Austin FrankelFounder & CEO, Study Share · Student at Bucknell University | Founder of Study Share & Seat Maker

The viral Seat Maker

16 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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The YouTube segment profiles Austin Frankel, a senior at Blind Brook High School and self‑described coding whiz, who turned the frustration of chaotic seating arrangements into a practical solution. After a disordered youth‑organization event where he couldn’t sit with his friends, Austin built Seatmaker, a mobile app that leverages the contacts stored on a phone to automatically generate seating charts and ease the stress of assigning seats. The narrator highlights the problem, Austin’s personal motivation, the app’s core functionality, and notes that Seatmaker is available for download on the Apple App Store, positioning the tool as an easy, tech‑driven fix for a common social‑event headache.

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Well, one Westchester teen has turned the headache of seating arrangements into an easy fix, all with the tap of your phone. Meet Austin Frankel, a senior at Blind Brook High School who happens to be a coding whiz. After seeing just how chaotic seating arrangements can be, you've probably been through it yourself, right? He put his coding skills to work and created an app called Seatmaker, which is designed to help ease the stress of figuring out where to seat guests. Just by using the contacts in your phone. The idea came to him after he attended an event and trying to find a seat near his friends didn't go as he hoped.
I was at this youth organization. I just remember it being like The Hunger Games trying to get a seat. Everyone was running, no one knew where to sit, and it was like insane just seeing everyone just run around a room. I wasn't able to sit with my friends and it kind of ruined the entire meal.
I understand that. The Seatmaker app is available for download through the Apple App Store.