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Grindr taps AI for premium users
Los Angeles Times
|March 18, 2026
The dating platform says the tech will enable better matches and less scrolling.
THE GRINDR banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange in 2022. The company is also investing further in AI-powered safety tools, its CEO says.
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Grindr Inc. has unveiled new features for its premium subscribers, hoping to leverage artificial intelligence to help users get better matches.
The West Hollywood-based LGBTQ + dating platform said Monday that its premium plan now allows access to new Al features and deeper personalization.
The company has dubbed its AT gAI, which is pronounced “gay eye.” It says it will become an “intelligence layer across the entire app.”
“The point isn’t ‘AT for its own sake. It’s fewer dead ends, less noise, and more real connections,” the company wrote in the annual product road map it released on Monday.
The company is also investing further in AI-powered safety tools and in behind-the-scenes operations, Chief Executive George Arison told Bloomberg. AI already writes about 70% of the app’s code, he added.
This story is from the March 18, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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