# Arlan Rakhmetzhanov

> Arlan Rakhmetzhanov is founder and CEO. folk on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder and CEO.

Arlan Rakhmetzhanov is founder and CEO of Nozomio Labs, a Y Combinator Summer 2025 company building Folk, an AI friend that works through text messages, on its own memory and context engine, Nia. His YC profile says he built consumer apps before Nozomio.

- X: https://x.com/arlanr

## What Arlan builds

- [folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.md), graded F, 20/100, in Personal assistants. folk is an AI assistant that texts its owner over iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp to keep habits, workouts, study and money goals on track. Each user gets a cloud computer, persistent memory and connected apps. Founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [LocalGlobe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/localglobe/)

## Questions

### Who is Arlan Rakhmetzhanov?

Arlan Rakhmetzhanov is founder and CEO of Nozomio Labs, a Y Combinator Summer 2025 company building Folk, an AI friend that works through text messages, on its own memory and context engine, Nia. His YC profile says he built consumer apps before Nozomio.

### What does Nozomio, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists folk from Nozomio, Inc.. folk is an AI assistant that texts its owner over iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp to keep habits, workouts, study and money goals on track. Each user gets a cloud computer, persistent memory and connected apps.

### Who has invested in Nozomio, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator and LocalGlobe.

### How are Arlan's tools graded?

folk is graded F, 20 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nozomio
- https://www.arlanrakh.com
- https://www.folk.com/about
- https://x.com/arlanr
- https://www.folk.com/
- https://www.folk.com
- https://www.folk.com/faq
- https://nozomio.com

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