Like confiding in a friend, not feeding a platform.
You choose every source. Iris tells you exactly what she reads from each one, keeps only what she needs to make an introduction, and forgets it when you ask. She never shares a word of it with anyone — including the people she introduces you to.
That is the whole promise. The rest of this page is the detail.
What she reads
Each source is optional, and each one says on its tile what it gives her. In plain words:
- Email. Who you write to and how often. Never the contents.
- Calendar. Who you meet and where. Never the notes.
- Journal. What you're thinking about lately. Read once, kept as a few lines.
- Social. Who you already know, so I don't introduce you twice.
She reads to understand what you care about, who you already know, and what you are looking for. She is not building an advertising profile. There are no advertisers.
What she keeps
A few lines about you, in her own words, of the kind a well-connected friend would remember: what you do, what you are working on, what you are hoping to find, how you spend your weeks. Raw material is read once and not kept beyond what those lines need.
What she shares
Nothing, until you say yes. When Iris suggests someone, the other person does not know you were asked. When you both say yes, she shares first names and the reason she thought of you — never a source, never a document, never a line from your journal.
If you decline, that is the end of it. She will not ask why, and the other person will not know.
How to take it back
Disconnect any source from Settings and anything Iris kept from it is deleted within 24 hours. Delete your account and everything goes, including her notes about you. Introductions already made stay made; the people you met keep your first name and nothing else.
Who Iris is
Iris is a small team in Raleigh and the software they have built. Her notes about you are seen by the people who write your introductions and by no one else. She does not sell, rent, or trade what she knows.
— Iris