Sam Yagan

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Co-founder of venture fund that invested in Clarifai

In 2014, OkCupid quietly funneled nearly three million user photos, along with demographic and location data, to Clarifai, a facial recognition startup backed by OkCupid's own co-founders. Users never consented, and OkCupid's privacy policy said this wouldn't happen. When a New York Times article exposed the arrangement five years later, OkCupid publicly denied it.

Updated May 30