Social discovery for real life

Stop scrolling.
Start living.

Detour is a social discovery app. Part local guide, part group planner, part place to find people who are into the same things you are.

No spam. Just a heads up when we launch in Austin.

You're in. We'll let you know when Detour goes live in Austin.

The problem

We're more connected than ever.
And lonelier than ever.

You moved to a new city, or your friend group shrank. Meeting people feels forced. The apps for it all feel like job interviews.
When you do try to make plans, it takes 5 apps and a group chat that goes in circles. By the time you decide, nobody feels like going.

Your best nights started with someone saying,
"come with me."

A Friday on Detour

Here's what it actually looks like.

5:30 pm

Open Detour. Tonight it's showing you a vinyl night on Rainey, a ceramics workshop, and a songwriter showcase on a back patio.

5:32 pm

You pick the vinyl night, share it with two friends. They vote yes. Done.

Or you go alone.

RSVP to a sketch night. The Host knows your name when you walk in. Half the room came solo too.

Then you put the phone down.

Detour gets you to the door. The rest is real life.

Detour Hosts

Hosted by locals who give a damn

Hosts apply, we pick them. They're not promoters. They're the person who always has a plan and makes everyone feel welcome. Events are small on purpose. 8-25 people, not 200.

90s R&B vinyl night at a dive bar

Ceramics workshop, no experience needed

Songwriter showcase, back patio, BYOB

Sketch night at a coffee shop

Board game night, Host pairs you up

Food truck crawl through Mueller

Photography walk down South Congress

Language exchange at a brewery

36%

of young adults say they're seriously lonely.
We think that number should be lower.

Austin goes first.

For people in their 20s and 30s who moved somewhere new,
outgrew their college friends, or just want more from their
weekends than the same three spots.