Making buddies as an grownup could be powerful, particularly after transferring to a brand new metropolis. Fortunately, fashionable expertise exists, and extra persons are turning to apps like Bumble For Associates, Flox, and Timeleft to kind new friendships shortly.
One app known as Les Amis goals to face out by focusing 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 related pursuits and encourages them to affix native occasions supplied inside the app, comparable to pottery courses, 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 at present rolling out to U.S. markets. It launched in New York earlier this month.
Les Amis (French for “friends”) is designed to make it straightforward for customers to attach with like-minded people of their space. It incorporates a setup much like courting apps, the place customers create profiles by choosing profile images, writing a bio, and selecting from an inventory 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 buddy primarily based on shared pursuits. It additionally connects them to others in related life levels — 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 speak and coordinate meetups later within the week.
Moreover, the app options an discover web page for customers to join native occasions and experiences, comparable to workshops, social gatherings, and leisure actions. It additionally lately launched “Trips,” 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 adjust 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 obtainable, enabling members to attend occasions whereas touring.
Les Amis is obtainable 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 at present no Les Amis occasions taking place in New York, however they are going to quickly launch on August 25. The app continues to be within the software acceptance section and has acquired over 2,000 functions from customers in New York.
In whole, the app touts about 120,000 installs, and round 30,000 girls have attended occasions to this point. The corporate additionally experiences that it has lately reached an annual run charge of $1 million.
