I sat through 30 elevator dating pitches in one night — and somehow had a blast

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Coffee Meets Bagel hosted a singles' pitch night in Singapore in October.
Coffee Meets Bagel hosted a singles' pitch night in Singapore in October.

Coffee Meets Bagel

Stop using passport photos and one-liners in your dating profile — Coffee Meets Bagel's CEOs give 3 tips to stand out

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Photo collage featuring Coffee Meets Bagel dating profile, blurry profile photo, and a photo of a coffee date.
Coffee Meets Bagel is a serious dating app, used by people who want to find a life partner.

Coffee Meets Bagel; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Inside Tinder's 'cultural reset' as it battles for relevance with Gen Z

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The Tinder logo is pictured.
Three Tinder leaders told Business Insider about the dating app's culture shift.

Tinder

Young founders share 8 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom

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Alyx van der Vorm (25) and Faraz Siddiqi (23) both raised capital for their startups this year.
Alyx van der Vorm (25) and Faraz Siddiqi (23) both raised capital for their startups this year.

Kevin Farley; Muhammad Anjum

High-earning men are ditching dating apps for $25,000 matchmakers — here's why

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Grant Miller in the Phi Phi Islands, Thailand, in June 2019.
Grant Miller in the Phi Phi Islands, Thailand, in June 2019.

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A new AI matchmaker will set you up and plan the first date for $16 — skipping the swiping and DMs

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Ludovic Huraux
Ludovic Huraux

Mandy Menaker

  • Amata is a new dating app launching in the US, starting with New York City.
  • Founded by French entrepreneur Ludovic Huraux, Amata uses AI to match users without swiping.
  • The startup has raised $6 million to date.

Matching on dating apps is getting a makeover thanks to AI.

Hinge's CEO says AI is going to make mass swiping arcane

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Hinge CEO Justin McLeod
Hinge CEO says AI in online dating may spare users from endless swiping in the futire.

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Read the pitch deck a 25-year-old startup founder used to raise $14 million for her friendship app

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Alyx van der Vorm
Alyx van der Vorm is the 25-year-old CEO of Clyx.

Kevin Farley

Gen Z is hot to trot for RTO

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Couples' hands on top of a computer mouse.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

There's a new 'Tea' app going viral. This time, it's for men to post anonymously about women.

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TeaOnHer

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