Making friends as an adult just got a lot easier.
Making new friends as an adult got weirdly hard and swiping through strangers isn't it. SomeBuddy pairs you into group chats of 3-6 people that you'd actually get along with, then gets out of the way so you can go meet them.
Free during early access · No swiping, ever
The part nobody says out loud
Nobody actually forgets how to make friends. Life just quietly takes away the places you used to make them.
School, your first job, that one apartment building — those handed you the same faces over and over until, somewhere along the way, they became your people. Then the routines change, everyone gets busy, and one day you realize the last few friends you made all happened years ago.
It's not that you're bad at this. It's that the easy, accidental way we used to meet people mostly disappeared — and nothing obvious replaced it.
Why the usual advice doesn't work
You've heard all of it. Here's why it rarely turns into an actual friend.
“Just put yourself out there”
Great in theory. In practice it means standing alone at things, hoping a conversation happens. Most nights, it doesn't — and that gets old fast.
Swiping through strangers
Friend-finder apps borrowed the dating playbook: endless profiles, one-on-one pressure, and a chat that fizzles before you ever meet. It feels like a job interview, not a friendship.
Giant meetups
A room of forty people is somehow lonelier than staying home. You talk to no one, leave early, and remember zero names.
So we made something smaller
No feed. No swipe pile. Just a handful of real people and a reason to meet them.
Five people, not five hundred
We quietly introduce you to a small circle of 3–6 people nearby you'd genuinely click with — no profiles to grind through, nobody to reject.
Nobody sends the first message alone
Your circle starts with a group chat already going, so there's no awkward blank screen — just an easy conversation you can step into.
It gets you to the actual hangout
The app's whole job is to get you into the room. Pick a time, make a plan, and it steps back so you can just be people together.
How it works
Tell us a little about you
Your interests and how far you'd go to meet someone. That's it — no bio to agonize over.
Meet your circle
We introduce a few nearby people with real overlap. Everyone opts in before it begins — no cold intros.
Chat, plan, meet up
Break the ice in the group chat, put something on the calendar, and go make some friends.
Why I built this
Making friends after graduating college feels nearly impossible.
Making friends was much easier growing up in an apartment complex and in school. After graduating college, I found it notoriously difficult to meet new like-minded people. I've tried going to bars and clubs to meet new people and make friends but those end up being loud and crowded so it's hard to make meaningful connections from there. I tried out some existing friendship apps but the whole swiping system made it feel like people were disposable, so that's why I decided to join in on creating SomeBuddy to help people find new friends nearby.
- Nitin, Co-founder @ SomeBuddy
Frequently asked questions
Is SomeBuddy a dating app?
Nope. SomeBuddy is for making friends — small groups built around shared interests, not dates.
Isn't meeting strangers online a little sketchy?
Fair question — we'd be wary too. That's why it's small groups instead of one-on-one, everyone opts in before a circle starts, and you meet in public over something you both actually want to do. You're always in control of what you share and when you meet.
How do you decide who's in my circle?
We look at shared interests and how close by people are, respecting everyone's age and distance preferences. A circle only starts once the people in it say yes.
How big is a circle?
Three to six people, including you — big enough that conversation flows, small enough that everyone gets to know each other.
When can I use it?
We're rolling out access gradually. Join the waitlist and we'll email you the moment your area opens up.
Your people are closer than you think.
Join the waitlist and we'll introduce you when SomeBuddy opens up for public release.