Jean
@jeanxdenim
building @AnumaAI | ai skeptic building in ai | getting people off their phones and into rooms
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NYC has 8 million people and something happening every night, and somehow that makes it lonelier.
You find a cute new wine bar and want to go right now. You text a few friends, everyone's busy, and you end up staying in again. Watching everyone else's night on your stories.
So we built a way to find people nearby you'd actually click with, based on what you're into, and meet them in person. And if you and your (new) friends can't decide where to go, just @anuma and it plans the hangout for you.
If you're new to NYC and down for spontaneous hangs with people nearby, Nearby v2 is live today :)
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Two weeks since we launched Nearby. Here’s what we’re changing based on feedback from our first sprint of events:
1. We’re adjusting onboarding so it’s clearer what Nearby does, and fewer people drop off before they get there.
2. Locations on the map were always approximate, but our copy didn’t make that clear. So we changed it. People want to be findable, not trackable.
3. We’re unifying the experience across the app, so it feels like one product instead of separate features.
After months of building, you can’t see your product the way a new user does. Your first users can.
Shipping fast is the easy part. Listening fast is the hard part.
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A lot of new people here this week, so hi 👋
I'm Jean, founding growth at @AnumaAI
Grew up in Korea (and Canada for a bit), studied econ and stats at Berkeley, accidentally ended up in AI.
We're building consumer AI with memory and chat, and using it for something different: helping you meet people nearby you'd actually click with.
Still an AI skeptic, building with it anyway.
If you're building in consumer, AI memory, or AI chat, say hi! Would love to compare notes 🤗
(yes, the photo's photoshopped but the dog is real!)
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I’m 23
Korean, based in sf, currently in nyc for launch
Berkeley econ & stats
Founding growth & ops for an ai social discovery app
New to X, looking to connect with other builders :)
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