"Known, founded by former Stanford University students Celeste Amadon and Asher Allen, uses an AI-based chat interface that interviews prospective daters and gauges their interests and values. Then, the app uses a model-which the company says was designed in-house and based on compatibility and chemistry research-to pair them with one person (and only one person) for a potential date. Known also takes care of personalized introductions and assists with restaurant bookings."
""We're able to view people on their entire nuanced selves and find people that are most likely to get along and enjoy each other. And that doesn't have to come from strict principles," Amadon tells Fast Company. "There are standard things that we need to know to be able to do good matching, like your age, or 'Do you live in San Francisco or New York?' But from there, a lot of it is kind of user-guided.""
Known launched today in San Francisco and replaces swipe-driven mechanics with voice-based AI conversations to match people. The app conducts AI interviews that gauge users' interests and values and feeds answers into an in-house model built on compatibility and chemistry research. Each user is matched with a single curated partner for a potential date, and the service assists with personalized introductions and restaurant bookings. Known charges users to set up dates instead of offering feature-based subscription tiers, aligning incentives toward getting people on dates rather than maximizing retention. The founders emphasize user-guided inputs beyond basic demographics.
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