Anuma Nearby

multiplayer AI for real life
discover new people you vibe with and make spontaneous plans that happen
now live in NYC

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

most people who moved to nyc in the last couple years still try to make plans the old way: text 4–5 friends, wait for replies, then get flaked on.

the blocker isn’t “I don’t know enough people,” it’s that almost none of them are free *right now*.

anuma nearby flips it: open the map, see who’s nearby and actually open, chat, and lock something before the end of the day.

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

multiplayer AI for your social life.

people nearby you’d actually click with, based on what Anuma already knows about you. and a map to bring it all together

call @anuma in the group chat when you need the plan. this is what we mean by multiplayer.

[Alex 🐸 @realalexkim]

I'm committed to making it easier for you to meet someone new in NYC.

We started off with a question - how can I meet someone nearby me?

Our two main solutions came with being able to search for other users in AI chat from what Anuma already knows about you. Then, we created an approximate location-sharing map based UI so you can see other users on Anuma around you as well.

This is our solution to creating a better social discovery platform to find other users without having to swipe or have constant paywalls from other apps.

Anuma is smarter now. Anuma can plan things for you in your chats or even your group chats with other people in NYC. Anuma remembers you and uses your context to find more people you'd vibe well with. Anuma turns social discovery into a real life meetup.

This is multiplayer AI for your social life.

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

density ≠ connection

8 million people and still the group chat goes quiet. Nearby v2 finds people nearby based on what you’re actually into, then just @anuma if you need the plan sorted.

if you’re new to nyc and down for spontaneous hangs, it’s live. go find someone tonight.

[Jean @jeanxdenim]

NYC has 8 million people and something happening every night, and somehow that makes it lonelier.

You find a cute new wine bar and want to go right now. You text a few friends, everyone's busy, and you end up staying in again. Watching everyone else's night on your stories.

So we built a way to find people nearby you'd actually click with, based on what you're into, and meet them in person. And if you and your (new) friends can't decide where to go, just @anuma and it plans the hangout for you.

If you're new to NYC and down for spontaneous hangs with people nearby, Nearby v2 is live today :)

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

the group chat: "we should hang out this weekend" also the group chat, 47 messages later:

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

@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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

@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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

@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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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

[Anuma Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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 Nearby @anuma_app]

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!)