Blog
News, updates, and stories from the Five Degrees team.
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Why We Built Five Degrees
The best introductions still come from someone you trust. We set out to make that feeling scale — without losing what makes it real.
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The Science Behind Six Degrees of Separation
From a 1960s mail experiment to modern network graphs, here is why the world really is smaller than it feels — and what that means for finding the right person.
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Trust Chains: Connections You Can Actually Trust
A path between two people means nothing if the links are fake. Here is how we keep every step honest — and why opting in matters.
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From Quest to Match: How Five Degrees Gets You There
A walkthrough of the journey from "here is what I need" to "meet the person who can help" — and everything our matching does in between.
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Meet Your Buddy, the AI That Does the Asking
Reaching out is the hardest part of any introduction. Your Buddy is the AI agent that carries your Quest down the chain — politely, on your behalf.