I made a map where you can meet AI characters in cafés and bars

I’ve been building something a bit unusual.

I’ve always liked the idea of talking to strangers in places like cafés, bars, airports - just to hear their stories. But in reality, people are busy, guarded, or just not in the mood.

So I started wondering: what if you could walk into a place and talk to an AI character instead?

I built a map-based experience where you can open a city, step into real cafés and bars, and meet AI characters there to talk to. It’s somewhere between Foursquare and Character AI.

Some example characters

- A staff engineer rewriting the same system for the third time, late-night café in San Francisco

- A founder who just shut down their startup after 4 years, alone at a bar in New York

- A 19-year-old open-source dev, coding in a dim café in Berlin

- A crypto trader who made and lost a fortune twice, at a bar in Dubai

- A strip club dancer saving up to leave, between shifts in Las Vegas

Some of the conversations are surprisingly engaging.

Current state: 5 cities, 100+ characters

I’m mainly testing:

does this feel interesting enough to explore?

Would love to know what you felt when you tried it.