RealRoots is an AI-powered social app designed to help women form meaningful real-world friendships. Users talk by voice to Lisa, an AI matchmaker, who determines compatibility traits and matches them with compatible women in their city for organized, multi-week social experiences led by trained facilitators. Founded in 2024, RealRoots is based in San Francisco and was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch. The company is backed by pre-seed investors including Authentic Ventures and Lombardstreet Ventures.
RealRoots
ActiveAI social app for women
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Stage
Seed
Jan 2025
Team
1-10
since 2025
Pricing
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Founded
2025
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
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AI social app focused on real-world friendships for women
Lisa, an AI matchmaker users talk to by voice
Voice-based compatibility assessment of personality traits
Matching with compatible women in the user's city
Organized multi-week social experiences
Programs led by trained human facilitators
Focus on offline, in-person connection rather than endless chat
Designed specifically for women seeking meaningful friendships
12/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jan 2025 Seed $500K ● Y Combinator
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$500K raised ·1 backer·10 network links
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- What is RealRoots?
- RealRoots is an AI social app for women that uses an AI matchmaker named Lisa to pair compatible women for real-world friendships, with matches joining multi-week social programs led by trained facilitators.
- How does the matching work?
- Users talk by voice to Lisa, the AI matchmaker, who assesses compatibility traits and matches them with compatible women in their city.
- What happens after a match?
- Matched users join organized, multi-week social experiences led by trained facilitators to help build real-world friendships.
- Who is RealRoots for?
- It is designed for women who want to form meaningful, in-person friendships rather than purely online connections.
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