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Show HN: 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.
- Bhagaban 6mo ago[dead]