Radius

SOCIALRADIUS · PRESENCE-BASED SOCIAL DISCOVERY

Tonight feels
possible.

Radius creates a live social layer for every bar, restaurant and city. Show up to a moment in the next forty-five minutes, not a profile in the next forty-five days.

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Instagram login only · Tribeca, SoHo, West Village, NoHo · Spring 2026

Includes Pulse, our ambient layer · opt-in · aggregate · anonymous

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A person at dusk on a Tribeca street, holding a phone.
Radius — Tonight

7:42 PM · TRIBECA · 0.4 MI

The shift

Stop browsing.
Start meeting.

Dating apps converged on a card model that works as a marketplace and fails as a social fabric. Radius makes a different choice. The unit of the network is a moment in time, in a place, with an intent and an energy, that someone may join. People appear inside moments. Identity becomes a property of participation. Reputation is built from showing up.

The old model

  • Profile-first
  • Evaluate, swipe, message
  • Indefinite, accumulating
  • Performance pressure

The radius model

  • Moment-first
  • See, join, show up
  • Decaying by design
  • Hospitality, calm

How it works

Four taps from idle to together.

Availability setup

01

Set your availability

Free now. Free tonight. Free this weekend. Travel mode.

Map view

02

See what's reachable

A calm map of moments within walking distance. The city is alive.

Group meetup

03

Join in one tap

A group room opens 30 minutes before. The system sets the table.

Mutual reveal

04

Show up

Identity is a halo until you both choose to reveal.

Spatial discovery

The map is the room.

Most apps treat geography as a filter. Radius treats it as the room you are in. Roads recede; parks come forward; people appear as soft glows of presence, never pins of identity. We do not surveil the city. We listen to it.

Privacy default to ±100 m · No live tracking · No public location pins

Spatial map view
A phone showing a black-and-white Mapbox map of Lower Manhattan — Tribeca, SoHo, NoLita, West Village, with Washington Square Park. Two solid ember halos mark curated Radius moments at Pegu Club for nine PM and Dante for eight thirty PM. Four stone-coloured dotted halos mark anonymous Pulse counts at non-Radius venues: five at King Cole Bar, three at Employees Only, seven at The Garret, and twelve at Temple Bar zero point three miles away. A bottom sheet shows two tabs, MOMENTS active and PULSE, with the moments list visible: twelve people at a cocktail bar on Lafayette and Bond, and seven people at a wine bar in NoLita.

Moments layer active. 2 curated moments · Ember halos · 9:00 PM · tap to join in one tap

And one more layer

Pulse.

A second, ambient layer on the map. Pulse shows you the bars, restaurants, and rooms where Radius members are right now, even when no one has posted a moment. Counts only. Always anonymous. Floored at three so no one is ever named.

Read the vibe

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Travel mode

Travel mode

In Austin until Thursday.

Land in a new city. Set Travel mode. The map and home retint to local time, Trusted hosts and tonight cards populate, and the soft teal pin on your halo lets locals know you are open to a visit. Radius makes any city your city for a few days.

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For operators

Run the room.

Radius is built with the bars, restaurants and rooms it lives inside. Bring curated moments to your venue, see anonymous Pulse counts in real time, and turn quiet hours into full ones — without ads, discounts, or another loyalty app.

Explore Radius for Venuesvenues.socialradius.net

  • Curated moments

    Publish tonight’s drink, set, or table as a one-tap joinable moment.

  • Live Pulse

    See anonymous, floored counts of who’s open in your room right now.

  • Trusted regulars

    Recognise the locals who shape the room — without surveillance.

  • No ads, no discounts

    Hospitality, not coupons. Your brand stays yours.

Questions

Calm answers.

Is this a dating app?
No. It's a presence-based social discovery network. Dating happens, friendship happens, travel meetings happen, all because the underlying primitive is a moment, not a match.
How do I sign up?
Through Instagram. We pull your profile picture, handle, and a four-photo gallery you can curate in two taps. Join the waitlist to get an invite when your neighborhood opens.
What about privacy?
Location is fuzzed by default. Faces are halos until both sides reveal. There is no public directory, no surveillance, and no data sold to advertisers.
Where is it available?
Tribeca, SoHo, West Village, and NoHo at launch, with more neighborhoods rolling out through spring 2026. Add yours to the waitlist and we'll let you know when Radius reaches it.
What is Pulse?
Pulse is a second, opt-in layer on the map. It shows non-Radius venues where three or more members are currently present, as Stone-colored dotted halos with a count. It is aggregate-only, anonymous, and floored at three. Counts decay quickly. Members can turn it off in Settings.
Can I host?
Yes. After three meetups you become a Trusted host with a small Marigold ring. Hosts can run paid premium meetups with a 10% platform fee.
I run a bar or restaurant — how do venues work with Radius?
Everything for operators lives on our dedicated venues site: curated moments, live Pulse counts, and the cost-per-action partnership model. Visit venues.socialradius.net →