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Black-Owned Tech Company Launches TapBlk, An All-In-One, AI-Powered Networking App Built for the Culture

TapBlk brings everything Black entrepreneurs need to network and follow up into one powerful mobile app.

Nationwide —  Kyle D. Amaker, the Founder and CEO of Go Black Own, LLC, operating as GoBlackly OS, has announced the official launch of TapBlk, an AI-powered networking and digital business card platform built for Black-owned businesses. Now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, TapBlk follows a private rollout among founders, coaches, consultants, event hosts, and service providers seeking a better alternative to managing business relationships across multiple disconnected apps.

TapBlk lets members share a premium digital business card by NFC tap, QR code, or direct link, capture the contact instantly, save it to an AI-powered CRM, generate Apple Wallet and Google Wallet pass platform, and get AI-drafted follow-ups — all inside a single, connected system.

Rather than solving only the moment when two people exchange information, TapBlk supports the entire networking journey: designed to remember who a member met, where they met them, and what was discussed, then help that member show up prepared for the next conversation and follow up on the last one.

“Black entrepreneurs are already doing the hard work of networking—showing up, building trust, sharing resources, and creating opportunities,” said Kyle. “The problem is that the technology supporting those relationships has been broken into pieces. TapBlk puts the entire journey back together.”

Networking Has Been Broken Into Pieces. TapBlk Puts It Back Together.

Most networking tools solve one moment and leave the rest to chance. One app handles the event listing. A separate app scans the card. Another one builds the QR code. A fourth holds the notes, and by the time a follow-up email goes out, the context — where you met, what you talked about, why it mattered — is already gone.

TapBlk was built to close that gap. It replaces six separate tools — the business card, the CRM, the AI note taker app, the AI networking assistant, the event app, and the wallet-pass app — with one connected system, under one login, one profile, and one system of record.

Beyond the Digital Business Card: One Complete Networking Ecosystem

Based on the company’s competitive research, TapBlk brings together a combination of mobile networking capabilities not currently found within a single connected platform built specifically for Black entrepreneurs. Every major area of TapBlk could operate as a standalone product. Inside TapBlk, however, the tools work together as one networking ecosystem.

The Digital Business Card

Members can create a polished, mobile-first business profile that communicates who they are, what they offer, and how others can reconnect with them.

Profiles can be shared through QR codes, direct links, TapBlk NFC cards, and mobile wallet passes—eliminating the limitations of paper business cards while giving entrepreneurs a professional presence that stays current.

AI-Powered CRM

An AI-powered contact book that remembers who you met, where you met them, and what was discussed, then helps generate your next follow-up automatically.

TapBlk is not designed to replace a complex enterprise CRM. It is built to provide entrepreneurs with a practical, mobile-first relationship system they can use during and immediately after
real-world networking moments.

AI Notes

Members can record a short voice recap following a meeting or conversation. TapBlk can then turn that recording into a transcript, summary, and follow-up-ready context before important details are forgotten.

Instead of relying on memory or scattered notes, entrepreneurs can preserve the information that makes a future conversation more relevant.

The AI Networking Assistant

TapBlk includes an AI-powered networking assistant designed to help members prepare, communicate, and follow up more effectively. Members can use the assistant to develop introductions, prepare for events, draft follow-up messages, reconnect with older contacts, and determine what to say next based on the relationship context they provide or save. The goal is not simply to store information. It is to help members act on it.

Events Hub

Members can discover business, networking, and community events, save attendance intentions, submit their own events, and request a reviewed featured placement.

By bringing event discovery and relationship management into the same platform, TapBlk helps members prepare before an event, capture connections during it, and follow up afterward.

Apple Wallet and Google Wallet Passes

TapBlk members can generate business card passes for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, making it easier for contacts to save and revisit their information using tools already built into their phones.

Members can also use wallet update campaigns to communicate with people who have saved their pass, helping their digital business identity remain current after the initial exchange.

NFC, QR, and Business Utility Tools

TapBlk also includes:

Physical NFC card activation and management
TapBlk Connect for member-to-member saving
Business card and event badge scanning
QR code generation
Link shortening
Professional email signature creation
vCard generation
Contact export and networking analytics

All of these capabilities live inside the same connected mobile platform.

“We didn’t build TapBlk to become another app in a folder full of apps,” Amaker said. “We built it because our community needed one place to show up professionally, capture the connection, preserve the context, and actually follow up.”

“This is for the consultant closing a deal in a hotel lobby, the coach working a conference floor, the vendor building relationships at a business expo, and the founder whose digital presence needs to open doors before they even speak. This is ours.”

Built For A Community That Shows Up For Each Other

TapBlk is designed with Black-owned businesses and the networks that support them at its center, encompassing everything from business mixers and vendor markets to conferences and church and civic gatherings. The product’s guiding language, “your card, your AI, your culture,” reflects a simple standard: the app had to feel premium, look right, and actually understand the way this community networks in real life. TapBlk is for the entrepreneur who’s tired of generic tools that treat culture as an afterthought — and for anyone who understands that real relationships, not just contact lists, are what move business forward.

Available Now

TapBlk is available today as a free download, with a Pro tier for members who want expanded tools and wallet campaign features. Physical NFC cards are available for purchase directly in the app.

Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tapblk/id6783566353

Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapblk.and

About TapBlk
TapBlk is an AI-powered digital business card and all-in-one networking app developed by Go Black Own, LLC, operating as GoBlackly OS. The app helps users create and share digital business cards, manage contacts, capture notes, discover events, access wallet pass tools, and use AI-powered support for smarter follow-up. TapBlk is built with Black professionals, entrepreneurs, creators, organizations, and Black-owned businesses in mind while remaining open to users who align with its mission and community standards.

About Go Black Own, LLC
Founded on June 20, 2020, Go Black Own, LLC, operating as GoBlackly OS, is a technology company dedicated to empowering and connecting Black-owned businesses through innovation, community, and ownership. With a suite of apps and AI-driven tools, Go Black Own is creating the future of Black entrepreneurship—one business at a time.

For press inquiries, contact (609) 547-8486 or press@tapblk.com

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