Making pals as an grownup will be powerful, particularly after shifting to a brand new metropolis. Fortunately, fashionable expertise exists, and extra individuals are turning to apps like Bumble For Pals, Flox, and Timeleft to type 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 comparable pursuits and encourages them to affix native occasions supplied inside the app, similar 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.
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Les Amis (French for “pals”) is designed to make it straightforward for customers to attach with like-minded people of their space. It includes a setup much like courting apps, the place customers create profiles by choosing profile pictures, writing a bio, and selecting from a listing of pursuits, which embrace 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 pal based mostly on shared pursuits. It additionally connects them to others in comparable 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 discipline.
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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 join native occasions and experiences, similar to workshops, social gatherings, and leisure actions. It additionally just lately launched “Journeys,” the place customers can journey in teams to locations like Morocco, Iceland, and the Amalfi Coast.
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The app operates on a membership-based enterprise mannequin, with charges that modify 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 will be spent in any metropolis the place Les Amis is accessible, enabling members to attend occasions whereas touring.
Les Amis is accessible on iOS and Android gadgets 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 Might, along with New York. Les Amis plans to develop to Boston subsequent, adopted by Washington, D.C., subsequent month, and Miami in October. A launch in Los Angeles can also 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 remains to be within the utility acceptance part 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 studies that it has just lately reached an annual run charge of $1 million.
