The hot new dating-app trend: matchmaking

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Dating apps are increasingly turning to matchmaking.

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Read the 16-page pitch deck an app focused on helping people ditch the DMs and go on IRL dates used to raise $3 million

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Move over Hinge and Tinder, there's a new crop of dating apps. Meet the founders behind 11 startups sparking romance.

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Dating app founders: Elle Wilson, Nandini Mullaji, and Anushka Joshi
Founders like Elle Wilson (Met Through Friends), Nandini Mullaji (Sitch), and Anushka Joshi (Friend of a Friend) are disrupting dating with new startups.

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The heartbreaking cost of modern dating

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A comedian has been roasting bad Tinder profiles for a decade. Here are 3 dating app mistakes she sees all the time.

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Japan has figured out how to build a better dating app

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Could the US government bring some much-needed innovation to dating?

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The operator of Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid is being sued over claims it made them addictive and puts profit over love

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Let ChatGPT Run Your Tinder This Valentine's Day

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A man programmed ChatGPT to find his wife on Tinder, and it turns out that Tinder is fine with you doing the same.

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Hinge's founder delayed starting a job at McKinsey after college and invested his $12,000 signing bonus into his dating website

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Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of Hinge.

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People say they're deleting their dating apps, citing terrible experiences and 'oversaturation' on platforms like Hinge and Raya

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More and more TikTokers say they're deleting dating apps in 2024.

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