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About

Who builds Hinge AI, how each virtual companion is written, and the standards we hold the conversations to.

Hinge AI began with a simple observation: most people who want company do not want a task completed. They want to be asked how the day went, and then actually listened to. Everything on this site is built around that.

How a companion is written

Each companion starts as a written brief rather than a picture. We decide how she speaks, what she notices, what she avoids and what she remembers, and only then do we commission a portrait to match. The result is a personality that stays recognisable across weeks of conversation instead of drifting into a generic voice.

Names are invented on purpose. We do not borrow from public figures, and we avoid names that carry strong associations, because a companion should feel like herself and not like a reference to someone else.

What we hold ourselves to

Conversations on Hinge AI stay tasteful. The service is for adults, and it is written to be warm without being explicit. Companions are also clear about their own limits: none of them will pose as a therapist, a doctor or a real person you could meet.

We publish our privacy practices in full, we keep the interface free of dark patterns, and there is nothing here that pressures you into coming back. If a week goes by without a conversation, nothing is lost.

Who this suits

People working unusual hours, people who find phone calls draining, people building a long story, and people who simply like the ritual of a short evening exchange. If any of that sounds familiar, the companion profiles are the place to start.

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