New York City — by invitation
Real friendships,
finally on the calendar.
Pods curates small recurring groups of four to five young New Yorkers you'll actually want to see again. Dinner once a month. The rest takes care of itself.
The process
Built like a good dinner party.
No swiping. No awkward icebreakers. No 200-person Slack you'll mute by Tuesday. Just the four people you should already know.
Tell us who you are
A short, considered application. We learn your rhythm, your taste, what you're looking for in people you spend time with.
We hand-match your pod
Four or five people in your borough, your stage of life, your wavelength. Curated by humans, not an algorithm chasing engagement.
Dinner is on the calendar
We book the table at a place worth showing up to. You show up. The first one is on us.
It becomes a real friendship
Pods meet monthly. Most groups start texting in week one. Within three months, they're planning birthdays.
Why Pods
You moved here for the people. Then life happened.
College friends scattered. Work friends went remote. Apps gamified intimacy. Pods is the un-app: small, slow, in person, and built around the simple idea that great friendships need a recurring reservation.
- 4–5
- people per pod
- 1×
- dinner monthly
- 100%
- hand matched
"It's the only thing in my calendar I never reschedule."
A standing table for the people you're meant to meet.
Voices
From the first hundred members.
“I've lived in New York for six years and made more real friends in three months of Pods than the previous three combined.”
“It feels less like an app and more like being introduced by a thoughtful mutual friend who happens to know everyone.”
“My pod went from strangers to a group chat that pings all day. We've already done two birthdays and a Hamptons weekend.”
For venues
Run a restaurant or space?
Host the pods.
We send curated tables of four to five into your slow nights. Free to list. Pay only when guests walk in.
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The waitlist
Join the next cohort.
We open a small number of spots each month. Members are invited in the order they apply, and matched once we have your pod.