Justin McLeod
Founder & CEO
Hinge
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About Me
Justin McLeod, CEO at Hinge (he/him)
Justin McLeod is Founder and CEO at Hinge, the dating app designed to be deleted. After a few years in management consulting, he attended Harvard Business School, where he was inspired to follow his passion for connecting people. Justin founded Hinge in February 2011 with a mission to create real-life connections. As a romantic and the protagonist of a real-life love story, Justin set out to create an intentional dating app to help millions of people find their person, too. Justin's vision for a more thoughtful experience resonated with singles and Match Group, which acquired the company in 2018. That same year, Hinge became the fastest-growing dating app in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
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The Algorithm of Affection: AI and the Future of Love
AI is actively shaping our connections, acting as an architect of potential relationships: algorithms curate our social feeds, recommend partners, and promise to optimize our search for love. This raises a fundamental shift: the attempt to reduce human connection to data points. The promise of AI-powered matchmaking exists, but can technology truly predict compatibility? Or does it increase isolation, diminish the spontaneity of connection, and ultimately sacrifice the essence of human intimacy?