who created tinder

Tinder was created by a team led by Sean Rad. Sean Rad launched Tinder in 2012 after developing the idea during a hackathon at the Hatch Labs incubator. The original prototype was called MatchBox, created with engineer Joe Munoz, and later renamed Tinder. The founding team also included co-founders Jonathan Badeen, Justin Mateen, Whitney Wolfe, and Chris Gylczynski, who all contributed to the app's development and growth. Sean Rad is often credited as the main founder and inventor of Tinder’s key features, including the "double opt-in" system where users must mutually match before messaging.