Tarek Belghith

08/27/2026

iLinQ (pronounced "I Link You") is growing, and the real-world energy is spreading.

Born in Ottawa, iLinQ was built on one simple idea:

✅Technology should help people meet in real life, not replace human presence.

Since launch, the momentum has been building: community activations, strong interest from parents and youth, the LiVE 88.5 interview, the Community Canvas activity returning by popular demand, new missions, badges, leaderboards, and real prizes, local businesses activating their locations, networking events felt more lively.

They just discovered iLinQ : the social game you play in person.

In July 2026, iLinQ was also presented at CIC's Venture Café Cambridge, part of the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem in Cambridge, Boston. That moment confirmed something important: this Canadian-born innovation is not only local. It has the potential to travel, scale, and activate communities and businesses anywhere.

Now the next step is global.🌎

Everyone is discovering iLinQ today from around the world:

Join.💫
Meet people.🤜🏻🤛🏾
Scan.📱
Earn Aura. ⚭
Complete missions.🎯
Get ranked.🏅
Add your city to the leaderboard.🏆

If your city is already there, generate more Aura and move it higher.

If your city is not there yet, be the first to put it on the map.

Leadership on iLinQ is not about followers or likes.
It is about action, presence, showing up, here and now, and bringing people together in real life.

Join Now:👇🏼
Website: https://ilinq.net
Explainer video: https://youtube.com/shorts/fZXpCyLDl-s?si=E7J-zQpo2vdtMH1N
Live City Leaderboards & Global Map: https://ilinq-app.web.app/leaderboards

Go out. Meet people. Earn Aura. Build real connections.

The world's first social network that only works face to face. Scan. Bond. Rise.

08/04/2026

From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: iLinQ enters the U.S. innovation ecosystem.

On July 30, 2026, our iLinQ team introduced our Canadian-born innovation at Venture Café Cambridge, part of CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) in the heart of Kendall Square near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Following an earlier conversation with Tricia Bitetto, Program Manager at Venture Café Cambridge, she encouraged us to attend, present iLinQ to entrepreneurs and innovators, and helped provide a space for a live activation. Thank you, Tricia, for your openness and support.

Together with the team, we spoke with attendees who joined iLinQ, completed the fist-bump-and-scan connection ritual, earned Aura ⚭, and competed on the live leaderboard. All 10 leaderboard positions were filled, winners were recognized, and several entrepreneurs and students expressed interest in becoming iLinQ ambassadors and supporting its local growth.
The most valuable result was the immediate recognition of iLinQ’s commercial potential.

As online shopping and digital interaction continue to reduce foot traffic and face-to-face engagement, iLinQ gives people a new reason to:
• Visit physical locations
• Meet and connect in person
• Participate in branded missions
• Earn badges and real rewards
• Discover businesses and destinations
• Return for future experiences

🚀 For event organizers, iLinQ transforms passive attendance into active participation.

🚀 For businesses and venues, it creates foot traffic, visibility and measurable community engagement.

🚀 For sponsors, it offers an early opportunity to support real human connection through branded missions, leaderboards, badges and prizes.

We returned to Ottawa ON, Canada with valuable feedback, new relationships, prospective ambassadors and promising go-to-market conversations.

At RZ Network, we are now looking to connect with event organizers, business communities, venues, municipalities, and Canadian sponsors ready to help shape the next stage of this homegrown innovation.

Follow iLinQ as we continue building this Canadian-born innovation.
Built in Ottawa.
Activated in Cambridge.
Designed to help people Meet for real - one scan at a time.
Discover more at https://ilinq.net