12+ min
Spent choosing each night
The average household burns over twelve minutes of screen time before anything actually starts playing.
Venture · in build
Pairflix.
Streaming is better together. Pairflix turns the nightly "what shall we watch?" argument into a 30-second decision — across Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and friends.
The problem
Streaming made content abundant. It also made deciding miserable.
2.5 hrs
Daily streaming time
UK adults stream for roughly two and a half hours a day — most of it on platforms designed for individual taste profiles.
High
Reported "what to watch" friction
Decision fatigue, abandoned sessions and low-grade household friction are the steady cost of choice paralysis.
How it works
A relationship-first recommendation layer.
Pairflix sits on top of the streaming subscriptions a household already pays for and recommends a single, agreed title — based on both partners' tastes, mood and the time they've actually got.
Pair profile
Two — or more — taste profiles joined into one shared recommender. The whole household, not just one viewer.
Mood & time inputs
"Thirty minutes, something funny" returns one match, not two hundred. The decision, not the catalogue.
Cross-platform
Works across Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and friends. One match, wherever it actually streams.
Watch-together history
Tracks what you've actually agreed on — not just what you started — and learns the household's real taste over time.
Where we are
Early alpha — pre-launch, no public users yet.
The platform stack is in place; the product hasn't opened to outside testers. No waitlist, no beta cohort, no public release date. We'll announce when the build clears its quality bar.
Three apps in build
Client (browse, watchlists, tonight picker with provider launch buttons), Admin (user management, content moderation) and a Hono API on Cloudflare — all in the same TypeScript monorepo on the studio platform.
Platform readiness
TMDB integration for titles and streaming availability across films and TV series. Household pick tracking records every accepted, swapped or dismissed recommendation, and builds a shared taste profile over time — refined by genre, era, tone and how long you tend to watch. Provider badges deep-link directly to Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and friends. Recommendations sharpen with every rating. A public landing page lets anyone try a real pick without signing up.
Next gate
Closed alpha with a small invited cohort once the matcher and partner-pairing UX are stable. The aspirational targets below describe the post-launch trajectory we're building toward.
How Pairflix works, what it costs, and when you can use it.
For households
Free to end the standoff. Premium when you want more.
Pairflix sits on top of the subscriptions you already pay for — it doesn’t replace them. The core is free; premium is for the households that want the full cross-platform picture.
Free
Your pair profile, the mood & time picker, and daily matches across your services. Ad-light — enough to settle most “what shall we watch?” standoffs in about thirty seconds.
Premium
Unlimited matches, full cross-platform coverage and a richer watch-together history that keeps learning your household’s taste — a small monthly fee per household.
Not open to the public yet
There’s no waitlist and no launch date — we’ll announce when the build clears its quality bar. Follow along on the studio journal, or watch the build on GitHub.
For investors
The only product designed around the household decision.
How Pairflix differs
| Player | Their strength | Pairflix edge |
|---|---|---|
| Netflix profiles | Distribution | Single-platform only, individual-first |
| Teleparty | Sync watching | We solve the decision, not the playback |
| Generic recommenders | Algorithmic depth | Relationship-first profile model |
Business model
Freemium drives top of funnel; premium is the engine.
Revenue streams
| Stream | Payer | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Premium subscription | Couples & households | Monthly fee — unlimited matches & cross-platform |
| Affiliate revenue | Streamers & content partners | Rev-share on signups |
| Free tier | Households | Limited matches per day, ad-light |
Three-year projection (post-launch)
The trajectory we're building toward.
These are the targets in the seed plan, not current state. Year 1 starts at public launch, not today.
Active pairs, conversion and ARR
| Metric | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active pairs | 5,000 | 50,000 | 250,000 |
| Premium conversion | 3% | 5% | 7% |
| ARR | £50k | £350k | £1m+ |
Funding ask
£400k seed to take Pairflix from alpha to paid product–market fit.
Allocation
| Allocation | Share | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Product & AI | 50% | Matcher quality, mobile build |
| Growth | 35% | Paid & influencer acquisition |
| Operations & runway | 15% | Legal, infra, finance |
Want to back the seed?
Pitch decks and the full financial model are available on request. Email investors@ideasquared.co.uk.
"Pairflix is the only product designed around the household decision, not the individual viewer."
Alex Jenkinson
Founder & CEO, Pairflix