Starpha
Haifa, Israel
Starpha turns designing a product into a game, and gives what people make somewhere to be seen and sold.
People join in teams and are given a real brief. The app walks them from an idea to a finished physical product — materials, cost, a price — and what they make goes into a store inside the app where anyone can browse it. The designs people actually want get manufactured and sold, including on the counters of local shops around Haifa. Every product carries a collectible card.
Season 1 runs from 23 August 2026 with a closed group of Technion students. Signing up creates an account; taking part needs a place in the season.
What the app asks for
Your name and email address, so there is an account. Signing in with Google shares only your email address and basic profile — nothing is posted anywhere on your behalf, and no other Google data is read. Location is read once, at the moment you scan a card in a shop, to check you are actually there.
Contact: hello@starpha.app