Dating as a gifted adult/meeting people my age
I'll start by explaining a bit about my background so my question will be more clear.
I'm 25m, and was an "accelerated" gifted kid. Left home for college at 14, started my master's at 18 and joined the workforce soon after and as a result I was never among people my age and didn't date until I was 23. I know I have a problem with having social interactions with people my age (due to promotions I'm in a position in which my peers are all around 35, married with kids).
Now for my question, where can I find intelligent women to date?
I tried dating apps and while I'm moderately successful in those I find that the thing most important to me in a partner is intelligence. The problem is that it seems to me that they aren't really on the apps.
I must emphasize, the intelligence preference is mine and it's personal. I know that people can have a healthy and happy relationship even with significant intelligence differences but I just find it difficult to connect to them (I mean romantically).
So that brings me back to my question, in a world where my environment is filled with people significantly older than me, where can I meet intelligent (and if nerdy even better) women?
Thanks to everyone in advance. I'm stumped and about to give up.