Mybzz vs Lunchclub: AI roulette or matching you control?

Lunchclub made AI networking famous: tell it your goals, and it schedules weekly 1:1 video calls with professionals it picks for you. Mybzz uses AI for the same purpose — relevant 1:1 introductions — but flips the control: you see your matches, you choose who to connect with, and a conversation starts only when both sides say yes. The difference sounds small. In practice it decides whether your networking hour is an investment or a lottery ticket.

Lunchclub is an AI "superconnector": you set objectives, pick weekly availability, and the algorithm schedules 1:1 video meetings with professionals it considers relevant. At its peak it was the darling of remote networking — thousands of curious, senior people meeting strangers every week.

The model's weakness is the lack of steering. You can't browse the community, you can't pick your matches, and long-time users report the same pattern: repetitive matches, little influence over who appears on the calendar, and a product that hasn't visibly evolved in years. When the AI guesses right, it's brilliant; when it guesses wrong, you've spent an hour on a call that a two-line profile view would have prevented.

Mybzz keeps the AI and returns the steering wheel: matches are suggestions, not appointments. You see the entrepreneur's goals and profile, connect on mutual interest, and take the conversation to chat, a call or a networking event — your choice, your calendar.