Every crew memberdeserves ahome base.

Daniele Delsalto didn't set out to build a tech company. He set out to find a decent place to sleep near MIA.

After graduating from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and starting his career flying for Envoy Air at Miami, Daniele discovered what every commuting pilot learns the hard way: finding reliable crew housing is a nightmare. The options were Facebook groups full of unverified listings, Craigslist posts that turned out to be scams, and word-of-mouth referrals that led to overcrowded apartments with no accountability.

In one year alone, he experienced three failed crash pad situations -- a host who cancelled the day before check-in, a property that looked nothing like the photos, and a room with safety issues that went unaddressed. He watched fellow crew members sleep in their cars between trips, send rent to strangers who disappeared, and accept conditions no professional should have to tolerate.

That question became CrewNest. Daniele partnered with his father, Sebastian Delsalto, a full-stack AI developer and founder of Daleki World, to build the platform he wished had existed from day one. Together, they combined deep aviation industry knowledge with cutting-edge AI technology — creating a marketplace where every user is verified, every payment is protected, and every match is intelligent.

They chose to launch in Miami — the most expensive and competitive crew housing market in the country — because if CrewNest can solve the problem here, it can solve it anywhere.