Pie adds Community Homes to shift focus from events to lasting social groups
Pie, the app founded by Andy Dunn, launched a Community Homes feature that lets users create permanent group pages for ongoing social interaction.
Andy Dunn’s startup Pie introduced Community Homes, a feature that lets users set up lasting digital spaces for their social circles, complete with feeds, membership controls and event-planning tools. By allowing any member to share events, the app aims to foster natural networking rather than just event listings. The move reflects a broader trend of younger people seeking offline connections through online tools.
Pie previously altered its activity feed to surface friends’ event attendance and added a favorites profile option, both of which boosted user engagement. Co-founder and CMO Nadya Okamoto described the platform as a non-anonymous version of Reddit focused on real-life community building. The service, backed by investors such as Forerunner, Lightspeed, Accel and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, currently has about 300,000 users, with strong usage in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.
Why it matters
The feature could reshape how millennials and Gen Z form offline communities using a dedicated app.
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