"When Rebecca Koltun met a man in the VIP section of a club in Tampa, she didn't ask her friends for advice. She asked ChatGPT. Should she text him first? "Chat told me no," said Koltun, a 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, who works for a ballet nonprofit. "It said that this is a guy in a VIP section. He's used to girls' attention. The best thing to do is leave him alone and wait for him.""
"Koltun is one of the millions of daters using AI as a coach, therapist, and friend. Dating app swipers use chatbots to refine their profiles. DM sliders use AI to generate their pick-up lines. Anxious blind daters use the tech to ask whether they should text the following morning. Angling for space on daters' homescreens is a growing, mostly bootstrapped startup space. Apps like Rizz and YourMove, once viral hits, are now establishing stable user bases and say they're profitable. Dating app heavyweights, such as Match Group and Bumble, are engaging in talks with these apps,per the startup founders, and developing their own competitive products."
AI is being widely adopted as a dating coach, friend, and therapist, with users asking it whether to text, what to write, and how to present themselves. Daters use chatbots to refine profiles, generate pick-up lines, and manage post-date anxiety. Startups like Rizz and YourMove grew rapidly and report stable, profitable user bases while larger companies such as Match Group and Bumble explore similar offerings. New behaviors and vocabulary are emerging, including "chatfishing," where AI-altered voices or messages replace authentic interaction. The result is an expanding ecosystem that reconfigures how people find and pursue romantic connections.
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