Anuma

From private AI conversations to IRL connections

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

you told us the map felt like it was tracking you. locations were always approximate, but we never said so. now the app does. findable, not trackable.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

@ZShche totally fair, being new isn’t enough on its own. anuma also uses what it remembers about you, so it’s “who else just moved here and is into the same stuff.” you can get as specific as you want

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

you told anuma you just moved to nyc. it remembered, and showed you who else just moved nearby. starting over feels a little easier when you're not the only one doing it.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

@bwandon we’d love to help! marina run club does social saturday runs in sf, and hosts events like halloween parties.

nearby in sf… we’re listening 👀

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

anuma remembered you're into running, so it found 3 people nearby who are too. maybe one of them becomes your saturday running buddy.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

source: university of kansas study, 2018
https://t.co/zhpi7ENhIA

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

ok so apparently it takes about 200 hours to make a close friend

50 hours → casual friend
90 hours → friend
200+ hours → close friend

that's a lot of coffees. worth every one tho

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

it’s already solved for people willing to manage their own files. but most people won’t, and they shouldn’t have to.

memory should just follow you. it’s a big part of why we’re building anuma.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Right or Wrong ?
Switching costs for consumer AI, won't approach zero until there is a standardized export format for what is in a model's memory.

The more a consumer uses a model, the more it's memory stores. The more work to export and import

I'm not saying it can't be done. Obviously you can import from one model to another. But for regular users, that's a lot more difficult than saving to an xls or doc file

Curious what people think ?

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

Anuma remembers what you chat about. a privacy toggle decides what nearby gets to see. the rest stays between you and Anuma.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

@ZShche 100%. the people with no digital footprint are usually the ones already good at this. we’re building for everyone who wants to meet new people but doesn’t know where to start

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

your people are probably closer than you think 📍https://t.co/bHSkNkJNN2

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

you moved to nyc. your google calendar has 5 plans a week. you meet someone new every day. and somehow you still haven’t found your people. is this a universal experience

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

FINDABLE, not trackable. you told us so we made it clearer. keep telling us

[Jean @jeanxdenim]

Two weeks since we launched Nearby. Here’s what we’re changing based on feedback from our first sprint of events:

1. We’re adjusting onboarding so it’s clearer what Nearby does, and fewer people drop off before they get there.
2. Locations on the map were always approximate, but our copy didn’t make that clear. So we changed it. People want to be findable, not trackable.
3. We’re unifying the experience across the app, so it feels like one product instead of separate features.

After months of building, you can’t see your product the way a new user does. Your first users can.

Shipping fast is the easy part. Listening fast is the hard part.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

As intelligence becomes more abundant, connection becomes more precious. That’s the thesis behind Nearby.

Congrats to the Bumble and Ithaca teams.

[Ravi Gupta @GuptaRK22]

Today we announced an agreement to acquire Bumble.

Over the past six months, we’ve looked at hundreds of companies, asking which businesses would become more valuable as AI advances. 

Bumble stood out. 

As intelligence becomes more abundant, we believe connecting with the right person and forming meaningful relationships will become even more precious. And frontier technology can help more people find and build those relationships.

Our purpose at Ithaca is to apply frontier technology to things that matter. We acquire enduring businesses, transform them with technology, and hold for the long term. We focus on businesses not only for their financial potential but their ability to enrich lives.

Whitney and her team have built something extraordinary. Millions of relationships began on Bumble, and we’re honored to help take it into its next era. Together we intend to build the best company in the world for helping people find each other.

Let’s get to work.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

Your mutuals live closer than you think. Manhattan on a Tuesday but you’re telling me you can’t find anyone...

[Jean @jeanxdenim]

A lot of new people here this week, so hi 👋

I'm Jean, founding growth at @AnumaAI
Grew up in Korea (and Canada for a bit), studied econ and stats at Berkeley, accidentally ended up in AI.

We're building consumer AI with memory and chat, and using it for something different: helping you meet people nearby you'd actually click with.

Still an AI skeptic, building with it anyway.

If you're building in consumer, AI memory, or AI chat, say hi! Would love to compare notes 🤗

(yes, the photo's photoshopped but the dog is real!)

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

asked anuma who i’d click with nearby. 3 for 3… am i that obvious 🍵

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

We built an app to find the right people nearby, so we put them all in one bar to test it

Anuma launch party @ Downtown Social. Anuma Nearby is live in NYC 📍

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

We're building a way to find the right people nearby. Today, the map is a wall and the markers are the onboarding.

Now it's an app. Find us if you can.

[Anuma @AnumaAI]

Spotted: a mystery bus in NYC📷