A friendship app built for adults who don't want to swipe.

1. Use a real signal to match. The Big Five, not a mood ring quiz or swipe history. See how the matching works.
2. Cut the small-talk layer. The AI plans a specific first hang the moment you match. No "hey, what's up" loop.
3. Treat messages like the private thing they are. End-to-end encrypted DMs. We can't read a single message, and we can't be compelled to.
4. Integrate real-world events. A friendship only counts if it leaves the app. The events engine pulls 5+ live sources into every match and meetup.
5. Optimize for the right number. Off-platform meetings per active user per week. Every product decision is subordinate to that KPI.

The signature "like" gesture on Friends? is a coral question mark. Because that's the real question — are we friends? Not "is this person hot enough to match with?" The small-talk pressure of dating-app timers disappears. You can sit on a match for weeks. The AI will still have a plan waiting when you open it.

Friends? has posts — you can write, and your friends see them. But there's no public like counter, no follower number on your profile, no algorithmic ranking designed to maximize scroll time. The only goal of the feed is to give you a reason to open the app on a day your friends haven't posted yet — local headlines, an event, the occasional note from the Friend? AI.

Unlike Meetup.com, our group hangs cap at 3–8 people, run host-first, and draw from personality-matched candidates. The events engine exists to give every match a place to go — not to stand alone as a directory.