₊˚⊹➷♡ The Future of Relationship Tech ₊˚⊹➷♡ The way we define relationships is changing. Gender-fluid, relationship-fluid, people are getting married less, divorcing more, and having fewer—if… | Amber Atherton

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₊˚⊹➷♡ The Future of Relationship Tech ₊˚⊹➷♡ The way we define relationships is changing. Gender-fluid, relationship-fluid, people are getting married less, divorcing more, and having fewer—if any—children. Yet connecting people to each other is one of the greatest uses of the internet. In 1995, Match.com ushered in the era of online dating. What was once taboo—meeting your partner online—has become the default. From casual encounters to serious relationships, an abundance of startups have emerged and grown to venture scale over the last 30 years in the dating space. But this legacy generation of products no longer fits how people want to build relationships today. Dating as a category needs a rebrand, and the time is now to do it. Link to read below the four areas where I see breakout consumer businesses being built in relationship tech ˋ°•*⁀➷ ((Image Credit 222 Keyan Kazemian )) with thanks to my Patron partners Jason Yeh & Brian Cho and to my proofreader and husband Vishal Lugani

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Amber Atherton 9mo

Link to read: https://patron.fund/blog/future-relationship-tech/

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keyan K. 9mo

obviously we're big believers in #2 & #3 strongly disagree with AI virtual companions/friends retreating into a fully virtual world where we've replaced even a small percentage of offline interaction with AI friends is one of humanity's great filters there are enough people living in close proximity in the vast majority of cities and towns around the world - a meaningful IRL social interaction should be a tap of a button away we're building that future - https://222.place