In SF, you’re either a founder, a VC, or dating one by accident.

If you think dating in San Francisco is doing well, this party probably isn’t for you. But for everyone else, the ones quietly frustrated, burnt out, or just bored, you’re not imagining it. It’s hard out there. When I started talking to people about a different way to date:

1,000 Singles in San Francisco are coming to Known’s party TONIGHT, cohosted by Vently. We were featured in The San Francisco Standard's best things to do this week, so hurry and RSVP below for drinks, mingling, and two fantastic DJ sets BEFORE WE SELL OUT. RSVP here:

Everyone says it’s impossible to find ppl to date in SF—so we put our startup to the test and threw a thousand person singles-only party. It started as a joke on our marketing team. Then a thousand people showed up. All onboarded to Known.

People say it’s impossible to date in SF but I was able to get a THOUSAND singles to onboard and attend our launch party. They spoke with our AI matchmaker to get approved. Watch the recap here: linkedin.com/posts/celeste-…

So much of life is dating (numbers games where you are not everyone or even most ppls cups of tea). It’s all become one big metaphor for me: fundraising, hiring, and ofc building my dating startup

We’re using AI to set people up on dates in SF but need YOUR opinion on pricing. What’s the max you would pay to go on a date you will actually like?

I think startup twitter is distorting founders AND investors minds. I had an investor tell me I need to focus on growing my following here for the next raise? Product over vanity metrics any day.

What do you guys think is the #1 marker of compatibility is for new couples? Known is on a mission to find out!

Ai is creating a generation of people who can’t write competently which is one step away from not being able to think competently

Lesson I learned quickly as a first time founder: people will tell you almost anything if you ask the right way in an interview. Key to hiring is asking hyperspetfic questions. If you don’t know where to start read WHO

Update: AI matchmaking is blowing up this summer ❤️‍🔥 I'm seeing so much content about new apps that use AI to find your perfect match - like Known, Sitch, Ditto. They often use AI phone agents to get detailed info on users - and some claim to run simulations on first convos 👀

Thanks Justine Moore for the shout out!! We started Known in May and have already onboarded thousands of SF singles. If you are single in SF try knowndating.com