QuirkChat

Quirktastic, Inc. is a Concord, North Carolina-based consumer social company founded by Bee Law that builds apps, movements and rituals intended to help people find community and form genuine connections. Its first product, QuirkChat (operated 2018-2022), was a social video, livestream and collaboration platform where geeks and hobbyists could join fandom communities and create collaborative 15-second video responses to user-generated topics, with up to four "quip" responses combinable for sharing on other platforms. Coverage of the earlier product describes an anime- and fandom-centred discussion app whose user base skewed heavily toward people of colour and she/her users.

The company's current portfolio consists of RECESS, an app for sharing weekly life updates with friends on Fridays and organising spontaneous hangouts with whoever is available, and Connie, a community app positioned for women and girls interested in anime, gaming and comics, slated to launch in Summer 2026. Alongside its apps, Quirktastic runs several community initiatives: Slow Social, an open movement and set of principles for founders building with intention; Third Space On Us, which partners with local organisers and covers event tickets to restore access to third places; Offline Hackathon, a competition in which local organisers build city guides for cash prizes; and Offline Awards, which recognise event organisers, third-space operators and "slow social" builders.

Founding story

Founder and CEO Bee Law grew up in Matthews, North Carolina, as one of the few outwardly anime-interested students at her school and, as a Black woman, found it difficult to locate fellow enthusiasts in the mid-2000s. Blogging surfaced a like-minded community, and the name Quirktastic was formed from "quirky" plus "fantastic." Law launched the first version of Quirktastic in the fall of 2019 as a friendship-finder app for convention goers; when the COVID-19 pandemic halted conventions and public gatherings in 2020, she pivoted the product. She met investor Kathryn Finney around 2017 through the Digitalundivided incubator, and Finney later served as a mentor.

Business model

Consumer social applications operated under multiple brands, complemented by community programmes and movements (Slow Social, Third Space On Us, Offline Hackathon, Offline Awards) that partner with local organisers. During the QuirkChat period the company described plans for an in-app currency supporting retail partnerships and, longer term, acquisitions of aligned media, e-commerce and virtual-experience companies.

Reported revenue of approximately $200,000 since the launch of the QuirkChat app; the earlier roadmap referenced an in-app currency enabling tangible and downloadable retail partnerships.

Traction

25,000+ monthly active users across the US, Canada and Europe as of the period from March 2019; a community described as 200,000+ strong; reported engagement of roughly seven app opens per day and about 78 minutes of daily use; approximately $200,000 in revenue since app launch; partnerships with HBO and Warner Bros., including work with HBO's Lovecraft Country.

Latest developments

The company's site lists QuirkChat as a completed chapter (2018-2022), RECESS as a live weekly life-sharing and spontaneous-hangout app, and Connie, aimed at anime, gaming and comics fans, as launching in Summer 2026, alongside the Slow Social, Third Space On Us, Offline Hackathon and Offline Awards initiatives.