Why Unight exists

A note from the founder

Why we built Unight, and what we believe modern lifestyle discovery should look like.

200K+

Users in Shanghai

500+

Curated venues

9 years

Operating, zero ads spent

Unight started with a simple frustration: deciding where to spend your evening shouldn't take longer than the evening itself. Every app I opened gave me more options, more reviews, more noise and somehow less confidence about what was actually worth my time. The internet got better at telling you what exists. It got worse at telling you what's good. We believe lifestyle discovery shouldn't be a search problem. It should be a trust problem solved. Not another directory. Not another feed. A single companion that knows the city, knows your taste, and tells you the one thing worth doing tonight and is right every time. That's what we're building.
a woman in a black suit and sunglasses

Artur Engalychev

Founder & CEO

Team

Meet the team

Small team, high ownership. We hire for taste, judgment, and craft — in that order.

Artur Engalychev

Founder and CEO

Dmitry Dobritskiy

CTO

Artem Chervychnyk

Data & AI Lead

Gligor Pecev

Senior Software Egineer

Sylvia Hong

COO, Operations

Maksim Shulepin

Growth Lead

Bradley K Swayze

Experience Manager

Nancy Yakush

Community Manager

Artur Engalychev

Founder and CEO

Dmitry Dobritskiy

CTO

Artem Chervychnyk

Data & AI Lead

Gligor Pecev

Senior Software Egineer

Sylvia Hong

COO, Operations

Maksim Shulepin

Growth Lead

Bradley K Swayze

Experience Manager

Nancy Yakush

Community Manager

Artur Engalychev

Founder and CEO

Dmitry Dobritskiy

CTO

Artem Chervychnyk

Data & AI Lead

Gligor Pecev

Senior Software Egineer

Sylvia Hong

COO, Operations

Maksim Shulepin

Growth Lead

Bradley K Swayze

Experience Manager

Nancy Yakush

Community Manager

Our values

What Good! looks like at Unight

Trust by default

The wrong recommendation costs someone their night. We don't ship "almost right." Every venue verified, every answer earned.

Curation over volume

The internet has enough listings. We're not a directory. If something isn't worth your time, it doesn't make it onto Unight — full stop.

Ready to join?

Build the most trusted lifestyle product in the world, with a team that obsesses over taste, speed, and craft.

High ownership, low ego

We own outcomes end-to-end and don't defend ideas — we improve them. The best argument wins, not the loudest one.

Move fast, don't rush

80% right today beats 95% right next month. We ship, measure, adjust — and protect the foundations that let us keep moving.