{"id":454463,"date":"2026-09-05T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454463\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:02:02","slug":"new-san-francisco-hot-list-ranks-the-citys-most-dateable-techies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454463\/","title":{"rendered":"New San Francisco \u2018Hot List\u2019 ranks the city\u2019s most \u2018dateable\u2019 techies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new website has ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/09\/business\/techies-and-financiers-flush-with-ai-cash-race-to-buy-private-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u2019s<\/a> most \u201cdateable\u201d tech hotties \u2014 but not everyone has hearts in their eyes. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSan Francisco Hot List,\u201d created by dating-app entrepreneur Celeste Amadon, features a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/02\/us-news\/tech-bros-ai-fund-collapses-days-before-lavish-california-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">techies<\/a> nominated by peers for their extraordinary combination of beauty and brains.<\/p>\n<p>Celeste Amadon has compiled a list of San Francisco\u2019s most dateable people, known as San Francisco\u2019s Hot List. X\/@Celesteamadon<\/p>\n<p>The selection criteria included attraction, ambition, accomplishment, reputation and \u201caura,\u201d according to Amadon, who co-founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/known.com\/hotlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dating app Known<\/a>, a \u201cswipeless\u201d dating app that uses AI to match users.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the knockouts deemed hot enough for the list \u2014\u00a019 total as of Thursday \u2014 are tech founders or engineers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/03\/real-estate\/ai-wealth-is-creating-a-mansion-shortage-in-san-francisco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city\u2019s booming artificial intelligence sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The picks included Dara Ladjevardian \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/15\/lifestyle\/people-making-digital-clones-of-themselves-to-do-their-work\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">founder of Delphi<\/a>, which is touted as the world\u2019s first \u201cdigital cloning platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dara Ladjevardian, founder of Delphi.<\/p>\n<p>Google employee Ariana Pineda.<\/p>\n<p>Others on the list include Google employee Ariana Pineda, Liquid Labs founder Enzo Coglitore and Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, CEO of Artisan, an AI firm behind a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/21\/us-news\/stop-hiring-humans-ai-ad-sparks-backlash-in-nyc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">widely despised billboard campaign<\/a> urging companies to \u201cstop hiring humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amadon\u2019s Monday post on X teasing the list had attracted more than 2.4 million views as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>While some praised the dating guru\u2019s marketing acumen, others branded the list \u201crage bait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Engineer Madison Kanna. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single thing that comes out of this god forsaken hellhole is so f\u2014ing cringe it\u2019s actually insane,\u201d wrote one person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vers_laLune\/status\/2094592517333189016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate to be the guy, but if they are so dateable, how come they are single?\u201d Aleks Bykhun, a fellow San Francisco techie, wondered.<\/p>\n<p>Others echoed the oft-repeated joke that the city is a far cry from metros like Los Angeles or New York City in the looks department.<\/p>\n<p>Tech founder Enzo Coglitore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis list is literally just your average Tuesday at an Erewhon hot bar line,\u201d wrote one Los Angeles-based <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jeffinvenice\/status\/2095318280349348250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tech founder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the AI sector has pushed San Francisco housing demand to dizzying new heights as median rents for a 2-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/san-francisco-median-2-bedroom-rent-6000-month-july-2026-zumper-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bedroom top $6,000 per month<\/a> and realtors report a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/01\/real-estate\/ai-millionaire-boom-creates-sf-mansion-shortage-in-tech-hub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">severe shortage of mansions<\/a> to house a bumper crop of tech millionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener 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