tayp is an app that connects sexual partners via Bluetooth and sends anonymous exposure alerts. The path from notification to a home STI test is immediate, private, and stigma-free.
STIs spread partly because the systems meant to stop them, testing and notification, are broken by shame, complexity, and friction.
Appointments are expensive, slow, and often unavailable. Barriers to entry mean most people simply don't get tested.
The majority of sexually transmitted infections are completely asymptomatic, making self-detection impossible without testing.
Even when someone receives a testing recommendation, fear and stigma mean past partners are almost never informed. tayp removes that friction entirely.
tayp handles the sensitive parts so you don't have to. No names. No numbers. No awkward conversations.
No account or login required. Open the app and you're ready. Your data stays on your device by default.
When two devices running tayp are nearby, an encrypted link is created and stored privately. No personal details are exchanged.
If you receive a testing recommendation, you can send an anonymous alert through your partner chain. Recipients never learn who sent it.
Notifications open a guided funnel that leads directly to ordering a certified home test. From exposure to action in minutes.
Partner connections are stored as encrypted links with no personal identifiers attached. tayp knows two devices connected, nothing else.
You never create a profile, enter an email, or link a phone number. The app works the moment you open it.
When you trigger an alert, it travels through the partner chain without revealing your identity at any point in the chain.
tayp was founded by three students who realised that the largest current epidemic, sexually transmitted infections, was being ignored by every product team we knew of. Clinical testing was inaccessible, partner notification was non-existent, and the stigma surrounding both was keeping the cycle alive.
So we started building tayp while still studying. Not because it was easy, but because the gap between what people need and what exists is enormous, and someone has to close it.
We're committed to making sexual health infrastructure that works for real people, not just for those with easy access to the healthcare system.
tayp is building partnerships with healthcare providers, universities, public health organizations, and test manufacturers to scale access to stigma-free sexual health tools.