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Can you engineer love? An AI scientist and a matchmaker on dating with intention | Summit 2026

About Rana

  • Founded MIT spinout Affectiva; sold in 2021
  • Host, Pioneers of AI podcast
  • Blue Tulip Ventures co-founder & managing partner
  • Harvard Business School executive fellow
  • Fortune 40 Under 40; Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech

About Francesca

  • Two-time TED speaker; talks on love/flirting viewed 2.8M+ times
  • Author of How to Find True Love
  • Founder of The True Love Society and Franny, an AI-powered love app
  • 13+ years in matchmaking, dating education, and coaching
  • Former corporate lawyer turned relationship expert

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Live at Masters of Scale Summit, Pioneers of AI host Rana el Kaliouby, Masters of Scale host Jeff Berman, and Francesca Hogi, founder of the True Love Society, ponder how to approach dating in 2026. They discuss how to balance engineering with serendipity to feel more agency in all our human relationships, and introduce us to the “Meet-Cute Mindset.”

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Can the “meet-cute” meet tech?
Pioneers of AI’s Rana el Kaliouby
The True Love Society’s Francesca Hogi
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