Hinge founders AI matchmaker coming later this year
Yesterday, Hinge founder Justin McLeod shared more details about his next venture, an AI matchmaking service called Overtone. McLeod announced his departure from Hinge back in Dec. 2025 to focus on Overtone, which he plans to launch later this year in select locations. (You can put yourself on the waitlist if you're interested.) SEE ALSO: Your friends can now add to your Hinge profile "Overtone is not a dating app," McLeod wrote in the latest blog post . "By that I mean it's not a social platform with profiles that reduce people to stats, quotes and photos. There are no opaque, algorithmic feeds trained on split-second impulses. And there’s no juggling likes, matches and chats across many people at once." Rather, the post goes on, Overtone is a service. McLeod promises Overtone will make only introductions "worth making" and will explain why someone is a match. He wants to bring back mat...