George Anderson
Appearances
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Sure. My name is George Anderson, and I'm the CEO of Grindr.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
I believe that AI is a massive platform shift in technology. And, you know, I'm a product guy and I really care about building products that users love and care for. So that's number one. And I think it can do really awesome things for users. Some things that we can't even conceive today right now as being things that they would want, right?
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Like, for example, hey, here are all my messages that people I've talked to help me figure out which of these people might be inclined to be in a long-term relationship and which ones might not be.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
And then, you know, help me sort that based on obviously with their consent, based on their behavior patterns, based on things that they say in their chats to people, et cetera, who is into relationships and who is not.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Yeah, so the feature that people want the most is, hey, I really like this profile, recommend a bunch of other profiles to me that are similar to this. We don't do that yet, but that is definitely the kind of killer feature that a lot of people want.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
And I've thought about that feature way before people started asking for it because it was obvious to me that that's something people will want in a pretty big way.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Or find me the ones, right? Like not necessarily the one, but like, really highly qualified, highly selected, 10 people or 20 people.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
See, I love that because what I've been just talking to you about is making filtering a lot easier through AI. And a user tells you that's the most annoying part, which is what we want to solve.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Um, so I've certainly thought about that. And I think that will be happening.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
I think it's almost certainly going to happen. I don't, I mean, forget about Grindr. Like if Grindr doesn't do it, somebody else will.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
My hunch is that AI will totally transform what online dating world looks like, but it's going to also transform what every other engagement that people have online or offline, frankly, is like. That's inevitable. And so that's going to happen. When it's going to happen, I don't yet know. And how quickly, but it's definitely going to happen at some point.
The Journal.
Grindr Makes a Date With AI
Is it two years, three years, four years, five years? I don't know. So how important of a priority is it? I think it's huge because we can create a way better user experience with AI.