EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 28 MIN
The End of Swiping? How Dating is about to change forever
from What's Uptin? · host Uptin
Everyone says dating is broken. But is the problem the people, the paradox of choice, or the app itself?Uptin sits down with Mark Kantor, Head of Product at Tinder, to find out how one of the world's most recognizable dating apps is quietly reinventing itself. From AI that scans your camera roll to figure out who you really are, to a new feature called Chemistry that could replace swiping altogether. Tinder is making some of its biggest bets yet.The conversation gets into the tension at the heart of it all: how do you build a product whose ultimate success is the user deleting it? Mark also shares why Tinder introduced face verification in California, what Gen Z actually wants from dating apps, and whether AI will ever be able to capture that elusive third stage of compatibility.
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Everyone says dating is broken. But is the problem the people, the paradox of choice, or the app itself?Uptin sits down with Mark Kantor, Head of Product at Tinder, to find out how one of the world's most recognizable dating apps is quietly reinventing itself. From AI that scans your camera roll to figure out who you really are, to a new feature called Chemistry that could replace swiping altogether. Tinder is making some of its biggest bets yet.The conversation gets into the tension at the heart of it all: how do you build a product whose ultimate success is the user deleting it? Mark also shares why Tinder introduced face verification in California, what Gen Z actually wants from dating apps, and whether AI will ever be able to capture that elusive third stage of compatibility.
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