"Users are finding people who look just like their exes, and like celebrities; so far, it's working really well," Ahrens said. Ahrens noted that helping users finding visually curated sexy-friends wasn't his only goal with the app. Credit: Dating.aiAs Ahrens explained, the app leverages a developer API called Haystack, which allows developers to use the technology for different applications. According to Ahrens, a search engine for faces rather than for terms like "surfer girl" is really all that his app is, albeit somewhat slower. He noted that the app asks users to only upload photos that they have the right to upload, which is"pretty standard," according to Ahrens.

Source: Forbes June 24, 2017 00:36 UTC