I’ve always liked the idea of talking to strangers in places like cafés, bars, airports - just to hear their stories. But in reality, people are busy, guarded, or just not in the mood.
So I started wondering: what if you could walk into a place and talk to an AI character instead?
I built a map-based experience where you can open a city, step into real cafés and bars, and meet AI characters there to talk to. It’s somewhere between Foursquare and Character AI.
Some example characters
- A staff engineer rewriting the same system for the third time, late-night café in San Francisco
- A founder who just shut down their startup after 4 years, alone at a bar in New York
- A 19-year-old open-source dev, coding in a dim café in Berlin
- A crypto trader who made and lost a fortune twice, at a bar in Dubai
- A strip club dancer saving up to leave, between shifts in Las Vegas
Some of the conversations are surprisingly engaging.
Current state: 5 cities, 100+ characters
I’m mainly testing:
does this feel interesting enough to explore?
Would love to know what you felt when you tried it.