Today, I’m talking with Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod. Hinge is one of the biggest dating apps in the United States — it’s rivaled only by Tinder, and both are owned by the massive conglomerate Match Group, which has consolidated a huge chunk of the online dating ecosystem.

Justin and I dug into that here, and we also explored some of the thorny issues around AI and dating, Hinge’s monetization, and data privacy in the second Trump administration. This is a fun one, with a whole lot going on. I think you’ll like it. 

Read the full interview transcript here on The Verge.

Links: 

• How We Do Things | Hinge
• Hinge’s First Gen Z Report | Hinge
• Hinge’s new AI feature judges your prompt responses | TechCrunch
• When Cupid Is a prying journalist | NYT / Modern Love
• Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno to step down in July | CNBC
• Match Group CEO Rascoff to lead struggling Tinder app | WSJ
• Replika CEO says it’s okay if we end up marrying AI chatbots | Decoder
• Apple ordered to keep web links in the App Store | Verge

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. 

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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