Rodeo is an app for making plans with the friends you already have

There are plenty of dating apps out there, apps that turn the chaos of work commitments into easily doable lists. There are also a growing number of apps that help you make new friends. Pitch for rodeo It’s a little different in that it uses artificial intelligence to help you schedule activities with your existing friends.

The company was started by a pair of exes Hinge Executives who felt that planning with friends was harder than it should be. Parenting, work, 37 different group conversations — all of this can lead to things like keeping your relationships by the wayside.

Rodeo can capture social media posts for events or restaurants, or even just screenshots of group conversations, and simplify the process of turning them into actual plans with friends. For example, if you upload a screenshot of an Instagram ad for a movie, it will pull up to the theaters it’s showing in, showtimes, and let you buy tickets. There’s also a shortcut to send an invitation to a friend you want to “wrangle” your plans with.

Activities can also be categorized into lists for things you might want to save for later, like good late-night restaurants, or things you can do with your old college buddies, like a local paintball spot. These lists can also be collaborative, so you can invite all of your ex-bros to a specific list to make suggestions.

It’s somewhat surprising that founders Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan don’t loudly advertise the AI ​​component of their app. While master’s degrees and other AI-related technologies are very popular in Silicon Valley, these two seem to have gotten the memo that Americans want AI to… Stay away from their personal lives. However, it is He is The artificial intelligence element that sets rodeo apart. Sharing collaborative lists, bookmarking restaurants to go to, and sending calendar invites for events to friends is something anyone can do with just a Gmail account. Rodeo saves you the hassle of manually pulling all the event or venue details and turning them into invitations and actions.

The company doesn’t completely avoid buzzwords. according to Business insider, Levy describes the app as a “second brain” for planning activities with friends and family. So Rodeo is clearly hoping that the obsession with organization that has led to the success of tools like Notion, Obsidian, and My Mind will carry over into its budding social app.

Rodeo is available as an invite-only beta at the moment, but you can download it iOS app To get on the waiting list.