Grindr Makes a Date With AI

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Dating app companies are seeing a decline in demand, so they’re looking to recruit a new matchmaker: AI. WSJ’s Belle Lin reports on Grindr’s big bet that its new AI “wingman” will help its users find love. And we talk to someone who tried it. Further Reading: - Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World’s First AI ‘Wingman’ Further Listening: - The Price of Dating Apps - ‘Love Is Blind’ Is Back. Not All the Drama Is On-Screen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How do introductions work on a first date?
0:09.7	Introductions work on a first date.
0:11.4	I think introductions typically, I'm a hugger, so I start with a hug.
0:16.9	Some people go for the handshake, and I'm like, no, we've already been chatting.
0:19.9	Let's not make this weird, right?
0:24.3	Pietro Pecora is 27 and he's single. He lives in San Francisco and works in tech.
0:32.1	What's your dating life like right now?
0:35.9	I'm like casually dating.
0:44.1	I got out of a relationship almost a year and some change ago.
0:51.3	And I think that forced me to reflect on what I want in dating and what I'm looking for.
0:53.7	Do you have like a type? My type. My friend said this and I you have, like, a type?
0:54.9	My type.
0:57.0	My friend said this, and I was like, ooh, that sticks.
1:00.8	My type is tall, dark, and handsome.
1:01.6	Mm.
1:02.7	Oh.
1:03.5	I like a bad boy.
1:03.9	Yeah.
1:04.7	Okay.
1:08.5	Who is your fantasy person?
1:09.4	What do they look like?
1:11.0	It's hard because I'm not really a celebrity.
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