PopUp is a mobile app that aggregates campus events in real time, delivering a geospatial feed and push notifications so students can discover nearby gatherings instantly. Its AI engine auto‑generates event descriptions, suggests optimal times and venues, and enables one‑tap publishing to the entire campus audience. The platform also includes a community timeline for photo sharing and friend tagging, keeping campus life continuously updated.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
College students often lack a centralized, real‑time source for on‑campus events, leading to missed gatherings, fragmented information, and heightened FOMO. Traditional event promotion relies on manual posting and static calendars that cannot keep up with spontaneous or last‑minute activities.
Solution
PopUp delivers a mobile platform that aggregates and streams campus events as they happen, giving students instant visibility into nearby social opportunities. The app’s AI engine converts a simple user description into a polished event listing, suggests optimal start times, and recommends suitable venues, reducing the effort required to create compelling events. Hosts can publish events with a single tap, instantly broadcasting them to the entire campus community. A geospatial feed displays all active events on an interactive map, with filters for “hot” or “active” gatherings, enabling users to discover happenings within walking distance. The community feed lets attendees share photos, tag friends, and build a living timeline of campus life. All data are transmitted securely to a cloud backend, supporting real‑time updates and push notifications that keep users informed without manual refresh.
Target Audience
The primary users are undergraduate and graduate students at colleges and universities, as well as student organizers who need a fast, low‑effort way to promote campus events.
Features
- AI‑driven event creation that auto‑generates descriptions, suggests times, and recommends venues based on user input
- Real‑time event feed that pushes new listings and updates instantly to all active users
- Interactive live map with heat‑map filtering for popular and currently active events
- Community timeline allowing photo uploads, friend tagging, and comment threads for each event
- iOS native application with push notifications and location‑aware event discovery
- Secure cloud infrastructure ensuring encrypted data transmission and storage
- Simple one‑tap sharing that broadcasts events to the entire campus audience