The night goes live
The whole university is online at the same time. For one hour, Cambridge stops being thirty one separate colleges.
ChatBridge
QuestionsOpening soon, Cambridge only
Cambridge students will change the worldMeet the rest before the world does
ChatBridge is a randomised, low stakes, video chat web app designed for verified Cambridge students. Connecting brilliant people to find their potential co-founder, comedy partner or best mate.
The first 100 people on the list automatically get into the first nightAny email works, so freshers without a CRSid can join the waitlist now
Amara
Tom31
colleges, one queue
1 hour
a week, everyone at once
No app
it runs in your browser
How a night works
Four screens, start to finish
Everything that happens between opening ChatBridge and meeting someone, in the order it happens.
01
Hey, Sam 👋
Welcome to ChatBridge
02
We find you someone
No profiles, no messages, no waiting for replies. Just a few seconds in the queue and you are already talking to somebody new.
Finding someone…
Hang tight, we're looking for another Cambridge student
Camera and microphone ready
Cancel
03
You talk, face to face
It stops being random about ten seconds in, and if you don't click, you can end the call and meet someone new.
You’re both at Trinity 🎓
Ida
Leo
IdaLeo04
You decide what happens next
The good ones don't have to end when the call does. If you both press share you get each other's CRSid, saved to your call log. If only one of you shares, nobody ever finds out.
Call ended
Want to share your CRSid with the person you just spoke to?
Their nameIdaTheir CRSidikh32
Next person →Why we built itYou probably won't meet the people who'll change your life
Your staircase was assigned
Your subject was assigned
Your friend group, more or less, followed
Footlights has always worked the same way. Put remarkable people in one room, give them a reason to talk, and let the rest happen on its own. Fry and Laurie met that way, and so did half of Monty Python.
ChatBridge is that room for everyone, with no audition and no committee, just the rest of Cambridge on the other side of the screen.
Safety
Verified, private, and easy to leave
Similar to Omegle, but verified and Cambridge exclusive. It is not a dating app. We could get a lot more signups by staying vague about that, and we would rather you knew exactly what you are joining.
Raven only
Everyone signs in with their Cambridge account, so every person you meet is a real student. No outsiders, no bots.
Your CRSid stays yours
It is never shown during a call. You swap contact details only if both of you choose to, after the call has ended.
Report anyone, any time
There is a report button on every call and we read every report. One report blocks that pair from ever matching again.
Questions
The ones everybody asks
When is the first night?
The date is not fixed yet. Everyone on the list hears it first, before we announce it anywhere else.
Is this a dating app?
No, and we are not being coy about it. We could get more signups by staying vague, and we would rather you knew what you were joining. It is one to one video chat with other Cambridge students, and you swap details only if you both want to.
Do I need a CRSid to join?
Not for the waitlist, any email works, so incoming freshers can sign up now. You will need your Cambridge login to use the app itself.
Do I have to download anything?
No. ChatBridge runs in your browser on a laptop or a phone, so you just open the link and sign in.
What if it is awkward?
It is a little awkward for about ten seconds, and then it is not. Everyone on the other side signed up for the same thing, and you can end a call whenever you want.
Who is behind it?
Jude, who graduated last year, and Elias, who is still at Cambridge. We built it because we kept meeting brilliant people in our final weeks who we should have met in our first.
More questions? Read the full FAQ
One hour, one hundred people
Everyone online at the same time, matched one to one until the hour runs out. The date goes to the list first, so put your name down and you will hear it before anyone else.