AI dating app Known stages viral 'SF Hot List' ranking stunt
kyliebytes · x · 2026-09-06
Per SF Standard, this week's viral buzz about an 'invasion of hot girls' in San Francisco was actually a marketing stunt by AI dating startup Known. Founded by Stanford dropout Celeste Amadon and backed with $9.7 million, the matchmaking app published a public 'San Francisco's Hot List' ranking the city's most dateable people on 'Attraction. Ambition. Accomplishment. Reputation. Aura' to hack press coverage.
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