Miami, FL – September 14, 2026 – Two teenagers from Miami just raised $1 million to take on the travel industry with their platform called Soar. Soar is a flight search and booking platform that eliminates all traditional airline friction. You can see seats, bags, fares and more all in one place. There is also heavy focus on the post-booking experience with features like auto-check-in, price drop refunds, and their iMessage agent called Sky.
Soar, a Miami-based flight booking startup, founded by Henry Langmack and Alex Slater recently announced they raised a $1 Million pre-seed round to help them change the way we book flights. Every single part of the platform is precisely engineered to be as frictionless, transparent and fast as possible.
Despite their age, the two are backed by some pretty impressive track records. Henry was a co-founder of one of the largest consumer mobile apps, Cal AI, which was recently acquired by MyFitnessPal. Alex and his brother Chris founded an app called Quittr, which they grew to over 20 million downloads, and is still doing impressive numbers today.
Slater said he got the idea when he spent some time traveling: “Every single time I went somewhere else, I had to type in all of my information over and over again.” He went on to explain how tired he was of having to navigate through tons of different popups, upsells and policies just to book a flight.
Together, Alex & Henry developed the platform to match the rest of the industry, and made booking a flight as simple as booking an uber or ordering some food. Soar gives travelers a clean UI, free from upsells and confusions.
Built for Simplicity and Autonomous Travel Logistics
Soar replaces traditional multi-layered date matrices and upsell screens with a single-field search bar and native one-click purchasing:
Baseline fares, seat selections, and baggage policies are unbundled and clearly displayed in a single view, protecting travelers from surprise checkout fees.
Tickets are issued directly inside Soar, creating a unified experience and protecting users from traditional dynamic pricing algorithms.
The platform automatically checks passengers in the moment the airline window opens, securing earlier boarding groupsand texts boarding passes straight to their phones.
Travelers receive real-time delay alerts, gate updates, and customer support natively over iMessage and SMS without downloading airline apps.
When flights suffer compensable delays or cancellations under Department of Transportation (DOT) and international rules, Soar programmatically drafts and submits passenger rights claims directly to the carrier.
Their new flight search algorithm, Atlas, shows skiplagged or hidden-city tickets. These pricing errors can often drop fares by over 50%.
The two are doing a great job so far. Nearly every single Soar user is a returning user, and the user experience is widely loved across the internet. Users especially note the features like auto-check-in, fare drop refunds, and their iMessage agent sky.
About Soar
Soar is a flight booking platform founded in 2026 by two teenage founders. Its search tool, Soar Atlas, surfaces hidden-city fares from the same airline inventory, often at prices up to 50% lower than standard listings. Every fare shows the full price up front, with seat and bag costs included and no upsells at checkout. Soar’s mission is to make flight booking honest, fast, and transparent for every traveler.
Media ContactCompany Name: SoarContact Person: Naveen KettererEmail: Send EmailCountry: United StatesWebsite: https://soar.flights
