The closest thing to a startup that solves this problem is meetup.com. I'd recommend tech meetups, like Super Happy Dev House: http://superhappydevhouse.org/ h

The closest thing to a startup that solves this problem is meetup.com. I'd recommend tech meetups, like Super Happy Dev House: http://superhappydevhouse.org/ http://superhappydevhouse.org/ You say you don't just want to talk tech, but in my experience random meetups on places like meetup.com can be pretty hit or miss, and by going to tech meetups you can meet people with an obvious common interest, and those people don't talk tech and hack all the time either. Just make friends with interesting people however you can. It's hardest the first few months, because it takes time and a lot of false starts to build out a real-life social network. Hang in there!