{"id":22068,"date":"2026-07-30T13:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:42:33","slug":"meet-ditto-the-ai-startup-trying-to-reinvent-college-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22068","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ditto: the AI startup trying to reinvent college dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/hinge\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Hinge&#8217;s<\/a> founder recently left the app to start an <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/life\/overtone-hinge-founder-justin-mcleod-ai-matchmaker-details\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>AI matchmaking service<\/u><\/a>, but he isn&#8217;t the only one with that startup idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>Ditto<\/u><\/a> is an AI matchmaker specifically for college students \u2014 and it does all the work in iMessage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the past 20 years, we&#8217;ve connected in primitive ways. We manually scroll. We manually search. We manually swipe,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.ai\/manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>Ditto AI&#8217;s manifesto<\/u><\/a> reads on its website. &#8220;Spending hours trying to find the right people \u2014 because all we have are static and dead profiles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But now, everything changes,&#8221; Ditto promises.<\/p>\n<section>\n<section class=\"relative p-6 md:p-8 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl border-2 md:pt-10 md:pb-10 border-secondary-300 accent-cut-2 accent-cut-border-2&#10;&#10;        mt-12 md:mt-16&#10;&#10;        \" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-commerce-block=\"\">\n<p>Hookup apps for everyone<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-0\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=03vbrF3dt0eHolWvTfpJFy4&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fadultfriendfinder.com%2F&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=1&amp;element_label=AdultFriendFinder&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=0785xyRmCGmZr9jOKTCrb47&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"AdultFriendFinder\" data-ga-position=\"1\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">AdultFriendFinder<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>readers\u2019 pick for casual connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-4\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=042gDENelxmeb6yAh5SuxS0&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.money.com%2Fpr%2Fs25205135e63&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=2&amp;element_label=Tinder&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=05s8DoZEeORPCFUsPF8yGg0&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"Tinder\" data-ga-position=\"2\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">Tinder<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>top pick for finding hookups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-base font-sans !leading-5 md:!leading-none mt-4\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cc.mashable.com\/v1\/otc\/03bCs1jQxEftXGkZ7A6Km1e?merchant=07mPN5vpLDMQbGwckjsU885&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.money.com%2Fpr%2Fvdf634353f62&amp;template=article&amp;module=offer-group&amp;element=offer-group&amp;item=offer-title&amp;position=3&amp;element_label=Hinge&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students&amp;group_uuid=06PfgJzmas37I1KxqZcmq3N&amp;product_uuid=07wpyCYVWeKD1xbKGgyV5pM&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\" data-commerce=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored\" data-parent-group=\"affiliate-link\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-element=\"offer-group\" data-ga-action=\"offer-title\" data-ga-item=\"offer-title\" data-ga-label=\"Hinge\" data-ga-position=\"3\" data-ga-module=\"offer-group\" style=\";\" class=\"roundup-offer-link\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"\" data-ga-click=\"\">Hinge<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n                                             \u2014<br \/>\n                    <strong>popular choice for regular meetups<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n                    Products available for purchase through affiliate links. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.\n                <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/shared-claude-chats-found-in-google-search\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">Shared a Claude conversation? Google may have seen it.<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>Ditto was founded by Eric Liu and Allen Wang, two University of California, Berkeley students who dropped out around four years ago to create a new consumer product, Liu said in an interview with Mashable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are both pretty outgoing people, and we see a lot of gaps in the current <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/uk\/roundup\/best-dating-sites-for-serious-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">dating apps<\/a>,&#8221; he said. These gaps are apparent in the manifesto: &#8220;No more wasted hours. No more missed connections. No more &#8216;what ifs.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liu reiterated that dating apps are primitive, and he&#8217;s sure there&#8217;ll be a new platform in the next five years, and that the whole social landscape will be very different a decade from now. &#8220;All the existing platforms are by no means efficient at all,&#8221; he told Mashable. In ten years, however, people will be able to make a new connection in hours, not weeks. If you&#8217;re free for dinner tonight, an agent can set it up, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional dating apps have too many layers and too much churn, making an eventual date unlikely, he explained. &#8220;Users don&#8217;t need to you know swipe left and right to find a mutual match, and they don&#8217;t need to repetitively introduce themselves, make small talk, and arrange dates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ditto offers something different, and the founders aren&#8217;t shy about it. &#8220;I dropped out of Berkeley with Eric Liu to kill Tinder with AI,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/allen-wang-1b82761b8_i-dropped-out-of-berkeley-with-eric-liu-to-activity-7353861468909391877-za3C\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>Wang posted on LinkedIn<\/u><\/a> last year. But Ditto still has marketing tricks in the mix, too, like flyers on college campuses and yacht parties.<\/p>\n<h2>How Ditto AI works<\/h2>\n<p>According to Ditto&#8217;s website, users submit &#8220;preferences&#8221; by midnight on Wednesday morning, and then later that evening, Ditto will send a match. From there, you schedule a date. (Users must be verified college students.)<\/p>\n<p>When asked about how Ditto learns a user&#8217;s preferences, Liu said the answer is complicated. &#8220;I believe we reinvented a lot more than just the technology,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We actually also have to spend a lot of time on the user experience, because it&#8217;s drastically different.&#8221; Ditto works within one&#8217;s iMessage, not a separate app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-8 max-w-3xl\" data-commerce-block=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-4 md:flex-row md:space-y-0 md:space-x-4\">\n<div class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%;\" class=\"w-full border border-gray-100\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-1.fit_lim.size_376x.png\" alt=\"onboarding texts with ditto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"1688\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Ditto<\/span>\n                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full border border-gray-100\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-2.fit_lim.size_376x.png\" alt=\"ditto match\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"1688\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Ditto<\/span>\n                                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The site&#8217;s FAQ states that Ditto pairs one student with another by analyzing their profiles and comparing preferences. Apparently, &#8220;this process employs rigorous computation and simulation to provide the best insights for curating a successful date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ditto leverages the reasoning abilities of LLMs and an agentic system that includes insights from experts in analysis, matchmaking, scheduling, and more, according to the site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Trend Report<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Liu said that pre-filled profiles from users (like those used by traditional dating apps) have nothing to do with predicting chemistry. Instead, more important data is people&#8217;s feedback from the dates, which is why they want to speed up the process. The more dates, the more data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-3.fill.size_347x750.v1785257438.png\" alt=\"group chat with ditto\" width=\"347\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-3.fill.size_800x1731.v1785257438.png 800w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-3.fill.size_1400x3030.v1785257438.png 1400w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-3.fill.size_2000x4328.v1785257438.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Ditto<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If a user signs up on Tuesday, they can get a date the next day. &#8220;That&#8217;s pretty much unimaginable on traditional apps,&#8221; he said. Though if you&#8217;ve been on <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QODvR8?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Tinder&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=QODvR8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Tinder<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/Qdb6vv?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Feeld&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=Qdb6vv&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Feeld<\/a>, you&#8217;ve likely met someone who&#8217;s down to meet that night \u2014 and that is even more true on an app like <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/Qq4l5D?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Grindr&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=Qq4l5D&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Grindr<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>There are people on Ditto who have gone on 20 dates, and the AI is trained based on that data. It&#8217;s also trained on user conversations with the matchmaker, user interactions with each other, and feedback for how the date went.<\/p>\n<p>On Ditto&#8217;s website, it looks like there&#8217;s a facial scan component as well. &#8220;I&#8217;d say definitely facial features, physical appearances are part of our algorithm,&#8221; Liu said. (There&#8217;s also a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.ai\/bodycount\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>bodycount detector<\/u><\/a>&#8221; on the website, which Liu said one of the interns made, and that it&#8217;s not part of Ditto&#8217;s product. It requires a &#8220;facial scan,&#8221; and much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/check-her-body-count-website\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">viral Check Her Body Count site<\/a>, has an unsavory taste to it.) <\/p>\n<h2>Do AI matchmakers work?<\/h2>\n<p>The site also claims it has a 65 percent success rate, which is based on how many matches go on dates. &#8220;The match-to-date ratio on our platform is much higher than on other platforms,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In testimonials he sent to Mashable, users praised the quality of matches and the ease of getting them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talking or chatting with Ditto through messages [has] also been easy. It&#8217;s been good so far,&#8221; said Adriana, a University of Southern California student.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a different thing. It&#8217;s also easier. There&#8217;s less friction for me,&#8221; said Noah, a student at Berkeley. He initially thought it was confusing when cofounder Allen [Wang] explained it to me, &#8220;But it&#8217;s easier than that app, because then it&#8217;s like, okay, download this app to make an account, to do all this. I don&#8217;t really want to do all of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And the company is doing something right, as it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/read-pitch-deck-college-ai-matchmaking-dating-app-ditto-seed-2026-2\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>raised over $9 million<\/u><\/a> earlier this year, according to Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>On Reddit, however, Ditto&#8217;s reviews aren&#8217;t so positive. Complaints include the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/berkeley\/comments\/1osmyzk\/this_ditto_app_team_spamming_the_campus_needs_to\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>&#8220;spamming&#8221; campuses with fliers<\/u><\/a>, that it&#8217;s a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/UCSD\/comments\/1rpto8i\/is_ditto_legit\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>scam<\/u><\/a>,&#8221; and that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/antiai\/comments\/1nwj2wg\/ditto_ai_a_dating_website_selling_your_data\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>permits advertisers to track user data<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it seems like, much like LLMs themselves, that AI matchmakers aren&#8217;t going away. In addition to Ditto, there&#8217;s Sitch AI (Mashable <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/what-materialists-got-wrong-and-right\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>interviewed its founder<\/u><\/a> last year), Amata, and Keeper. (And, of course, Overtone from <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/a5bxv5?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Hinge&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=a5bxv5&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Hinge<\/a> founder Justin McLeod \u2014 which is launching later this year.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Major dating apps like <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QODvR8?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Tinder&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=QODvR8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Tinder<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QrpDYN?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Bumble&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=QrpDYN&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Bumble<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/a5bxv5?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Hinge&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=a5bxv5&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Hinge<\/a> have also integrated AI features into the app, such as Tinder&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/tinder-updates-ai-chemistry-astrology-irl-events\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>AI matchmaker Chemistry<\/u><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/hinge-launches-ai-conversation-starters\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>Hinge&#8217;s AI Convo Starters<\/u><\/a> feature. Bumble is <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/bumble-is-officially-killing-the-swipe\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>eliminating its swipe feature<\/u><\/a> and ushering in a more <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/bumble-to-test-dates-bee-ai\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><u>AI-forward experience<\/u><\/a> by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>And just as <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QODvR8?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Tinder&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=QODvR8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Tinder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/QrpDYN?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=Bumble&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL&amp;short_url=QrpDYN&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Flife%2Fditto-ai-matchmaker-for-college-students\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Bumble<\/a> are leaning into in-person events despite utilizing the latest technology, though, so is Ditto, in the form of yacht parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-4.fill.size_2000x1333.v1785257438.png\" alt=\"two people smiling at the camera with ditto stickers\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-4.fill.size_800x533.v1785257438.png 800w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-4.fill.size_1400x933.v1785257438.png 1400w, https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/000X3l6c6eWYkhOaUA1n9WL\/images-4.fill.size_2000x1333.v1785257438.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\"\/><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: Ditto<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The team is just like super excited to be able to create these in real-life events and see people making new friends or like finding finding more loves during during these events,&#8221; he said. As of this writing, Ditto is hiring a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ditto.ai\/careers?ashby_jid=1afc5be7-8be6-4fae-b5e3-b3978b7ca49f\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>Chief Yacht Officer<\/u><\/a>.&#8221; Duties include planning 10 yacht parties across the U.S. and designing the event flow &#8220;to facilitate fun and meaningful blind-date connections between Ditto users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re also great marketing campaigns. In addition to yacht parties, Ditto also has run clubs, reading clubs, and walking clubs in San Francisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given technological advancement and changes in social culture, Liu believes Ditto is the next thing. According to him, it&#8217;s about time the next generation of social media \u2014 a lower-effort, higher-efficiency social network \u2014 is born.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are almost there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/artificial-intelligence\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Artificial Intelligence tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hinge&#8217;s founder recently left the app to start an AI matchmaking service, but he isn&#8217;t the only one with that startup idea. 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