Board games tonight
4 people nearby · Capitol Hill
Tools for real-life connection
Social Cities
We build technology that helps neighbors find their people, make plans, and turn cities into places where belonging is easier to discover.
Our mission
Loneliness is a city problem. We think cities can help solve it.
Social Cities creates simple, human-centered tools for the moments when people want company but do not yet know who to ask. Our products help people move from intent to invitation, and from invitation to real shared time.
What we are building
Products that make gathering feel natural.
In development
Plus One
Plus One helps people find nearby company for the things they already want to do, from board game nights and ski carpools to concert buddies, pickup sports, coffee walks, and local adventures.
- Match around specific plans, not vague profiles.
- Find people nearby who are free for the same thing.
- Move from interest to a low-friction invitation.
Ski carpool Saturday
2 open seats · 6:30 AM
Concert buddy
Indie show · Friday
For residents
Find people who want to do the same thing at the same time, nearby.
For communities
Turn shared interests into small groups that keep showing up.
For cities
Make civic life feel more connected, active, and approachable.
For event hosts
Better connective tissue for local gatherings.
We are also building tools for event hosts, organizers, and venues who want stronger relationships with the people around them. The goal is to help local events become repeatable social anchors, not one-off calendar listings.
Audience discovery
Venue relationships
Repeat attendance
Community follow-up
How we build
Social technology should serve the room.
Specific plans beat endless browsing.
People connect faster when the invitation is concrete: what, where, when, and why it might be fun.
Local trust matters.
We design for neighborhood-scale discovery, shared context, and safer first steps into new groups.
The app is not the destination.
The product succeeds when people close their phones and spend meaningful time together.