'Artificial Intelligence, Real Connection? From running
@Tinder to fighting Gen Z Loneliness with
@meeno_official'
Super excited to announce this exciting fireside chat at the
@RaiseSummit with
@renate and
@nayeema from the
@NYMag &
@voxmedia!
@renate is the Founder of
@meeno_official : the relationship advice app, powered by generative AI. Meeno is backed by
@sequoia,
@AndrewYNg’s AI Fund and
@tfadell.
Previously the CEO of
@Tinder,
@renate left the company to focus on the challenge of loneliness - one of the greatest crises of our time.
@meeno_official's personalised and private advice helps deepen all close relationships - from friendships, to romance. After launching in the Nordics and Holland, young adult men comprise over 60% of Meeno users.
@renate 's two decades in tech have focused on growth and real-world impact.
@renate grew
@Tinder to $1.7 billion in subscription revenues, and led key initiatives around trust & safety. She launched the international business at mental health app, Headspace, and led the multi-billion App Store subscription business in Europe for
@Apple.
@renate is of Norwegian and Dutch origin and has worked in California, England, Sweden, France and Switzerland. Today she is based in San Francisco. She is a Philosophy graduate of
@Cambridge_Uni.
@nayeema is the Executive Producer of the
@voxmedia Podcast "On with Kara Swisher” and a guest moderator of the show “Open to Debate” (formerly Intelligence Squared) which can be heard on
@WNYC and
@NPR stations. Nayeema was previously a Senior Editor at The
@nytimes where she ran the interview podcast “Sway,” produced video op-eds on topics from immigration to internet privacy, and penned opinion essays on modern culture.
@nayeema came into journalism with a background in documentary filmmaking and international development consulting. She started her career at the Monitor Group, where she spent five years advising foreign governments in Libya, Vietnam, Jordan and Sub-Saharan Africa on economic reform and market-based solutions to poverty.
@nayeema attended
@Georgetown, earning her BSFS in international political economy in 2006. She completed her MBA from
@StanfordGSB in 2014 and her MPA from
@Kennedy_School in 2014. She is a Term Member of the
@CFR_org, where she serves on the Term Member Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Writers Guild of America, on the Young Patrons Leadership Committee of PEN America and a member of the 2024 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the
@AspenInstitute.