/// EVENTS · AI MATCHMAKINGEvent Matchmaking & Networking Platform
AI that introduces attendees, buyers and suppliers who should meet — matched by goals and interests, with meetings booked before anyone arrives, even when nobody has met before.
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Most people attend events to meet someone they have not met yet. Left to chance, they meet whoever is standing nearest the coffee.
Sodio builds attendee matchmaking and event networking platforms that introduce the right people instead: profiles built around what each person offers and needs, suggested matches with reasons, meetings both sides accept, and buyer-and-supplier programmes with appointments booked before the doors open.
/// IS IT WORTH BUILDING YET?
When Matchmaking Is Worth Building
Matchmaking pays off when meeting people is a main reason to attend, and when there are too many people to find the right ones by chance.
Worth building when
- Hundreds or thousands of attendees
- Networking is a reason people attend
- Buyers and suppliers come to do business
- The event runs every year and builds history
Not yet, when
- A small event where everyone meets anyway
- Attendees come mainly for the content
- There is no space or time set aside for meetings
- Attendees share almost nothing about themselves
/// WHAT IT COVERS
What an Event Networking Platform Covers
Profiles built around goals
Interest matching
Suggestions with reasons
Mutual opt-in
Meeting scheduling
Buyer and supplier programmes
Group and roundtable matching
Online and in-person meetings
Feedback after meetings
Organiser analytics
/// FROM PROFILE TO MEETING
From Profile to Meeting
Attendees register
Goals, interests and what each person offers captured
Suggestions appear
Matches proposed, each with a reason
Attendees reach out
Meeting requests sent; both sides must accept
Times are agreed
Slots, tables or video links booked
The event happens
Reminders and meeting points sent; walk-in matches suggested
Meetings are rated
Feedback improves matching for this event and the next
/// THE COLD-START PROBLEM
Matching People Who Have Never Met
Event matchmaking has a problem most recommendation systems do not: at the start, there is no history between anyone. Matching has to begin from what people say, then learn quickly from what they do.
///HOW THE MATCHING WORKS
What Makes Event Matching Different
Both sides have to benefit
A good match is useful to both people, not just the one who receives the suggestion — so matching weighs what each person needs from the other.
Nobody gets overwhelmed
Popular attendees would be flooded with requests, so requests to them are limited and suggestions are spread so everyone has realistic matches.
Reasons, not just names
Each suggestion says why two people should meet, which makes them far more likely to accept.
A good match is useful to both people, not just the one who receives the suggestion — so matching weighs what each person needs from the other.
Popular attendees would be flooded with requests, so requests to them are limited and suggestions are spread so everyone has realistic matches.
Each suggestion says why two people should meet, which makes them far more likely to accept.
/// COMPARE
Event Platform Feature, Specialist Matchmaking Tool or Custom
/// COST AND TIMELINE
What Drives the Cost and Timeline
A working matchmaking pilot, tested on registration data from a past event, typically runs within 30 days. A production platform follows within 90, ready before registration opens for the next event.
The cost moves with six things: how many attendees are matched; buyer and supplier programme rules; meeting logistics such as tables, rooms and video; integration with registration, your event app and CRM; history from past events; and the languages offered.
/// /// FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Event matchmaking introduces attendees who should meet — people with complementary goals, interests or needs — and helps them book a meeting. Instead of hoping the right people bump into each other, an event networking platform suggests matches, handles requests and schedules meetings before and during the event.
This is the hardest part of event networking, because there is no history between attendees to learn from. Matching starts from what people say they want and offer, their roles and industries, then improves as they browse sessions and profiles, and as similar attendees accept or decline matches. We built interest-based matching for Horizon, a platform whose whole purpose was connecting people outside their existing network, starting with no history at all.
It matches buyers with suppliers at trade shows and business events, then gives each buyer a schedule of pre-booked appointments with the suppliers most relevant to them. Many trade shows run hosted buyer programmes this way, and business matchmaking software is what makes them work at scale.
By balancing the matching. Speakers, senior buyers and well-known names would otherwise receive far more requests than they could ever accept. Requests to the most popular people are limited, suggestions are spread more evenly, and everyone sees matches they have a realistic chance of meeting.
Attendees choose what goes on their profile, whether they appear in matching at all, and who they meet — every meeting needs both people to accept. Matching uses only what they have chosen to share, and nothing is used to locate people on site without their agreement.
Yes. Online attendees are matched alongside those in the room, and meetings can be held by video, so networking is not limited to whoever happens to be on site.
/// RELATED SERVICES
Related Industries and Services
Routes where scope overlaps with event matchmaking.
/// GET STARTED
Start With Last Year’s Attendees
Share registration data from a past event. We will assess, free, how well its attendees could have been matched, and how many more useful meetings your next event could produce.