Dating app Grindr, which caters to the LGBTQ community, plans to release an AI “wingman” catering to its user base. The agent is expected to be available by 2027, reported WSJ.
Serving nearly 14 million app users, it will help them keep track of conversations with “favourite” matches, recommend long-term relationship candidates and suggest dating spots.
Furthermore, chief executive George Arison said in an interview that over time, it would also take on more “agentic AI” functions, like making restaurant reservations—or even dating another AI agent.
“I always knew that AI was going to be a really big deal, and as we saw where generative AI was going, I realised that a lot of this extension stuff can actually be done by AI,” Arison said.
Interestingly, a wingman can converse with another wingman after their humans have matched. By the time the humans decide to go on a date, they will …