Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else - even an AI matchmaker. After dropping out of UC Berkeley, Ditto co-founders Allen Wang and Eric Liu set out to build something that would help their peers connect without having to spend hours each week navigating the messiness of apps like Tinder and Hinge. "As Gen Z ourselves, we were firsthand witnessing the behavioral shift in terms of how people are connecting with each other," Wang told TechCrunch.
Key Takeaways
- "We see that people are getting super tired of all the endless swiping and endless small talk, and they're really looking for something more genuine in real life.
Then an AI chatbot introduces itself as Ditto, "a dating initiative built by college students who get it ...
- Some users even upload photos of their celebrity crushes to give the AI a sense of their type.
The Ditto algorithm tries to match people not based on similar hobbies and interests, but rather what those hobbies and interests say about who someone is.
- , Ditto messages users with their match for the week.
"It comes with the person, it comes with a time, it comes with a location, and the users simply just need to show up and date each other and come back.
- (If that percentage sounds low to you, then you've probably never used Tinder.
) Ditto creates a collage-like graphic to introduce users to one another and explain why they might be a good match - it's a popular aesthetic among Gen Z that other connection apps with young founders like Sonder have gravitated toward.
- 2 million in seed funding to work with from investors like Gradient, Peak XV, and Scribble.
Stats & Key Facts
- #" Ditto has 150,000 signups, and Wang says that out of all the matches that are connected via Ditto, about 20% of those matches end up going out on a date.
- #2 million in seed funding to work with from investors like Gradient, Peak XV, and Scribble.
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else - even an AI matchmaker. This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else - even an AI matchmaker. After dropping out of UC Berkeley, Ditto co-founders Allen Wang and Eric Liu set out to build something that would help their peers connect without having to spend hours each week navigating the messiness of apps like Tinder and Hinge.
"As Gen Z ourselves, we were firsthand witnessing the behavioral shift in terms of how people are connecting with each other," Wang told TechCrunch. "We see that people are getting super tired of all the endless swiping and endless small talk, and they're really looking for something more genuine in real life.
Then an AI chatbot introduces itself as Ditto, "a dating initiative built by college students who get it ... no swiping, no awkward DMs, just real dates every Wednesday at 7 pm. " Users text their way through an onboarding process, starting with basic biographical information like their name, gender, and birth date.
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