
Meeno helps young adults build confidence and flirt in real life through daily playful challenges and practice sessions. The app uses an AI-driven, voice-based sparring partner and tailored coaching exercises to simulate real-world interactions and give corrective feedback. Meeno is a consumer mobile app in the relationship mentoring and vertical AI category focused on Gen Z and young adults. The product emphasizes in-person social skills training rather than dating listings and functions as behavioral coaching.

Meeno helps young adults build confidence and flirt in real life through daily playful challenges and practice sessions. The app uses an AI-driven, voice-based sparring partner and tailored coaching exercises to simulate real-world interactions and give corrective feedback. Meeno is a consumer mobile app in the relationship mentoring and vertical AI category focused on Gen Z and young adults. The product emphasizes in-person social skills training rather than dating listings and functions as behavioral coaching.
Product: AI-powered relationship mentoring app focused on in-person social skills for young adults
Founder: Renate Nyborg (founder & CEO)
Funding: Raised ~ $5M across pre-seed and seed (seed led by Sequoia Capital)
Launch / Availability: iOS app launched in multiple countries (Australia & New Zealand noted)
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Relationship mentoring and social-skills training (behavioral coaching emphasizing in-person interactions rather than dating listings).
2023
Data and Analytics
3900000
Seed round reported at $3.9M; participants included AI Fund and NEA
Pre-seed round reported in April 2023; combined total funding reported near $5M
“Backed by prominent AI and venture investors including Sequoia Capital, AI Fund (Andrew Ng), and New Enterprise Associates (NEA)”
New York
AI Fund – Meeno /
Full time /
On-site
About Meeno Backed by Sequoia Capital, AI Fund & NEA, and founded by the former CEO of Tinder, Meeno helps people build real-world social courage through voice-based practice: 1-minute scenes, instant scoring, and personalized feedback.
Not a dating app. Not a companion. Not therapy. IRL reps to help Gen Z meet people IRL.
What You'll Do
Co-design product vision in close partnership with Meeno’s team:
Build core AI product primitives:
Architect for speed + iteration (weekly experiments, not quarterly releases).
Set the engineering bar:
Hire and mentor engineers as we scale:
What We're Looking For
Green Flags (not Requirements)
You won't pass the vibe check if...
What Success Looks Like (first 6 Months)
$180,000 - $220,000 a year
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.