8lab — Time economy

Not with medicine. With the hours you already have. 8lab builds products that give people their time back.

The problem

The average person loses 2.5 hours a day to their screen.

Across a lifetime, that's 8 years — awake, but absent. We don't think humanity needs more willpower. It needs better systems, and people who watch each other's backs.

2.5h / day doomscrolling 8 years / lifetime alone, we relapse
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people on Earth
0h
lost every day, per person
0 yrs
recoverable across humanity, every year
This is the largest untapped resource on the planet. — Time Economy
Our flagship

houroutine — manage your time, together.

A squad-based routine & screen-time app. You don't fight your habits alone; your people fight with you.

01 / 03

Squads, not streaks.

Share your screen time and routines with people who care. Accountability becomes affection.

02 / 03

Recover first, build second.

Cut the doomscroll, then stack the routines. Subtraction before addition.

03 / 03

Love is a verb.

Cheering, saving a friend's streak, sending a boost — helping someone reach their vision is the product.

9:41houroutine
Your squad
4 people, 1 goal
JS
SM
GH
DJ
Simin1h 12m
Dongjin2h 04m
Gyuhyun0h 48m
9:41houroutine
Today
−1h 42m of doomscroll
streak
12d
Instagram · blocked
TikTok · blocked
YouTube Shorts · blocked
9:41houroutine
Squad activity
Send Junseo a boost
Simin cheered your morning run
You saved Dongjin's 21-day streak
Gyuhyun sent Junseo a boost ✨
Doom
Releasing soon.

How we think

01

Vision is the keystone.

Every feature must help someone move toward who they want to become. If it doesn't, we cut it.

02

Management is a direction, not a cage.

Managing myself means helping me reach my vision. Networking means helping you reach yours. Same verb, different direction — we call it co-management.

03

Love is a verb.

Not a feeling. The concrete act of helping a friend get to their own vision — even when it costs you something.

04

Solidarity, not surveillance.

Our systems never judge intent. They make care visible and comparison quiet.

The people adding the years

A small team obsessed with giving humanity its time back.

The journey so far

TBD
8lab founded
TBD
houroutine web MVP · first beta squads
TBD
houroutine iOS App Store launch
TBD
Hanbat Univ. Junior Startup Competition
TBD
Android launch
TBD
Doom in development

Join us in adding 8 years.

We're looking for people who believe time is the next economy.