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Your Friend Group Is Worth More Than You Think

Why connection beats cold plunges.

April 1, 2026

The $8 Trillion Longevity Market — And What Actually Works

In March 2025, UBS published a report projecting that the longevity market — all the supplements, biohacks, medical interventions, and wellness products aimed at helping you live longer — would grow from $5.3 trillion to $8 trillion by 2030. That's larger than the entire projected value of AI by 2027.

People are spending extraordinary sums trying to add years to their lives. And the most evidence-backed thing you can do — the intervention that Harvard's 85-year Study of Adult Development keeps returning to as the single strongest predictor of health, happiness, and longevity — is largely free.

It's having real, close friendships and spending time with them.

Not supplements.
Not cold plunges.
Your friends.


The Problem: A Collapse in Social Infrastructure

The problem is that modern life has been spectacularly bad at protecting this asset.

  • In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that just 4.1% of Americans attended or hosted a social event on an average weekend or holiday.
  • Only about 25–33% of Americans regularly engage in "third places" — spaces outside home and work.
  • Pubs are closing.
  • Event spaces are shuttering.
  • Hobbies are getting more expensive and more individualized.

The infrastructure for spontaneous human connection is quietly collapsing.


The Shift: People Are Rebuilding Connection

And yet something interesting is happening in the gap.

  • Run clubs have exploded — Strava reported a 59% rise in running clubs in a single year.
  • Group runs lead to:
    • More miles
    • More encouragement
    • More accountability
  • Gen Z is 4× more likely to prefer meeting people through workout groups than nightclubs.
  • Supper clubs are resurging.
  • Sober social events are growing.

The LA Chess Club went from 1 attendee to 300 weekly participants in under a year — with people saying they come for the chess and stay for the community.

This isn't nostalgia. It's a correction.

People are actively trying to rebuild what was lost — but they're doing it without a sponsor, and mostly without structure.


The Opportunity

This is where Out There comes in.

Brands are beginning to realize:

The most powerful marketing isn't a logo on an influencer post —
it's being present in a real moment between real friends.

Consumers are making it clear:

  • They're tired of influencer-first marketing.
  • They want brands to engage with real people living real lives.

At the same time, a new healthcare movement is emerging:

  • Social prescribing — where doctors prescribe community and connection as treatment.

Because the evidence is clear:

Social connection is one of the most powerful health interventions we have.

And in this context:

"Offline" is becoming the new luxury.


The Idea: Out There

Out There is built at the intersection of all of this.

We:

  • Sponsor friends to spend time together
  • Financially reward engaged, social leisure
  • Connect brands to the most authentic marketing moment:
    • When a real group of friends shows up, together, in real life

The Bet

The longevity market is an $8 trillion bet on living longer.

We're a bet on living better.


Call to Action

Get out there.

Out There Social Club sponsors friends to spend more time together.

Join us.

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