A word from our founders

Why we're building Mono

We kept seeing the same thing happen: hours disappearing into endless scrolling without noticing. You get pulled into social media. Or you check your email for the third time, even though it's the weekend. The line between work and private life blurs — and your phone actively helps it along.

With children, the problem is even bigger. It's as if the phone is glued to their hands.

At the same time, we were part of the problem ourselves for years. With a background in telecom and media, we spent years going along with the same system — selling more data, driving up media consumption, and therefore more time on your phone.

And we want to do something about that. Because all those apps we use every day are designed by some of the world's sharpest minds with one thought in mind: holding our attention.

Call it hopelessly romantic. But the most beautiful things don't happen on your phone. They happen physically, when you're in conversation with each other. Laughing, with attention and presence.

Mono started from the idea that we can make the world a little bit more beautiful by pushing back against excessive phone use.