We engineer serendipity for ambitious people in physical spaces. Launching a 24/7 matcha coworking cafe soon. Join the waitlist: elsewhere.today
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Everyone in SF complains about how every café closes by 5pm and there’s nowhere to work.
Introducing Elsewhere: the world’s first late-night café coworking chain for builders, creatives & digital nomads.
Launching July 24. Comment your favorite drink & we'll DM you the invite.
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We're hosting a rooftop matcha café on Monday for #sftechweek
Order through your agent to get your drink FREE and choose between:
🍵 Iced Matcha Latte
🍓 Strawberry Matcha
🥥 Coconut Matcha Cloud
BREAKING: Your agent can order free matcha now
We're hosting the chillest event of SF Tech Week.
You'll use your agent to order a matcha, hang out with other cool kids, and catch some sun on a rooftop.
Hosted by @MonidHQ, @Tiny_Fish, @smolmachines, @llama_venture, and @elsewhere_today.
Free if your agent orders it. Comment "MATCHA" and I'll let you in.
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pop up #5 complete @elsewhere_today! new menu addition this time: sea salt cream top
s/o to @vestucla @juliusai for putting this together :)
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did zero promo so far but there are 250 ppl rsvp'd for my late-night matcha popup tmw from 7-10 pm!
come early, first 30 matchas are free :)
or lock it in & get urself a guaranteed matcha (use my code W6LGSK for 50% off)
link below to sign up!
cc: @tiatplace @krea_ai
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day 9 of tweeting until I find my ideal cofounder
fell off a bit bc busy but back in SF from healdsburg! summary of the past 2 weeks @JoinEdgeCity:
> angel check landed in bank
> welcomed first 30 beta testers
> did a *truly* late-night cafe popup (started at 9 pm) new menu addition: hojicha latte!
> lots of convos/intros to ppl working in similar spaces
day 8 of tweeting until I find my ideal cofounder
> first angel check wired!
> arrived in Healdsburg this past weekend, the ppl in this deep tech residency I'm part of r so cool
> missing the city of SF, getting eaten alive by mosquitos
requirements again!
- must love matcha, pretty drinks, cafe culture
- full-stack, end-to-end technical
- interest in social graphs / network science / human coordination
- aligned on IRL being the new meta
- will obsess over tiny details like lighting, table layouts, user experience, and behavioral psych at 2 am
- well connected in tech/startup space
- based in SF
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just toured the future permanent space for @elsewhere_today
you'll never believe who the past tenants were
if u wanna build ur startup late into the night and with this typa energy
join the waitlist: elsewhere.today
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The IRL connection economy is a $400B+ market — but most bets stop at “get people in the same room.”
That’s the easy part.
WeWork already showed that proximity alone doesn’t work. People sat 2m away from someone who could change their trajectory and never spoke.
The real bottleneck isn’t connection.
It’s useful connection at the right time.
@elsewhere_today is betting on IRL too — but on what happens after people show up:
who’s here
what they’re building
where they’re blocked
who can help
→ and actually orchestrating those interactions in real time.
The next wave isn’t more events.
It’s better outcomes per room.
We’re building the intelligence layer for physical spaces — because physical proximity is one of the most under-optimized variables in productivity.
700+ on the waitlist.
Launching Summer 2026.
Currently building solo, but looking to move fast.
If you want to join, fund, or support, DM me.
The IRL connection economy is a $400B+ market.
And companies are racing to own it.
In the last 6 months, $800M+ in capital was deployed on "IRL" bets.
@Tinder invested $60M into a new Events feature for connecting matches in-person. They're pivoting to IRL and offering experiences such as speakeasies, raves, and pottery classes.
@222place: raised a $10.1M Series A to curate blind social experiences for Gen Z. Personality-matched groups sent to hyperlocal nightlife events.
@JagermeisterUSA launched BestNightsVC - the only venture fund in the world dedicated solely to nightlife and IRL connection. 16 portfolio companies across 4 continents.
@timeleft: dinner with 5 strangers, every Wednesday. €18M ARR. 6,500 dinners/week across 200+ cities.
Dion: members-only social app where the first move is buying someone a real drink, redeemed IRL. 10K members, 30K+ on the waitlist founded by @revekkapal.
Pie: Bonobos founder @dunn built an IRL friendship app. $24M raised. 130K+ MAU.
@weroad_official: group trips for 20-30 year olds who don't know each other beforehand. $150M valuation.
Matchbox: is an algorithm-powered matching platform for IRL events and has powered over 100,000 connections. founded by @liamjmcgregor (prev @MarriagePact)
New dating apps like Known @Celesteamadon, Cerca @MylesCerca, and Ditto @AllenWangzian are aiming to improve connection amongst young people.
Billion-dollar companies are paying $$$ for community and events leads:
- @AnthropicAI: Marketing Events Manager ($255k)
- @tryramp: Community Manager ($223k)
- @tryramp: Events & Culture Manager ($181k)
- @duolingo: Senior Community Manager ($193k)
- @NotionHQ: Community Programs Lead
Everyone knows the more time we spend online, the more valuable real-life connection becomes.
The question isn't whether IRL wins.
It's who facilitates it best.
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Elsewhere is evolving to be more than just a late-night café coworking space for builders.
Beyond being a third space with extended hours, we realized it’s equally about the high density of cracked ppl we bring together as it is having reliable work infrastructure when everything else is closed.
What WeWork didn’t have 10 years ago was visibility into who was in their space at any given time.
People bought subscriptions for desks and WiFi without ever talking to the people around them — yet someone sitting 2m away could be the exact expert needed to move past a blocker.
But you never would have thought (or known) to ask.
Introducing Elsewhere Experiments: a new initiative exploring how we can leverage AI & data to generate better in-person interactions in physical spaces.
We’re building the intelligence layer for physical spaces. Because right now, everything about real-world collaboration is left to chance.
If you want to be part of our v1 @elsewhere_today, we’re hosting an intimate coworking session this Friday in SF to test this.
Good food, good ppl, and perhaps the exact expert you need.
Spots are limited to 20 ppl, so if you want in, comment what you’re working on + your main blocker & I’ll approve you.
Invite link below 👇
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Elsewhere is back & evolving into something bigger.
Hosting an intimate coworking session this Friday as v1 of Elsewhere Experiments.
Testing how AI/data can optimize how people collide & create better interactions in physical spaces.
Comment if you want in. Food is provided.
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Big things are coming 👀
Featured in the @sfstandard today!
Beyond grateful to work on my dream and share it with others @elsewhere_today 🫶
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I turned a dream that would’ve taken me 40 years to even start into a reality for my 21 y/o self in 3 months.
A thread on @elsewhere_today from idea to launch ⬇️
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We just wanted to cowork past 5pm. Turns out the entire city did too :)
@samanthaaouyang and I first crossed paths in Turkey earlier this year. In April, we reconnected at a women founders’ event and nerded out for hours about café culture, cities that sleep too early, and what it would take to build something different this summer.
Two days later, we had a full Notion doc and a dream for a late-night popup called Elsewhere. A third space that would be a little less lonely than working from home, but a little more magical than your usual café.
When @elsewhere_today launched on July 16th, we got way more inbound than expected: 100K+ views in 24 hours and 700+ new followers from almost nothing. Still, the real test: would SF actually show up?
400+ people bought in. During our first pop-up last Thursday, we had a line out of the door before 7pm. We served hojicha lattes, blue Thai tea, crepe cakes, fruit tarts, coconut macarons, and, of course, endless matcha. People brought their laptops and stayed there working until 11pm on passion projects. Someone even paid in USDC on Solana! (other chains tap in 👀)
At first, some skeptics on X were quick to dismiss “just another late-night café attempt.” But honestly, if we were able to make SF even 1% more alive that night, I think that’s beautiful :)
Huge thanks to the best team in the world: Sam, Akshaya (@akshayadinesh19), and Daniel (@Bluezmango123). Thank you to Fayeeza and the Entrepreneurs First team (@join_ef) for an incredible venue. And much love to Jade and Homeroom for an amazing collab!
Let us know what other cities to stop by! Stay tuned for more from Elsewhere ❤️
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Attended an event for @elsewhere_today last night. Cool concept and agree that there aren’t many coffee shops in SF that are open in the evenings for creators to collab together. Also great to see the enthusiasm of the next gen wanting build in SF.
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Cafe pop-up tomorrow for @elsewhere_today with 350+ on the list 👀 don’t miss out!
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I moved to SF a few months ago, excited to finally be moving to the city I had always dreamed of living in since I was a child.
But I kept running into the same issue — every cafe would be closed after 5pm and there’d be no place to work, hang out, and socialize after work hours. So I decided to open my own instead.
@cynthwangg and I are launching @elsewhere_today, the world’s first late-night café coworking chain for builders, creatives, and digital nomads.
In essence, we're creating third spaces for dreamers and doers around the world with reliable work infrastructure: fast WiFi, plenty of outlets, comfortable seating, and nourishing drinks & snacks. Plus, dedicated spaces for socializing vs. deep work.
We’re launching in SF on July 24 and have only a few spots left before hitting capacity.
If this sounds like something you’re interested in (or would want in your city), fill out our early-access waitlist (linked below) and we’ll drop you the launch invite.
If you’re interested in helping out (or want to angel invest 👀), please reach out! We’re already on track to expanding to NYC, Boston, and Toronto, and can’t wait to take Elsewhere global :)
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When I moved to SF I was fed up with how every cafe was closed by 5
So we're building a place for the dreamers & doers after dark
Those who don't fit the conventional 9-5
Launching @elsewhere_today's first popup with @cynthwangg on July 24
Invite below (spots filling up fast)
Everyone in SF complains about how every café closes by 5pm and there’s nowhere to work.
Introducing Elsewhere: the world’s first late-night café coworking chain for builders, creatives & digital nomads.
Launching July 24. Comment your favorite drink & we'll DM you the invite.
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SF cafes shut down by 5, but some of us are just getting started.
@samanthaaouyang and I are curating Elsewhere (@elsewhere_today), a space for the dreamers and doers after dark.
First pop-up for launching July 24 ⤵️
Everyone in SF complains about how every café closes by 5pm and there’s nowhere to work.
Introducing Elsewhere: the world’s first late-night café coworking chain for builders, creatives & digital nomads.
Launching July 24. Comment your favorite drink & we'll DM you the invite.
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