Category: Reporters – Lucas Matney

Bumble Will Exist as Long as Women Do, CEO Says

Posted on September 15, 2020

Bumble whitney wolfe herd 2020TECH CRUNCH – Sep 15 – Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wants to build a truly timeless company. She said onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020: "We truly believe that as long as there are women on planet Earth – which there would be no planet Earth without them – we believe we will be in business."

by Lucas Matney
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Sam Altman Backs ‘Video-First’ Dating App Curtn

Posted on May 5, 2020

Curtn iconTECH CRUNCH – May 5 – A new dating app advised by Grindr founder Joel Simkhai and former YC chief Sam Altman is aiming to capitalize on the skyrocketing popularity of video chat. The new app, called Curtn, is pushing video as its differentiating factor, encouraging users to create short videos for their dating profiles and aiming to move conversations to video chat after users match. CEO Brenden Strauss and his co-founder and CTO, Benjamin Honig have some noteworthy advisors. For one, Strauss' boyfriend Joel Simkhai is the co-founder of Grindr and was one of his biggest inspirations for building out the app. Former YC president and current OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is also serving as an advisor and is one of the startup's first investors. The team has raised ~$425K pre-seed round of investment to get the app ready to share with the world.

by Lucas Matney
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Bumble CEO Responds to Reports of Misconduct at Parent Company

Posted on July 10, 2019

Bumble whitney wolfe july 19TECH CRUNCH – July 10 – Following an extensive report in Forbes about Bumble's parent company and its billionaire founder Andrey Andreev, the female-first dating app's founder Whitney Wolfe Herd has issued a statement. She says she was "mortified by the allegations" and "saddened and sickened to hear that anyone, of any gender, would ever be made to feel marginalized or mistreated in any capacity at their workplace." The allegations went beyond portraying a sexist work environment and detailed racist attitudes of the Badoo founder.

by Lucas Matney
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Bumble Now Lets Users Call Their Matches Without Exchanging Numbers

Posted on July 1, 2019

Bumble video chat voice callsTECH CRUNCH – June 29 – The feature is double opt-in, meaning users won't get a video call from some rando the second that they match with them. Instead, users will see an icon inside their chat that they can tap on to enable the features that move beyond text. Bumble parent company MagicLab plans to bring voice and video calls to its other dating apps (Badoo, Chappy, Lumen) as well.

by Lucas Matney
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Badoo & Bumble’s “Private Detector” Uses AI to Detect Dick Pics

Posted on April 26, 2019

Bumble private detectorTECH CRUNCH – Apr 25 – "Private Detector" feature will identify inappropriate photos and label them as such in chat, giving users the option to view the photo or report the user. Badoo CEO Andrey Andreev opted to have his team build the tech in-house. The company claims 98% accuracy. This feature fits into something Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd has been promoting – safe online dating for women with less harassment. Wolfe Herd has started approaching the issue of unsolicited illicit photos from a legislative track as well. She has been working with the Texas state legislature to pass a bill that makes it illegal to send clearly unsolicited lewd photos. The "Private Detector" functionality goes live in June on Bumble as well as on Badoo, Chappy and Lumen.

by Lucas Matney
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