San Francisco launches AI-focused 'dateable' tech personalities list, sparks online backlash
A new ranking of San Francisco’s most “dateable” tech figures, compiled by dating-app founder Celeste Amadon, has drawn both curiosity and sharp criticism on social media.
Dating-app entrepreneur Celeste Amadon released a new “San Francisco Hot List,” ranking 19 tech professionals deemed both attractive and accomplished, based on criteria such as ambition, reputation and personal “aura.” The list, promoted on X, quickly amassed more than 2.4 million views and includes AI-focused founders and engineers like Delphi’s Dara Ladjevardian, Google’s Ariana Pineda, Liquid Labs founder Enzo Coglitore and Artisan’s Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, whose firm is known for a controversial anti-human-hiring billboard.
While some praised Amadon’s marketing flair, many social-media users slammed the ranking as “rage bait,” questioning why these supposedly “dateable” people are still single and ridiculing San Francisco’s dating scene. One commentator from Los Angeles likened the list to a typical line at a trendy health-food bar. The controversy emerges amid a housing crunch driven by the AI boom, with median rents for a two-bedroom unit climbing to roughly $6,000 per month and a shortage of large homes for newly wealthy tech workers.
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