June 2024
Catherine pitches the idea of an AI agent that aligns calendars and wins AI People’s Choice
Our Mission
Helping people find the time to connect in real life
Our Story
July 2024
Catherine wins National E-Commerce Competition and pitches at Federal Parliament
August 2024
The AI agent (known as ‘Gooday’) wins the $30k USYD Genesis Grant
April 2025
Gooday wins Best AI Pitch Australia 2025 (Judged by Google)
November 2025
Gooday films its first ad, featured at cinemas for the summer and generating +300 downloads
January 2026
Catherine partners with AWS to deliver a workshop on non-technical female founders building tech, the first paid event featured on Gooday
February 2026
Gooday partners with ‘Philosophy Fight Club’ as their first IRL Social Club on the platform
March 2026
Gooday partners with several social clubs to host IWD event at a partnering hospitality venue
April 2026
Catherine presents Gooday at UTS Summit, resulting in +100 immediate downloads by high school students
July 2026
Gooday officially changes our name to ‘Goodtimes’, kicking off the next phase of product innovation and brand identity.
Our Core Values
Privacy by design
Share availability, not your whole diary. People stay in control of what others see and when they see it.
IRL over endless chat
Getting plans out of the group chat, connecting with friends, communities and local businesses.
Built for groups
From two friends to whole communities, coordination should feel fair and fast for everyone.
Meet Our Founder
Catherine Mary Said
Catherine Mary Said is the Founder and CEO of GoodTimes, an award-winning AI-powered social planning platform helping people find the time to connect in real life. By removing scheduling friction across consumer, business and community systems, GoodTimes makes it easy for friend groups to align times and places to book, without compromising privacy.
Bootstrapped and built without a technical background, GoodTimes began as Catherine’s solution to a personal pain point: missing appointments, birthdays and milestones because fragmented calendars made showing up harder than it should be. Her expertise in night-time economy policy strengthened her conviction of how deeply this problem impacted both individuals and small businesses.
Catherine conducted months of research and hundreds of interviews, grounding GoodTimes in real behavioural insight. Within weeks, Catherine began winning national tech competitions, later earning Best AI Pitch Australia 2025 (judged by Google), USYD’s Genesis Program and speaking at several summits.
Driven by the belief that technology should bring people together, Catherine is building GoodTimes to restore genuine connections between friends, communities and businesses in real life.
