Making buddies as an grownup could be robust, particularly after transferring to a brand new metropolis. Fortunately, fashionable expertise exists, and extra individuals are turning to apps like Bumble For Buddies, Flox, and Timeleft to kind new friendships rapidly.
One app known as Les Amis goals to face out by concentrating on girls, transgender, and LGBTQ+ people, primarily within the mid-20s to early 40s age demographic.
Les Amis makes use of AI to pair customers with comparable pursuits and encourages them to affix native occasions supplied throughout the app, resembling pottery lessons, e book golf equipment, wine tastings, and Pilates.
Anna Bilych (ex-PayPal) created the app in 2022 alongside her co-founder, Oleg Pashinin (ex-Google AI), after struggling to rebuild her social circle after relocating.
Now the European-founded app is presently rolling out to U.S. markets. It launched in New York earlier this month.
Les Amis (French for “buddies”) is designed to make it simple for customers to attach with like-minded people of their space. It includes a setup just like relationship apps, the place customers create profiles by deciding on profile images, writing a bio, and selecting from a listing of pursuits, which embody poetry, gardening, yoga, martial arts, and extra.
The app contains an AI assistant named “Amis,” which aids within the matching course of. Each two weeks, customers can take part in matching rounds the place the AI connects them with a possible good friend primarily based on shared pursuits. It additionally connects them to others in comparable life phases — whether or not they’re single, married, a mom, new to city, and even seeking to community with somebody in a comparable profession subject.
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The AI determines matches on Mondays, giving customers ample time to talk and coordinate meetups later within the week.
Moreover, the app options an discover web page for customers to enroll in native occasions and experiences, resembling workshops, social gatherings, and leisure actions. It additionally not too long ago launched “Journeys,” the place customers can journey in teams to locations like Morocco, Iceland, and the Amalfi Coast.
The app operates on a membership-based enterprise mannequin, with charges that change by metropolis. For instance, the month-to-month payment is $70 in New York and €55 in Amsterdam. The membership features a versatile credit score system to spend towards experiences, which could be spent in any metropolis the place Les Amis is on the market, enabling members to attend occasions whereas touring.
Les Amis is on the market on iOS and Android units throughout Europe, together with Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, and Stockholm.
As for U.S. markets, the app was launched in Austin final Could, along with New York. Les Amis plans to increase to Boston subsequent, adopted by Washington, D.C., subsequent month, and Miami in October. A launch in Los Angeles can be on the roadmap.
It’s essential to notice that there are presently no Les Amis occasions taking place in New York, however they may quickly launch on August 25. The app remains to be within the software acceptance part and has acquired over 2,000 functions from customers in New York.
In complete, the app touts about 120,000 installs, and round 30,000 girls have attended occasions thus far. The corporate additionally reviews that it has not too long ago reached an annual run charge of $1 million.
