Known
Voice-AI dating startup with 26-minute onboarding sessions.
Overview
Voice-AI dating startup with 26-minute onboarding sessions.
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Thursday Claims a $50M Valuation. Three Years After It Promised to Prove the Model or Quit.
Thursday claims a $50M valuation, three years behind the 2021 public deadline set by co-founder George Rawlings The announcement comes months after reports that the once-a-week dating app faced potent…
UK Dating App Trust Collapsed 20 Points in a Year. AI Fakes Are Only Part of the Story.
Trust in UK dating apps collapsed 20 percentage points in a single year, with 84% of users now saying AI-generated content has made it harder to trust matches Dating apps share the highest fraud rate …
Tinder's AI Pivot: A Desperate Move or a Strategic Shift?
Tinder reported a 9% decrease in monthly active users for Q4 2025 year-over-year New registrations fell 5% year-over-year in the same period Match Group's market cap stands at $4.9B as it tests AI-dri…
Australia's Age Ban: Snapchat's 415,000 Blocks Reveal a Displacement Dilemma
Meta blocked 544,000 Australian youth accounts and Snapchat blocked 415,000 since the under-16 social media ban took effect—nearly one million accounts combined The combined blocks represent roughly a…
Meta and YouTube's Legal Battle: A Blueprint for Dating App Liability?
Over 1,600 plaintiffs from 350 families and 250 school districts are suing Meta and YouTube over addictive product design features targeting young users TikTok and Snap settled hours before trial, sug…
Left Field's Shark Tank Win: A Bet on Scarcity Over Swipe
Left Field secured £156,000 ($200,000) from Kendra Scott and Alexis Ohanian on Shark Tank for 8% equity plus 4% advisory shares The app limits users to just two algorithmically curated matches per wee…
WhatsApp's Media Block: A Warning Shot for Dating Apps' Encryption Reliance
WhatsApp launched Strict Account Settings in late January, blocking photos and media from non-contacts globally The 2015 Stagefright vulnerability affected nearly a billion Android devices, allowing c…
Shaadi.com Wins Landmark Case: 'Dishonest Diversion' Now a Legal Weapon
Bombay High Court issues permanent injunction against getshaadi.com for trademark infringement against Shaadi.com Court recognises 'dishonest diversion of internet traffic' as distinct legal harm beyo…
Hily Overtakes Bumble: Gen Z's Shift Signals Bumble's Brand Erosion
Hily has overtaken Bumble to become the third-largest dating app in the US by downloads, according to AppMagic data The app is now also the fifth top-grossing dating app in the market, marking the fir…
Known's $9.7M Bet: Can Pay-Per-Date Kill the Subscription Model?
Known raised $9.7M from Forerunner, NFX, Pear VC, and Coelius Capital to launch a pay-per-date model charging $30 per actual meetup The startup claims an 80% match-to-meetup conversion rate versus sin…