Founder of queer dating app Goose quits after AI controversy

Source: Advocate.com· Dawn Ennis· August 19, 2026

This story originally appeared on Out.Just weeks after launching a new gay dating app billed as "social-first" and "anti-algorithm," Derek Chadwick has revealed he quit Goose last week over a conflict of "vision for where this should go and the direction the …

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