The king of love: How Spencer Rascoff reshaped Tinder — and our dating lives

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Spencer Rascoff talked "founder mode," swipe fatigue, and Gen Z dating habits with Business Insider.

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She used to manage 3 employees. Now she oversees 24. Welcome to the age of the megamanager.

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Chine Mmegwa
Match group's Chine Mmegwa oversees a much bigger team than she did a year ago, a change that's become common for middle managers across Corporate America.

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On a recent weekday afternoon, Match Group manager Chine Mmegwa sat at her desk in a New York office, looking up at her team through a mounted TV screen.

Tinder wants you to meet people offline. Its CEO tells us it's responding to 'changing consumer tastes.'

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Tinder CEO Spencer Rascoff is pictured.
Tinder CEO Spencer Rascoff told Business Insider how the company is courting Gen Z.

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Read the pitch decks of 16 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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Money in the shape of a heart

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Is Tinder the new LinkedIn? These workers are swiping for jobs

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Workers told Business Insider they found jobs, referrals, and clients on dating apps.

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I'm a Stanford student who uses the new dating app that's taken the campus by storm. It's fun, but I haven't met my match yet.

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a female student looking at her phone on college campus
The author is using the new dating app at Stanford University.

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This startup uses AI to get you on a date — fast. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $9.2 million.

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Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang
Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang.

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Buckle up: Partiful is the new Tinder

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Partiful's new Crush feature

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  • A new way to flirt just dropped.
  • Partiful wants you to shoot your shot in the RSVPs.
  • The party invite app recently launched a tool called "Crush" that lets people match with mutuals.

A notification pops up on your phone screen: "Someone has a crush on you!"

The rise of the AI wingman

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A robot hand and a human hand fist-bumping.

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The AI dating arms race: Dating apps are betting millions that you'll fall back in love with them

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Phone with dating apps on screen (Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr), a robot hand, and a hand holding a bouquet of flowers.

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