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From Swipe to Scale: How Tinder Became #1

In 1995, just 2% of couples met online. Today, that number has surged to over 50%, making online dating the top way couples connect. In this episode, a16z General Partner Andrew Chen chats with Tinder founder Sean Rad about how he built an app that changed culture. Sean shares why seamless experiences matter, how startups often get marketing wrong, and how Tinder became the catalyst for online dating's explosive growth.

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  The Longevity Imperative: Redefining the Way We Age

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  Rebuilding America's Industrial Backbone

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  Autonomy Across Air, Land, and Sea

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  State of Crypto 2024: Builder Energy, U.S. Election, Stablecoins, AI, More

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  Tesla's Road Ahead: The Bitter Lesson in Robotics

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  The Story of Apple Pay with Jennifer Bailey

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  Building a Thriving AI Ecosystem with Lisa Su

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  The Deepfake Dilemma: The Technology, Policy, and Economy

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  A Big Week in Tech: NotebookLM, OpenAI’s Speech API, & Custom Audio

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  Human Data is Key to AI: Alex Wang from Scale AI

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  The Frontier of Spatial Intelligence with Fei-Fei Li

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  Apple’s Big Reveals, OpenAI’s Multi-Step Models, and Firefly Does Video

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  Grand Challenges in Healthcare AI

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  Governing democracy, the internet, and boardrooms

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  It’s Time to Build in Healthcare