Grindr LLC

Grindr LLC operates the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer adults. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California, the company is public, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as GRND, and employs fewer than 200 people. It describes its product direction as AI-native, evolving a geolocation-based dating and chat app into a broader platform it calls the "Global Gayborhood", covering connection, community, curated products, services, and information.

The scale of its technical infrastructure is substantial relative to the size of its engineering team. The app counts nearly 15 million monthly active users across 190 countries and territories, and carries more than 130 billion messages a year. Technical work spans AI and machine learning, mobile app development, geolocation technology, messaging infrastructure, and large-scale data platforms.

Beyond the core app, Grindr runs Grindr for Equality, an initiative active since 2015 that advances human rights, health, and safety for LGBTQ+ people through partnerships in every region of the world. The stated mission of the company is a world in which the lives of its global community are free, equal, and just. Offices are located in West Hollywood, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York.