College loneliness isn’t just a crisis — it’s a crack in the social operating system.

And AI can’t fix it. But maybe human connection can — if it’s designed for digital life.

That’s the bet Cheerie is making:
a peer-powered platform for shared struggle, emotional growth, and the kind of belonging social media forgot how to create.

Why this matters:
 1 in 3 college students report frequent loneliness. That’s not just a stat — it’s a public health liability in the making.
 Therapy is reactive. Cheerie is upstream — a daily, non-performative space where shared emotional language becomes cultural immunity.
 Gen Z isn’t anti-social — they’re community-starved. And they’re over the ‘highlight reel’ platforms. Cheerie is the first network that makes it safe to say: “I’m not okay.”
 Mental health apps are fragmented. Cheerie is building the layer beneath them all — the belonging graph.

This isn’t about competing with TikTok. It’s about redesigning emotional infrastructure.