The Hinge founder’s new dating app lets AI be your matchmaker. There’s already a waitlist

Nearly 15 years ago, Justin McLeod founded Hinge, now known as “the dating app designed to be deleted.” Hinge stands out in the dating app landscape for prioritizing long-term connections over superficial snap decisions—but ultimately, it still relies on users responding to others’ prompts to show interest in potential matches. McLeod is setting out to change that. Not with an update to Hinge, but with an entirely new take on the dating app industry. In December of last year, he left Hinge to start a new AI-infused matchmaking company called Overtone. This week, he announced that he’s raise...