Revolutionary location-aware platform that transforms how people discover places and connect with friends through real-time geofencing, AI-driven behavioral psychology, and monetized shop sponsorships.
PlaceLive emerged from a real college frustration — calling friends one by one asking "Are bhai kaha ho?" when needing something from nearby shops.
This sparked a vision to create the world's most comprehensive place-aware ecosystem, competing directly with Google’s location dominance by owning hyperlocal interaction data.
Unlike existing location apps that are either:
- Privacy-focused (e.g., Find My Friends) or
- Business-focused (e.g., Google Maps Ads)
PlaceLive uniquely combines:
- Real-time friend visibility at specific places
- AI-powered psychological manipulation for shop recommendations
- Monetization model that makes local businesses pay to “go live” in user proximity
- Businesses pay to make their location "live"
- When users enter a 200–500m radius, they receive AI-crafted notifications like:
"Best mobile shop in 2km range for quality + price"
- Solves the "photocopy problem"
- Users search what they need → app finds friends near relevant shops → auto-sends requests
- No more manual calling!
- Friend-circle restrictions
- Place-specific visibility controls
- Role-based access for private places (e.g., parents, workers)
- Analyzes user emotions (sad, normal, happy)
- Crafts personalized manipulation messages to build trust and drive purchasing decisions
- Built with a reusable Spring Boot CRUD library
- Services extend
GenericServiceto inherit full DB operations → massive development speedup
- Scalable microservices ecosystem
- 10+ days of architecture planning
- Full working prototype in 30 days
placelive-api-gateway– Routing, auth, rate-limitingplacelive-user-service– User profiles, auth, friend systemplacelive-geofencing– Location intelligence, shop radius detectionplacelive-tracker– Real-time presence, movement logging, privacy controlscommon-library– Generic CRUD framework viaGenericService
- Built with Kotlin
- Features:
- Battery-efficient background tracking
- Real-time notifications
- Complex privacy UI
- Businesses pay subscription fees to sponsor their locations and appear in proximity-based recommendations
- AI will craft emotion-aware messages to drive conversion and trust
- Competing with Google by owning:
- Who’s where
- What they think of the place
- Pricing insights
- Hyperlocal behavior patterns
- Conception: Sparked from real photocopy-shop frustrations in college
- Planning: 10+ days of full system design before coding
- Execution: Built full app and backend in 30 days
- Validation: Tested by college students → strong pain-point confirmation
- Battery Optimization: Efficient real-time tracking without drain
- Privacy Paradox: Solved with place-based permission models
- Development Speed: Generic CRUD eliminated redundant code
- Scalability: Microservices + caching for 1K+ users
- Trust Building: AI suggestions feel helpful, not ad-like
- AI personality modeling for emotion-aware shop suggestions
- Payment gateway for commissions
- Expansion to urban commercial zones
- Analytics dashboard for sponsors
- Delivery service integration
Unlike:
- Life360 (just family tracking) or
- Google Maps (just locations),
PlaceLive uniquely combines:
- Social connection
- Real-time commerce
- Psychological personalization
The vision extends beyond app success — to own the future of place-intelligence data worldwide.