Lior Illouz
Co-Founder & CEO · Bonds
SPEAKER PROFILE
Helping people in relationships build something that doesn't break under pressure.
Co-Founder & CEO of Bonds, a PhD-backed, AI-powered relationship app used by 10,000+ people who want to feel closer, communicate better, and show up the way they actually want to.
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ABOUT LIOR
Two Liors. One problem nobody solved.
Lior Illouz spent years at Meta and living abroad in Singapore before marrying his wife Yael at 38, recently becoming a first-time father. Within months he found himself stuck: he couldn’t understand her, couldn’t understand himself in it, and had nowhere useful to turn. Every great platform he had worked around solved complex problems at scale. Relationships hadn’t been touched.
So he called two people he trusted most. His childhood friend Dr. Lior Kritzman, a clinical psychologist with a PhD, became the scientific backbone: CBT, ACT, and Attachment Theory, real methodology rather than guesswork. Then came Daphna Ofek, who joined because she personally connected with the mission. She has built B2C products used by over a billion people, as CPO at Rakuten Viber and product leader at Waze.
Daphna’s husband is also named Lior. Two building the app, one hearing about it every evening.
Today, Bonds has 10,000+ users and a 4.8-star App Store rating.
PAST APPEARANCES
How Lior sounds on a show.
Two episodes to give you a feel before you reach out. If you’d like the audio file directly, just ask.
Season 5 · March 2025 · 45 min · with Daphna Ofek
Lior and Daphna discuss what Bonds is and isn’t, how AI earns trust in intimate relationships, and what changes when couples use it. Episode number unverified against live listing.
May 2025 · 1 hr 7 min
Topics covered: lessons from Meta, AI and content creation, cultural differences in global business, fundraising strategy, and the vision behind Bonds.
December 2025 · 141,000+ organic views · YouTube
Jeff’s first interview with Lior: a Tel Aviv street conversation about growing up being warned to avoid Jesus, and what changed.
Episode Ideas
Four topics. Four audiences.
Each idea includes a title, what the conversation covers, and one concrete thing your listeners walk away with.
Most couples don’t fight about what they think they’re fighting about. This conversation unpacks the recurring communication patterns that predict relationship breakdown, including the psychology-backed approach Bonds uses to help people catch them early, before the explosion.
Why the best co-founder dynamic often mirrors the problem you’re actually trying to solve.
A framework for building AI products where the stakes are deeply human, not just functional.
How to make relationship growth feel spiritually relevant, not just behaviorally practical, for couples in your community.
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