About Us

At FlareChat, we believe in making it easier for people to connect in real life. Whether you're traveling, exploring a new city, or just feeling spontaneous, FlareChat helps you find and coordinate low-pressure hangouts with friends nearby.

No group texts, no awkward planning — just shoot up a flare, and see who's around. It's socializing, simplified.

We're building FlareChat to bring back serendipity and human connection in an age where everything feels overly scheduled. Our mission is to help people spend more time together, in person.

FlareChat was founded by Jim and Mike, longtime friends and collaborators with a shared passion for meaningful, people-first technology. With backgrounds in business, product management, and software engineering, they’re building FlareChat to solve a problem they’ve felt personally: how hard it can be to just hang out with people you care about.