The Brief
- Two Stanford dropouts have raised more than $10M to launch a new AI-powered dating app.
- The app is called Known and uses voice-based AI technology.
- Users undergo AI interviews as part of the onboarding process.
SAN FRANCISCO – Two 22-year-old Stanford dropouts have raised more than $10 million on a quest to revolutionize online dating, eliminating the swiping model and using artificial intelligence to optimize the chance of striking a successful, real-life connection.
Celeste Amadon and Asher Allen are co-founders of the new dating app Known, which launched out of San Francisco in mid-February. The concept gets down to the basics, by starting out with a deep understanding of the app’s users to determine compatibility.
On its website, Known challenges the way things have been done up to now, saying they don’t work.…