra, where he built and led a 22-person design organization that helped scale revenue from $1M to $100M. Co-founded DeviantArt, one of the world's largest online art communities, now hosting hundreds of millions of artworks and tens of millions of users.
Design leader with 25+ years at the intersection of design, technology, and busi…
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We're building something weird and wonderful.
Our Mission
We believe the internet should reward real people.
Clap exists to bring trust back to the internet. We're building a world where authenticity is valued, creativity is rewarded, and every person has the opportunity to win by being themselves.
Authenticity over algorithms
Real people creating real moments. No bots, no fakes, no inflated metrics. Just humans being themselves.
Participation over perfection
We don't reward polish. We reward showing up, taking a shot, and putting yourself out there.
Trust is earned
Every interaction on Clap is verified, real, and meaningful. We're bringing trust back to the internet.
Our Story
Same mission. Bigger playground.
Humanity was the spark. Everything since has been turning that into something real.
Clap Kindness.
Rewarding everyday good — holding doors, picking up trash, helping strangers. No clickbait. Just reinforcing what makes communities better.
We retired the kindness feed and found a bigger way to channel what it taught us: people come alive when they're seen for being real.
clap.gg/pringles
clap.gg/spotify
clap.gg/airbnb
clap.gg/nikePlay is the new marketing.
Invite your passive audiences to become active participants in your brand community. AI-powered challenges that deploy in 30 seconds. No code, no agency.
The future feels more human.
As AI transforms work, Clap creates space for what makes us human and feel alive: play, creativity, and meaningful connection.
The Bigger Picture
We are growing accustomed to letting LLMs auto-correct our weirdness to form-fit with the mean average of human thought…
The invitation
It's time to reclaim the playground.
It's time to remember that the most powerful force for human connection is play; unfiltered, spontaneous, and real.
It's time to stop scrolling, and start improvising.
It's time to challenge, remix, respond, and be heard.
The world has thrown a lot at us.
It's time to Clap back.
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