{"id":893900,"date":"2026-10-25T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893900\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:48:10","slug":"sf-tech-workers-launches-ai-matchmaker-for-ambitious-girlies-to-find-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893900\/","title":{"rendered":"SF tech workers launches AI matchmaker for ambitious &#8216;girlies&#8217; to find friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A worker for an AI dating startup announced that she launched a new friend-finding service for \u201cambitious\u201d women in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/02\/tech\/silicon-valley-techies-go-from-350k-salaries-to-begging-for-jobs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elsacai.com\/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAae99W1pg_Ccx9HfK18eA9ut9YqvelOQy8i4W7vvCL7QAdd8Y_5IvuOdl1KTvA_aem_999uWY3vGJu5pZhhDQEEfQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elsa Cai, <\/a>a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/16\/lifestyle\/bulgari-taps-mary-katrantzou-as-its-first-accessories-creative-director\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">creative director<\/a> at dating startup Ditto, wrote on X that ever since she moved to San Francisco, \u201cmy world has been all work. Talking about agents all day and spending 90% of my time with my engineers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cai wanted to connect with more women in the male-dominated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/20\/us-news\/the-swashbuckling-tech-bros-who-upended-the-way-we-fight-wars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tech space<\/a>, she explained, so she built Bay Area Bestie, a platform that offers users a new platonic match each week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41502940\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/elsaprofitable-ever-since-i-moved-146353160.jpg\" alt=\"Elsa Cai seated at a restaurant table with half-eaten food.\" class=\"wp-image-41502940\"\/>Elsa Cai. Instagram\/@_elsacai<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBay Area Bestie: a way for young, ambitious girls in the bay to find each other,\u201d she wrote. \u201cFor the girlies who want to build big things and have friends to do life with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She made her announcement alongside a photo of herself posing with member of her college sorority.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ditto\u2019s website, all adults \u2014 not just women \u2014 can sign up for the AI-powered friend-matching service. Users need to a work or school email address for identity verification purposes, and they can tell the AI agent what kind of person they want to meet. Matches then get served up on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41502949\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/elsaprofitable-ever-since-i-moved-146353183.jpg\" alt=\"Elsa Cai posing with a group of young women outdoors on brick steps beneath a pergola.\" class=\"wp-image-41502949\"\/>Elsa Cai posted this photo alongside her announcement. X\/@elsaprofitable<\/p>\n<p>The entire service is free, according to the website.<\/p>\n<p>Allen Wang, a co-founder at Ditto,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AllenWangzian\/status\/2114072111883182566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> claimed <\/a>that Bay Area Besties already had more than 250 sign-ups under ten hours.<\/p>\n<p>Cai curiously announced the launch while sharing a story about San Francisco\u2019s \u201chot girl bubble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PirateWires\/status\/2113016810270556289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">That article<\/a> covers the phenomenon of gorgeous women \u201cflocking to the city\u201d as companies flush with cash from 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\">AI boom<\/a> hire them to charm investors and clients.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ever since i moved to sf, my world has been all work. talking about agents all day and spending 90% of my time with my engineers.<\/p>\n<p>i wanted more girl friends in that world, so today i built bay area bestie: a way for young, ambitious girls in the bay to find each other.<\/p>\n<p>a new\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8PKPOJQSz2\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/8PKPOJQSz2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XbfxMP95Dn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XbfxMP95Dn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elsa Cai (@elsaprofitable) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elsaprofitable\/status\/2113846846808588795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/13\/tech\/goldigging-gals-are-flocking-to-silicon-valley-to-land-rich-husbands-in-ai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Post previously reported<\/a> that Chinese and Chinese-American women are flocking to Silicon Valley from across the country and around the globe with the aim of landing a husband who works in AI.<\/p>\n<p>Dating in San Francisco has become a particularly fraught subject, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/25\/tech\/inside-the-world-of-california-startups-corgi-girls-unhinged-dating-demands-bizarre-posts-and-outrageous-online-behavior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with one employee at a startup going viral<\/a> for her laundry list of dating must-haves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/uc-berkeley-dropouts-launch-dating-service-kill-tinder-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ditto<\/a> \u2014 which was launched by two UC Berkeley dropouts for college students in the area \u2014 seems poised take advantage of tech workers\u2019 dating woes, boasting that it has arranged more than 80,000 dates and had a 67% success rate.<\/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\" 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