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Dating Apps Are Broken. Bumble's CEO on What Comes Next. | Whitney Wolfe Herd | The Interview
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Whitney Wolfe HerdVoiceRank 23Hosted by
David Marchese&Lulu Garcia-NavarroTranscript·8,039 words
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16mo ago
May 10, 2025
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48m
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With its stock price falling and Gen Z souring on finding love online, the dating app Bumble has been struggling. Its founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd stepped down as CEO — but after a little more than a year away, she’s back with a plan to turn Bumble’s fortunes around. For more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/magazine/whitney-wolfe-herd-interview.html Subscribe to NYT Audio: https://bit.ly/3Qz3GZu Download the NYT App: https://bit.ly/4gZdoip Watch more @NYTPodcasts #theinterview
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:00Time away from Bumble
- 5:02The decision to return to Bumble
- 8:15Bumble as “Feminist Tinder”
- 10:27On the “girl boss” narrative
- 15:50How the lawsuit against Tinder impacted Herd, professionally
- 21:20Tech optimism
- 23:15Bumble’s dip in user growth
- 27:33Gen Z and dating apps
- 30:32AI and dating apps
- 38:20The state of female leadership in tech
- 41:36The tech industry’s shift away from politics
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