The core loop
The loop runs without anyone from Peoplarium in it. Members verify, discover, connect, plan and meet. The pulse after a meetup feeds the next round of discovery.
Chapter 3 · Peoplarium
Concept
What exactly are we building?
Peoplarium is a tool, not an organizer: verified members find each other, talk and plan their own meetups, while AI suggests and moderates. The platform never runs events, pays hosts, holds money for meetups or supervises what people do offline.
As of September 2026 · Peoplarium is a Digi117 venture in development.
- Verify. Liveness and ID, once, through a vendor that returns a result, not a document. The badge says "Verified Real · ID checked". The face stays optional.
- Profile and Mirror. A quick card in about three minutes gets a first suggestion. After that, one question a day, by voice or text. Mirror shows members what the system believes about them, line by line, to confirm, correct or delete.
- Discover. Interest hubs, structured personal posts ("climbing partner, Sundays, Kitsilano") and open seats on plans other members already made.
- Connect. One-to-one and group chat with free translation. Voice speed-meets: short rounds between verified members, grouped by interest.
- Plan. A member says "something low-key Thursday near Main Street". The AI planner drafts a few public places and times. The member edits, picks and posts the plan as its host.
- Meet. In public, between members. The platform is not there.
- Pulse. After the meetup: would you meet again? Mutual yeses form crews. Reputation stays private.
The operating law
Members decide and organize; AI suggests and moderates; the platform provides tools and never takes part in what happens offline. Every feature is tested against this line.
| Area | Members do | AI does | The platform never does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Create plans, set time, place, size and who can join; approve joiners | Drafts plan ideas, suggests public places and times, finds people for an open seat | Picks a venue for strangers, composes groups, runs or sponsors events |
| Money | Pay for their own coffee | Nothing | Takes deposits, seat fees or a cut of meetups |
| Identity | Verify once, choose what to show | Checks liveness and ID through a vendor; returns a badge | Stores ID images; claims "safe" or "background-checked" |
| Communication | Chat, talk, send their own messages | Translates, flags scams and harassment, drafts replies the member may send | Sends messages as the member |
| Safety | Share plans with trusted contacts, call 911, report, block | Detects risk signals, warns, suggests public places | Monitors check-ins, dispatches help, promises outcomes |
| Moderation | Report and appeal | Classifies, acts under written rules, writes the reason | Relies on staff it must manage |
| Consent | Grant and revoke face reveals, albums, video | Records each grant in the consent ledger | Grants consent on anyone's behalf |
Words matter as much as features. Product copy says "suggested; you decide", "tools, not guarantees" and "Peoplarium is not the organizer". A US court let a claim proceed against an app that promised to unmask and ban abusers and did not. The product never promises what the system cannot guarantee.
The hard rules
Hard rules, in every version. No AI-generated nudity or sexual content. AI never impersonates a member or acts as a romantic companion. Consent is never delegated to AI. Minors are banned everywhere. Members decide and organize; AI suggests and moderates; the platform provides tools and never takes part offline.
These rules held in every plan version. They remove most exposure to the 2026 deepfake laws in Canada, the US, the EU and the UK, and they remove the features users distrust most.
How it replaces hosted tables
The first plan had an AI host composing tables of four to six strangers every week, with paid human hosts. The self-serve plan replaces that with four mechanisms.
- Open seats. Any plan a member makes can offer one to three seats to verified strangers who fit. Plans people already make become the discovery engine, the way invite links grew Partiful.
- Suggestions, not assignments. The AI tells people about plans that fit them. The host approves who joins. No group is composed by the platform.
- Approximate location. Everyone sees the area; only confirmed attendees see the exact spot.
- Organizers are members. Run clubs, language exchanges and Discord communities post their events and open seats. The reward is reach and tools, never payment.
The honest risk: without hosts, density in one city grows slower. Hubs, chat and voice speed-meets work online at any hour, so the city does not have to be dense on day one.
Safety tools, always free
Safety is never a paid feature.
- Share Plan sends the plan to the member's own trusted contacts. It needs the other person's consent in the flow.
- Trusted-contact SMS and one-tap 911 with the address filled in. No Canadian dispatch partner offers an API, and the best-known panic button is US-only.
- Report and block, with reported members removed from recommendations at once.
Check-ins go to trusted contacts, never to the platform. A platform that monitors check-ins takes on a duty to act on them.
Free and Plus
The MVP is free. Plus arrives in Phase 2 at CAD 19.99 a month, or CAD 191.90 a year, on web billing.
| Free, always | Plus (Phase 2) |
|---|---|
| Verification and the badge | Live translation |
| Profiles, Mirror, hubs, personals | AI reply drafts; the member always sends |
| Chat with text translation | Further features, not public yet |
| Plans, open seats, voice speed-meets | |
| Every safety tool |
Plus sells time and depth. It never sells safety or visibility: no boosts, no "see who liked you", one price for everyone, one-tap cancel. Members whose plans get good pulses can get Plus free.
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