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Dating app Tinder dabbles with AI matchmaking

  • On Thursday, Tinder held its Tinder Sparks keynote and unveiled a broad slate of new features for 2026, signaling a pivotal shift from pure swiping toward AI and in-person experiences.
  • Facing Gen Z disillusionment and falling subscribers, Match Group reported $878 million in Q4 2025 revenue and invested $50 million to re-engage younger Gen Z daters.
  • Among technical upgrades, Learning Mode personalizes matches from the first session, while Chemistry AI matchmaking rolls out in the U.S. and Canada after tests in Australia and New Zealand, plus Photo Enhance and camera-roll scan debut with updated LLM-powered safety tools like Are You Sure?.
  • The Events tab is testing in Los Angeles this month, with CEO Spencer Rascoff saying 'Events are fun, they're low-pressure, they're social, they're safe' to encourage real-world meetups, and video speed dating serves as a vibe check.
  • A Bloomberg Intelligence survey found Gen Z uneasy about AI on dating apps, while bots, scammers and crypto shills persist, leaving outcomes uncertain for the broader dating-app industry.
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The company based in Los Angeles, Tinder, develops a new function called Chemistry. This tool uses artificial intelligence to select a single daily profile for each person. The platform bases this choice on the available data of each user. Spencer Rascoff, executive president of Match Group and Tinder, explained in a statement that the intention is to highlight more relevant connections through technology. This evolution responds to a search for…

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Dating app Tinder dabbles with AI matchmaking

Tinder said Thursday that it is testing a "Chemistry" option that uses artificial intelligence to help with matchmaking in the popular dating app.

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udgtv broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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