PamPam cofounders Carlo Jörges and Helena Jaramillo in front of a wall
Carlo Jörges and Helena Jaramillo are building mapping platform PamPam.
  • PamPam, a new social-mapping platform, wants to make maps more interactive and fun.
  • Founded by ex-Google and Facebook employees, PamPam offers custom maps and AI tools.
  • PamPam is bootstrapped, ad-free, and experimenting with a freemium model for monetization.

Maps are an everyday staple of our smartphone lives. But what if our maps were maybe just a little bit more fun?

That's what PamPam, a new social-mapping platform, is trying to do.

"We essentially see ourselves as a Google Maps for communities," PamPam cofounder Helena Jaramillo told Business Insider.