About
Royce Branning is cofounder and CEO of Clearspace, an organization that promotes outdoor activity and unstructured play in childhood.
Royce Branning @rbfasho
algorithmic feeds are officially a controlled substance - Feeds must be chronological on apps where users spend more than 20% of their time in a feed. Kicks in Jan 2027 - State of NY outlaws algorithmic feeds and notifications between midnight and 6am for kids
Jul 29, 2026 Β· β₯ 7
Royce Branning @rbfasho
This is what it looks like to manage screen time in a Clearspace Family https://t.co/XDYSAljyJO https://t.co/g3YfsDZBTZ
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 37 Β· β 1
Royce Branning @rbfasho
4 years ago sat down for some tacos with a dude Iβd never met We talked about phone addiction and what it was doing to the people we love. We started a company to solve it. In four years Clearspace has saved people more than 100 million hours of wasted time. Now we are using https://t.co/0uGIc4oGZe https://t.co/dkp2Yc9zkC

Jul 27, 2026 Β· β₯ 32 Β· β 1
Cofounder & CEO at ClearspaceYC W23
Intro paths
Royce went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Clearspace's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Royce can intro founders to Clearspace's investors below.
