LGO - Let's Go Out App (AI Generated Plans)

Inspiration

We were tired of the plans never making it out of the group chat.

Making plans with friends often leads to decision fatigue, and the process can fizzle out before plans are actually made. We want to bring people together to create real memories and experiences.

We started by surveying hackweek to determine the biggest pain points in getting together with friends. We discovered that the biggest pain points were creating ideas, picking a time, and getting commitment.

What it does

LGO helps friends schedule, create, and decide on social plans. Leveraging AI-Generated ideas for a night out and simple user flow that reduces decision points and increase commitment to plans.

Using the app, you can:

Invite friends to a night out
Create AI-generated plans for a night out
Decide with your friends on the best plan

How we built it

We leveraged AI to make plans for a night out, starting with a mock-up in Miro and then creating a user flow in Figma. Jack and Angelo worked on building the AI-generated plan engine, while Karen focused on UI/UX design. Using Vercel for hosting and Github for the back-end, we had a working prototype and a mock up of our future roadmap.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge we had to face was how to get users to enjoy our app so much that it was ten times better than figuring it out on their own. To do this, we needed a simple process, so we focused on the highest impact actions: scheduling, creating, and deciding. We eliminated options to keep users engaged and made sharing the first step to encourage users to share plans.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of creating a functional prototype that has value in itself, and users have been excited to share the app with their friends. We've received positive feedback, with the usual response of "Wow, I would actually use this!"

What we learned

We learned about the decision-making process people go through when making plans and how easily discouraged they can become.
We learned that people enjoy having decisions made for them, are curious about plans made for them, and are often afraid of rejection or responsibility when proposing plans.
We discovered that group decision-making eliminates the guilt of one person letting down the group.

What's next for LGO

Connect the app's back-end to use hyper-local AI models. This will increase the accuracy and relevancy of the generated plans.
Maximize monetization opportunities, through premium features such as splitwise-style expenses sharing, unlimited plan options, saved plans, messaging, and more.
Create defensibility through aggregating user data. This real-time data can provide valuable insights into market trends and consumer behavior that be of value to companies. This data will also improve the products performance to deepen our defensibility.