Custom third places for authentic, lasting connection.
Groucho matches you with a carefully curated group of people who share or complement your interests and sensibilities. Then we get you together in real life for dinner, drinks, and lasting connection. This is not a one-time, hit-or-miss event. This is a private social club designed for deeply enhancing your daily life in an ongoing way.
Expand your surface area for serendipity. Be with yours. Eat well in the process.
Process
From voice interview to your private IRL club in four simple steps
1
Have a natural conversation with our AI. Tell us about your interests, passions, and what you're looking for in social connections.
2
Each club is assembled by a human expert. It's worth getting it right. This might take a few days or weeks.
3
We take care of the logistics, from restaurant reservations down to conversation prompts.
4
Once you've formed lasting connections — typically after 3-6 meetings — we'll shuffle you into a new carefully curated club.
Our Story
As artists (David a writer, James a painter), we've had a rare opportunity. Before becoming proper alienated adults, we spent a lot of time in the ultimate third place: art residencies.
Cohorts of artists, writers, and musicians gather for a month, coming away with profound, lifelong bonds. David met his wife at one. James went on to run residencies from Woodstock to Virginia.
Groucho brings that curated cohort experience — the fertile social fabric increasingly scarce in real life — to those with real-life schedules.
Features
Everything you need for effortless, meaningful connection
Each Groucho club has 4-8 members, selected not just for common interests but for social compatibility and potential for genuine connection.
Our conversational AI learns who you really are through natural dialogue, not checkbox surveys. Your personality shines through in conversation.
We coordinate the venues, times, and agendas. We offer the prompts to get things started and keep them going. You just show up and enjoy.
$21.99/month covers the assembly of your own private social club and coordinating all of its activities. You don't pay anything until you're actually matched with a club.
Download the app and tell us something about yourself.
Groucho