ALINE
ALINE is a professional networking platform that matches people based on mutual intent and physical proximity, helping users find investors, cofounders, clients, or hires who are already in the same room. Users describe what they're looking for in their own words, and the app's matching model identifies nearby professionals with aligned goals, displaying distance in feet without revealing exact locations. The platform includes persistent group rooms, speed networking tools, and video intros to facilitate in-person connections at conferences, coffee shops, and events.
- Social Networking
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Professional networking is largely a coverage problem: the right person—an investor, cofounder, client, or hire—is statistically already nearby at the same conference, coffee shop, or event, but neither party knows the other exists or what they want. Traditional networking platforms focus on who you already know or require extensive scrolling and searching, leaving real-time, in-person opportunities invisible and undiscovered.
Solution
ALINE provides a mobile app and web platform that matches professionals based on mutual intent and physical proximity. Users describe what they're looking for in their own words, and ALINE's matching model identifies people nearby whose stated intentions align, both directions. The app then facilitates in-person connection by showing approximate distance in feet without revealing exact locations. ALINE supports persistent groups for communities and events, organizer-run speed networking rounds, and video introductions to help people meet with confidence. The platform works across conferences, coffee shops, dinners, and other real-world settings, converting serendipity into intentional connection.
Target Audience
Primary users are professionals attending conferences, networking events, and community gatherings who need to find investors, cofounders, hires, clients, or collaborators in real time. The platform also serves event organizers, communities, and companies seeking structured in-person networking for their attendees and members.
Features
- Natural-language intent matching that understands user-described goals and finds complementary or shared intent without dropdowns or filters
- Proximity engine using Bluetooth Low Energy, ultra-wideband, and motion sensors to detect aligned people in the same room or block, displaying distance in feet while never sharing exact location
- Persistent group rooms for communities, conferences, clubs, and chapters with dedicated rosters, matching, and events
- Speed networking tool that pairs entire event rooms in minutes, with mutual selections becoming real connections
- Video intro profiles so users can watch a short hello before walking over or sending an ALINE
- Privacy controls including tiered distance display (never a map), a discovery toggle that users control, and invisible mode; optional identity verification via government ID and liveness check
- AI-assisted recaps that process audio, video, or text from interactions to generate transcripts, summaries, topics, and follow-up suggestions