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George Arison tells Bloomberg Grindr's new premium AI tier (tested at $80/month, up to $375) will be the driver of the company's revenue growth in 2027 and 2028.
For us, we've said publicly, this is going to be the driver of revenue growth in 27 and 28.
George Arison tells Bloomberg AI will ultimately be a big benefit to dating products like Grindr by enabling better matches across a wider geography, with some growing pains.
So I think AI is going to be ultimately a big benefit to products like us.
George Arison tells Bloomberg Grindr's engineering productivity is up at least 2.5x with headcount up only 15%, thanks to AI coding agents.
We have increased our end productivity by minimum 2.5x with a team only growing 15%.
George Arison tells Bloomberg Grindr will hire roughly 20 fewer engineers than planned in 2026 because of AI productivity, with no AI-driven layoffs.
So we haven't fired anybody, but we're going to hire roughly 20 less engineers than we had planned this year because we are getting so much productivity from the team.
George Arison tells Bloomberg Grindr is guiding to roughly a 42.5% margin for 2026 and would rather reinvest AI savings in product than push it higher.
I think we're guiding the year to be like what, 42 and a half.
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