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How Tinder Swiped Right on Customer Experience | Curtis Stevens (ex-Tinder)

How Tinder Swiped Right on Customer Experience | Curtis Stevens (ex-Tinder)

Update: 2025-10-28
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Today, we’re talking with Curtis Stevens, who, until recently, was Tinder’s Director of Product Consumer Insights, and prior to that held product leadership roles at Qualtrics, Amazon, and more.



In this episode, Curtis shares:




  • How AI can actually be a tool for human connection

  • His process behind Tinder’s transformation into customer-centricity, with real, measurable results

  • How to balance short-term user joy with long-term product innovation and future features

  • And how AI is driving customer experience changes faster than research can follow, and what you can do to keep up



Links



LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-b-stevens/



Chapters



00:00 : Intro

03:03 : Curtis Stevens' product journey

7:40 : Challenges and strategies in customer experience

14:54 : Curtis' journey workshops

20:41 : AI's role in customer research

27:41 : Conclusion



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How Tinder Swiped Right on Customer Experience | Curtis Stevens (ex-Tinder)

How Tinder Swiped Right on Customer Experience | Curtis Stevens (ex-Tinder)

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