The proximity-based social platform that transforms shared spaces into meaningful connections.
Every day we share spaces with people who share our interests, our goals, our energy — and we never know it. At concerts, coffee shops, coworking spaces, and events, meaningful connections are lost to the noise of modern life.
Dating apps optimized for swiping. Social media optimized for scrolling. Neither optimized for the simple, powerful act of being in the same place at the same time with intent.
SO-LO is a social platform where you declare what you're open to — dating, networking, socializing, collaborating — and discover people nearby who are open to the same thing. When two people signal interest in each other, a time-limited conversation called a collision begins.
Intents are contextual. The core set covers everyday use. At a venue, the venue can add their own. At an event, intents match the occasion. The system adapts to where you are without you having to think about it.
Signals are anonymous until mutual. When both people signal interest, a collision opens — a real-time chat with a countdown. The timer creates urgency to exchange info or meet in person. When it expires, both people rate the experience.
After every collision expires, both people rate the experience. These ratings build your reputation over time — visible as an aggregate score, never as individual reviews. The system is structurally resistant to abuse because of how collisions work.
Users declare what they're open to and discover others nearby with matching intent. No swiping, no infinite scroll — just aligned people in your proximity.
Conversations have a countdown. This creates real urgency to connect, exchange info, or meet face-to-face before time runs out. Free users get 3 extensions; premium gets unlimited.
No cold approaches. Both people must independently signal interest before a collision opens. Privacy-first, consent-driven by design.
Stuck on what to say? Cue AI provides contextual conversation starters based on shared interests and intent. Helps turn a match into a real conversation.
SO-LO uses contextual profile layers that auto-activate based on your declared intent. When you're looking for a date, your dating profile surfaces. When you're networking, your professional profile does. The base profile is always there — the context layer adds depth when it's relevant.
When both people declare dating intent, their dating profiles activate — gender preferences, relationship type, love languages, MBTI, zodiac, prompts, and dealbreakers. A compatibility algorithm scores the match.
Confirm that two people are mutually interested before a single message is sent — and that they're already in the same place, right now. No profile graveyard. No matching with someone 40 miles away. No swiping into the void.
When both people declare networking intent, their professional profiles activate — job title, company, industry, skills, "looking for" tags, LinkedIn URL, and an elevator pitch. LinkedIn OAuth auto-populates.
Tell you that the VP of Engineering you've been trying to reach is 50 feet away, shares your intent to connect, and just matched your signal — right now, at the same conference. LinkedIn connects you to a profile. SO-LO connects you to a person.
Conferences are multi-day events with sessions, structured networking, and organizer tools. SO-LO gives attendees the missing layer that badges and hallway conversations can't — who's here, what they want, and a direct line to connect before the event ends.
Professional profiles auto-activate. Declare your intent — hiring, job seeking, co-founder hunting, demo-ing. Discover aligned people nearby. Request 1:1 meetings with proposed times.
Organizer dashboard with attendee management, session scheduling, QR check-in, and post-event wrap-up analytics. Conference-scoped intents keep discovery relevant to the event.
Collision history becomes your networking receipt. Every connection you made, every meeting you had, every conversation rated — all in one place. No lost business cards.
Own your network. Every collision, every rating, every connection lives in your history — not in a stack of business cards you'll never sort. SO-LO turns conference chaos into a pipeline you actually use.
The core experience is user-to-user discovery. Creators, venues, and conference organizers extend the platform's reach — driving foot traffic, hosting events, and growing the network from the supply side.
Local creators build audiences and drive people to real-world experiences.
Built: Creator dashboard, post to nearby followers, follower management, engagement metrics, event creation and ticketing.
Venues activate their spaces and manage the collision experience on-site.
Built: Venue dashboard, custom intents for your space, event management with QR check-in, attendee management, content moderation tools.
Organizers turn multi-day events into structured networking experiences.
Built: Organizer dashboard, session scheduling, attendee management, QR check-in, conference-scoped intents, post-event wrap-up analytics.
$9.99/mo or $89.99/yr. Unlimited extensions, advanced filters, profile analytics, Cue AI, and priority discovery.
Creator mode access, post to followers, event creation, engagement metrics, and audience tools.
Venue mode access, custom intents, event management, QR check-in, moderation tools, and promoted placement.
| Platform | Cost | What You're Actually Getting |
|---|---|---|
| Bumble Premium | $40–$80/mo | Swipe people who are offline, inactive, or 40 miles away. Then pay extra for Spotlights and SuperSwipes — microtransactions that monetize desperation. |
| LinkedIn Premium | $30–$60/mo | Cold InMails to strangers. Can't reach 2nd or 3rd-degree connections without paying. Your own network, gatekept behind premium tiers. |
| Eventbrite | 3.7% + $1.79/ticket + 2.9% processing | Ticketing and registration. No attendee networking. No discovery. Fees passed to attendees or eaten by organizers. 11 price hikes since 2007. |
| SO-LO Premium | $9.99/mo | Dating + networking + events in one app. Proximity-verified. Mutual consent. Declared intent. Time-limited collisions. Reputation system. Creator tools. Venue tools. Conference tools. |
SO-LO is a fully functional React Native app with 105 screens, 40 services, and 67,000 lines of production code. The core collision loop — discover, signal, collide, chat, rate — is live and tested.
Tech: React Native (Expo SDK 54), Supabase (Auth, Realtime, Edge Functions, Storage), RevenueCat for subscriptions, modular service architecture.
SO-LO turns proximity into possibility.