SwipeStats
Long-running2017–
SwipeStats
Dating-app analytics. Tinder/Hinge data exports turned into real benchmarks — making opaque platform behavior measurable.
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Software for more freedom, better outcomes, and stories worth telling.
I'm Kristian Elset Bø — I build products like Homi and SwipeStats, write about travel and nomad life, and follow the experiments that make work feel lighter, choices feel clearer, and life a bit more fun.
The main bet
Homi — find a place that fits the life you want.
A home search should start with the life you're trying to build, not just another filter panel. Homi helps people collect, compare, collaborate, and eventually let AI agents scout in the background while they go do something better.
The bet: better home-search support means more freedom to move well, choose well, and spend less of your life refreshing listings.
Visit www.homi.so →
Also, I travel. A lot.
All travel guides →Working guides from places I've actually lived and worked — real costs, real itineraries, zero “hidden gem” listicles.
Selected work
Bets, long runs & experimentsHomi
Main bet2024–
Homi
AI home search with memory. A collaborative workspace for finding places that actually fit the life people are trying to build.
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Hydra
Prototype2026–
Hydra
A local browser-session bridge for reading conversations across Slack, iMessage, LinkedIn, and more without platform APIs.
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Promad.life
Experiment2024–
Promad.life
A community for professional digital nomads earning meaningful income while designing flexible lives.
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Boe Ventures
Holding coSince 2021
Boe Ventures
The product holding company. Where experiments and side bets live before they grow up.
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What's next?
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What's next?
Working on something around homes, agents, growth, data, freedom, or better outcomes? Send a note.
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Wander
Day job · current
Wander · Lead Growth Engineer
Series B vacation-rentals company. Travel, growth systems, and the unglamorous work that compounds — connects back to the broader theme of mobility and matching.
What I keep returning to
Tools for better decisions and more freedom.
01
Housing
The logistics of moving lives.
02
Data
Opaque platform behavior, made measurable.
03
AI agents
Software that does the legwork.
04
Mobility
Multi-country lives, flexible calendars.
On stage
Talking about the work behind the work.
From Lean Startup to agentic development, I share practical stories about building products, leading teams, and making ambitious ideas useful.
Lean Startup · Storebrand · 2017
- 2017
Lean Startup · Storebrand
How teams can make room for experimentation.
- 2018
Abakus graduation dinner · NTNU
A motivational send-off for computer-science graduates and families.
- 2019
EdgeX · Netlight
Google Search Engine Optimization.
- 2020–21
Lunsj / Scales
Founder talks on building startups in public.
- 2022
Solana Hacker House · Stockholm
Building in the Solana ecosystem.
- 2024
HackNight · GitHub
A night with the local builder community.
- 2025–26
Techfolk consulting & Bouvet
Agentic development for working teams.
- 2026
Tekna
Homi and a more human way to search for a home.
A note for the road
08 / Keep moving
“The most important step a man can take is not the first step, neither the last step. It's the next step.”
About
The through-line
Still trying to help people find the right thing.
I studied Computer Science at NTNU, where an AI-based apartment matching thesis gave me a problem I've never really stopped thinking about.
After years of consulting and building across Norway and Europe, the through-line is still the same: use technology to connect people with the right things at the right time.
- Foundation
- Computer Science · NTNU
- Home base
- Oslo · Norway
- Selected work
- Homi · SwipeStats