Hayley Birkin

Ember Vision Ventures has launched a dating app capping users at a handful of AI-picked daily matches, positioning against the swiping model.

Snapchat+ has reached 25 million paying subscribers, Snap Inc. says, more than Tinder's estimated 10-12 million, with a $1 billion run rate.

Snapchat begins alpha testing Creator Subscriptions in the U.S. from 23rd February, at $4.99 to $19.99 monthly, with creators keeping approximately 60%.

Pinterest missed Q4 2025 revenue consensus with $1.32B against $1.33B, and shares fell 20% despite 619 million monthly active users.

DUA AG has acquired Vancouver dating app IRLY in an undisclosed all-cash deal, its second purchase after Spotted in 2022. IRLY gave no user or revenue data.

Pinterest reached 619 million monthly users and $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 revenue, and the story says dating apps should copy its "quiet AI" approach.

PositiveSingles has launched a lifetime membership tier aimed at celebrities and public figures, but gives no pricing or evidence of celebrity use.

TikTok launched Local Feed in the US on 11th February, a GPS opt-in feature for nearby venues and events that competes with dating apps' discovery tools.

Grindr is piloting an AI subscription tier called EDGE at up to $499 per month, with randomised pricing, in Australia and New Zealand first.

Breeze has partnered with ride-hailing platform Bolt to offer 40% off a first trip to a date, and a nine-point safety guide, as it expands beyond matching.

Snap Inc. reported 24 million paid subscribers in Q4 2025, up 71%, as daily active users fell to 474 million, raising pressure on dating apps.

ParshipMeet Group appoints Justin Zinck, formerly Senior Director Finance at HelloFresh, as CFO from February 2026.

Tinder is testing its AI Chemistry feature in Australia, offering one or two curated matches per session as monthly active users fell 9% in Q4 2025.

Ditto, an iMessage-only dating service, raised $9.2M in seed funding and claims 42,000 users across five California universities.

Kinsey Institute's Dr. Justin Garcia argues dating apps clash with human courtship, and Bumble's premium ARPU grew just 3% year-over-year in Q1 2024.

UpScrolled grew from 150,000 to 2.5 million users in four weeks, founder Issam Hijazi said, but daily actives fell to 68,000 from a 138,500 peak.

PURE dating app reports $100M in 2025 gross revenue, up 46%, but has never disclosed user numbers, so its growth cannot be independently verified.

Bethenny Frankel's The Core, with memberships reportedly reaching $1,200 a year, is struggling to attract subscribers, according to unnamed sources.

Flutrr has partnered with Saregama to launch music-based matching as a paid premium tier, letting subscribers match on musical taste, not photos.

Microsoft dropped 'record levels of engagement' from LinkedIn's Q4 earnings for the first time since 2018, as quarterly revenue hit $5 billion.