TryNearby
Local creators for local businesses
About TryNearby
TryNearby connects local businesses with creators who live nearby. Restaurants subscribe monthly and automatically get booked visits from local creators who film, edit, and post a review to the local algorithm. This creates a steady stream of content that compounds into discovery on TikTok, Instagram, and increasingly AI search. Over 100 restaurants and thousands of creators are on the platform across Southern California, with AI agents handling matching, booking, and every creator conversation.
Founders
Yousef Abdelfattah
Founder
Co-founded FaZe Clan after starting as a 14 year old YouTuber in 2011. Spent the last 15 years in the creator economy turning FaZe into the first internet-native content company to IPO at $1B. Now building for local creators and businesses.
Obaida Albaroudi
Founder
Founder at TryNearby. Early Replit employee and former Goldman Sachs. Cofounder of Clipping.exe, one of the first and largest video clipping infrastructures, processing tens of thousands of videos per month.
Ahmad Ibrahim
Founder
Founder at TryNearby. Previously CTO/Cofounder at Clipping Exe, building video clipping infrastructure that scaled to tens of thousands of videos monthly.