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Walking beside you, not behind you

Never walk alone. again.

sidexside matches you with verified women students heading your way. Day, night, anywhere in between. A companion for every walk across campus, on your schedule.

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Vol. I, No. 01 Filed · Spring 2026
The Mission
Section A Pages 01-03
Our Mission · Est. 2026

Safety isn't a feature.
It's a right.

Women have always found ways to feel safer: group chats, check-in texts, keys between the knuckles. We shouldn't have to. sidexside is the companion you deserve, not the workaround you've had to settle for.

FIG.01the problem
1/3
women feel unsafe walking home
From campus. From work. From anywhere they had to be, at any time they had to be there.
FIG.02the status quo
45min
average escort wait
By the time they arrive, you could've walked home three times. So you walked. Alone.
FIG.03the result
17%
actually use the escort
Not because they don't need it. Because it was built to check a box. Not to show up.
§ 01 · The Gap

What they built vs. what we need.

[ Status Quo · 2026 ]

What your school built

  • 45-minute escort waitsVan
  • Blue lights nobody usesHardware
  • Business-hours coverage9-midnight
  • Cameras that help afterRecord
  • So you walk alone anywayDefault
[ sidexside · now ]

What we built instead

  • Peer matching on your routeMatch
  • Verified women, alwaysID + Selfie
  • 24 / 7 / 365 coverageAlways
  • Prevention, not postmortemLive
  • Never walk alone againPromise
§ 02 · The Product

Tap. Match. Walk together.

A few tapsfrom open to matched
Plan Trip Plan Trip
Home Home
Match Found Match Found
VerifiedReal students
Same routeGoing your way
LiveShared location
§ 03 · How It Works

Four taps. One companion.

Plan your walk, find a match going your way, and stay connected, end to end.
01/04

Open the app

Drop your destination. Browse verified women whose routes match yours.

02/04

Pick your person

ID verified. Live selfie checked. You see exactly who you're walking with.

03/04

Drop your pin

Share live location with your circle. They track every step until you're home.

04/04

Walk home together

Safety that moves with you, wherever you're going. That's the whole point.

§ 04 · The Features

Real protection.
Not a pamphlet.

F.01 · Always on

Available at
2 a.m.
Not at midnight.

F.01
Feature
F.02 · Route match

Someone going your way.

Not a dispatch. Not a stranger. A fellow student whose walk already overlaps with yours.

F.03 Women only

Not a security guard.

A verified woman from your campus, heading your way anyway.

F.04 Coverage

No business hours.

Weekends. Finals at 4 a.m. Thanksgiving break. We don't close.

F.05 Verified

Real students.

Campus ID upload + live selfie check. Every user, every time.

F.06 The Difference

Cameras record what already happened. We prevent what shouldn't.

§ 05 · The Voices

Every woman we talked to has a version of this.

The system didn't fail once. It's been failing, the same way, for decades. We took notes.

The Night Owl01
"Library closed at 2 a.m. Called the escort. Service hours ended at midnight. So I walked. Alone."
AnonymousJunior · State U
"
The Early Riser02
"5 a.m., dark campus. Found a blue-light phone. Out of order. The next one was three minutes away. Through the dark."
AnonymousSenior · Private U
"
The Outsider03
"Campus safety stops at the campus border. My apartment is six blocks past it. Their jurisdiction ends. My walk doesn't."
AnonymousGrad · Big Ten
"
The Patient One04
"Called at 11:30. It's 12:15. I'm standing outside, waiting for the thing meant to keep me from standing outside."
AnonymousSophomore · Ivy
"
§ 06 · Trust & Safety

What your campus should've built.

Every feature here is one your administration said was impossible. It wasn't. It wasn't a priority. Now it is. Ours.

S.01

Verified Women

Campus ID + live selfie check. No strangers, no unknowns, no exceptions.

S.02

One-Tap SOS

One tap shares live location with campus safety and your contacts, without fumbling for a blue box.

S.03

Real Ratings

Rate every walk. Community accountability that isn't moderated into silence by a PR office.

S.04

Live Tracking

Share your real-time dot with trusted contacts during every walk. Paused the moment you're home.

S.05

Private by Default

Your data stays yours. No tracking past the walk. No selling to anybody. No exceptions.

S.06

Always On

24 / 7 availability. No service hours. No holiday closures. Just go.

Kaylyn Waycaster, Founder of sidexside
Austin, TX·Founder since 2026
§ 07 · The Founder

Built by a woman who lived it.

"Every woman I know has a version of the same story. I built sidexside because 'it's just how things are' isn't an answer."

Kaylyn Waycaster·Founder, sidexside
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§ 08 · Ambassadors

Run your campus.

Be the face of sidexside on your campus. Throw launch events, shape the rollout, get direct access to the founder, and yes, a lifetime of free product.

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Lifetime free product
Early feature access
Resume credential
Founder Slack
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Campus Ambassadors · Live
§ 09 · FAQ

Got questions?

We've got answers. Can't find what you need? Our team replies within 24 hours, from actual humans.

Contact Support →
Q.01 How much does sidexside cost? +

$12 a month. Your campus spent $200k on blue lights nobody uses. We think this is a better deal.

Q.02 How is this different from the campus escort? +

Escorts close at midnight, take 45+ minutes, and only go to campus buildings. sidexside is peer-to-peer, goes wherever you're already going, and works on or off campus.

Q.03 What happens in an emergency? +

One tap. Live location to your contacts and our response team. Faster than running to a blue-light phone, and it travels with you.

Q.04 Is sidexside available at my school? +

We're launching in waves. Join the waitlist and we'll notify you when we're live on your campus. Want to skip the line? Apply to be an Ambassador.

Q.05 How do you verify users? +

Campus ID upload plus a live selfie check at signup. We manually review edge cases. No exceptions, no shortcuts. It's the whole point.

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