Our Story
Most people spend their day chasing energy, fighting the afternoon, and struggling to wind down at night. Day/Dream was built to change that; with clean, clinically dosed formulas designed to work with your body, not against it.
I noticed it in myself first.I was drinking coffee in the morning like everyone else. Grabbing something caffeinated in the afternoon to push through the day. And then lying awake at night wondering why I couldn't wind down. It took longer than I'd like to admit to connect the dots.
Caffeine has a half-life of five to seven hours. That means half of what you drink at 2pm is still circulating in your body at 9pm. The cup you grabbed to survive your afternoon is the reason you're staring at the ceiling at midnight. And the reason you're exhausted the next morning is the reason you reach for caffeine again — and the cycle starts over.
I started looking around and realized it wasn't just me. Everyone was tired in the afternoon. Everyone was making the same impossible choice — drink more caffeine and pay for it tonight, or struggle through the rest of the day and pay for it right now. The energy drink industry had spent years perfecting products designed to drive more consumption. Nobody was talking about what that consumption was actually doing over the course of a day — or a lifetime. The sleep crisis and the energy explosion are not a coincidence. We just haven't had anyone willing to say it out loud.
I spent years inside some of the best better-for-you brands in the country. I watched what worked, what didn't, and what the consumer actually needed versus what the industry kept selling them. And I kept coming back to the same gap — nobody had built something that thought about your whole day. Not just the morning. Not just the crash. The full arc, from the moment you wake up to the moment you finally rest. So I built it.
Day/Dream is the first functional wellness system designed around the way caffeine actually works in your body — and the way your body actually needs to move through a day. Morning Energy gives you 200mg of natural caffeine from green tea when your body is primed for it. Midday Boost gives you just 50mg — enough to sharpen your afternoon without stealing your sleep. P.M. Relax helps your body do what the rest of the industry has been quietly preventing it from doing. Every formula is NSF Certified. Clinically dosed. Zero sugar. No proprietary blends. No artificial anything. And no pretending that more is always better.
We're not here to sell you more caffeine. We're here to give you the right amount, at the right time, with the honesty to tell you why that distinction matters. Because you're not tired because you're weak. You're tired because nobody built something that actually worked with your body instead of against it.That changes now.
Day/Dream. Every part of your day, at its best.
Matt O'Connell
Founder/CEO

Randy Kitchin
Co-Founder/COO

Tyler Alderman
Co-Founder/CSO