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Grindr is an AI-native consumer technology company shaping how millions in the gay community connect, express themselves, and navigate their lives in real time. With 15M+ monthly active users across 190+ countries, we're building the digital infrastructure for gay life – from connections and companionship to health, travel, and beyond. We use machine learning and AI across our product and platform to solve complex problems at scale, including connection relevance, safety, personalization, discovery, and trust. AI is built directly into how we design, build, and ship. We develop these systems responsibly, with a strong focus on user safety and tailored for the real experiences of millions who use Grindr every day. We're a profitable, publicly traded company. Every time we outperform, we prove what's possible when mission and business align. This isn't social work - it's impact through excellence. Every dollar we earn proves what our community can build and achieve. Join us in building technology that serves our community and changes what's possible.

Getting together with real people in real life makes powerful things happen. Side hustles become careers, ideas become movements, and chance encounters become lifelong connections. Meetup brings people together to create thriving communities. Show up. Change lives. To continue to help these tight-knit communities grow -- and to help new ones form -- we are rapidly growing our teams to maximize our impact on lives. We're ready to reshape and rebuild Meetup for the mobile, global future, and to craft experiences that echo the amazing feeling of going to a great Meetup event in real life. Our team is bold, supportive, and passionate about bringing people together in real life to create community for everyone. We care about moving fast, real-world change, and building diverse, dynamic teams. You in?

A pioneer in modern dating since 2006, with one of the world's largest and most geographically diverse communities, Badoo is a freemium service, which offers additional premium subscriptions to members.