Now in Barcelona - Launching 2026

Everything is better
avec someone.

Not a social network. Not a dating app. Not a "wellness community." Just a real plan, a small group, and a good Thursday.

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168 people already waiting in Barcelona
You are in. We will reach out when your city goes live.

Free to join. No spam. No social network.

The problem

You moved to a new city.
Six months later, your social life is
"fine. But not full."

30M
people frequently lonely in the EU alone - WHO, 2023

The loneliness epidemic is real. But the tools we have aren't built for it.

You tried the Facebook expat groups. The 50-person Meetup events. The friendship apps that feel like dating without the romance. They built audiences. Not friendships. That's the wrong problem to solve.

You don't need more people

You need a plan for Thursday. A specific place, a specific time, a specific person who had a concrete idea. Not another group with 12,000 members where nobody replies.

Friendship has a math problem

Research shows it takes 200+ hours to form a close friend. In a transient city where people move every 1 to 2 years, the window closes before it ever opens. The format has to change.

How AVEC works

A real plan.
A small group.
An actual evening.

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Someone has a concrete idea

A real person - an Initiator - posts a specific activity. "Walk until 10k steps watching the sunset in Montjuic. Today, 6:30pm." Not vague. Not optional. Not generated by an algorithm.

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02

Max 5 people. Not 50. Not 500.

No auditoriums. No strangers-in-a-circle. The group is capped at 5 -small enough that you know everyone's name by the end of the first hour. We picked 5 and we are not changing it.

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You actually go. It's a good evening.

A group chat opens. You show up. The chat closes 24 hours after the event. No lingering obligation. Just a good evening -and maybe the beginning of something real.

The app

Built for the
empty week,
not the lonely heart.

AVEC is not a social network. Not a dating app. Not a loneliness solution. It's a coordination layer - a way to fill your week with small, real moments before the week fills itself with nothing.

Max 5 people per AVEC -always
Chat closes 24h after the event
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Trusted Initiator badges

What we believe

Three rules we'll
never break.

5 is the magic number

Every AVEC is capped at 5 people. No exceptions. Scale kills intimacy. At 5, you know everyone's name. At 50, you're an audience.

24h

The chat disappears

The group chat opens when you join and closes 24 hours after the event. No lingering obligation. The moment was the moment.

A real person, always

Every AVEC is initiated by a real human with a real idea. No AI-generated plans. No algorithmic suggestions. Someone decided this was worth their Thursday.

Vu Nguyen - Founder of AVEC
Vu Nguyen · Founder
Built in Barcelona

The founder

I didn't have anyone to text who'd say "come, I know a place."

"I moved to Barcelona knowing nobody. I had a full life, skills, curiosity -everything except people to spend a Tuesday evening with. I tried everything the internet suggested. None of it worked. So I built the thing I actually needed."

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You deserve a better
Thursday!

AVEC is launching in Barcelona first. Leave your email and we'll let you know the moment your neighbourhood goes live.

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No spam. No social media. Just one email when we launch.