Changing the tune on dating apps: Tech vet wants to connect people through their taste in music
- ByStartupStory | December 28, 2021
Remember making a mix tape for someone you were dating? What if the mix tape — or your musical taste — was the reason you were dating?
That’s the premise behind Beatmatch, a new dating app for music lovers who can make a potential love connection over a particular song or artists or upcoming concert.
Chudi Iregbulem is the founder and CEO of Beatmatch. He spent just over four years at Amazon Web Services in Seattle as a developer and product manager before leaving in August to pursue his startup full time. He’s since moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles, but he has a small team working on Beatmatch in Seattle and the city will be the launching point for the beta version of the app on Jan. 1.
Iregbulem is a DJ with a clear appreciation for how relationships can begin with and be enhanced by shared musical interests.
“Music is so important, so instrumental in our lives,” he said. “The goal is to create a conversation around music.”
While it certainly might sound romantic in an analogue kind of way to bump into love while flipping through albums at an actual record store, the digital age and mobile
apps can speed the process.
Beatmatch works by syncing with your activity on Spotify or Apple Music and learning what you like to listen to. The app’s algorithm finds listeners with similar tastes and makes recommendations for potential connections. Users can seek a match and begin the dialogue by commenting on songs or records or anything else that might strike the right tone in an app centered around music.
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