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Bumble is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth about $1 billion, Reuters reported on Monday, October 12, 2026. Ithaca Holdings is the prospective buyer. The talks come as Bumble tries to win back users with AI. Neither company has confirmed a deal. Both declined to comment. Still, Bumble shares surged roughly 50% to $3.80 that Monday, their biggest one-day percentage gain on record. A $1 billion price tag for a $14 billion debut Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble went public in 2021 at a valuation of about $14 billion. Five years later, the proposed price tells a very different story. Paolo Pescatore, an analyst for PP Foresight, said the potential agreement is proof of Bumble’s difficulties, adding that: Going private looks less like a strategic masterstroke and more like an admission that Bumble’s current strategy is failing. The numbers a buyer would inherit Bumble’s Q2 results indicate the reasons for the investors’ concerns. Its revenue declined by 15.2% year-over-year to $210.5 million. The number of paying users also dropped by 16.4% to 3.2 million. Bumble reported a net loss of $127.9 million of which $169.3 million were impairment charges, even though the adjusted EBITDA represented $72.9 million. The slide started earlier. In 2025, the company registered a near 10% drop in revenue that amounted to approximately $966 million, while its paying user base declined by more than 11% to approximately 3.7 million. Bumble Revenue and Paying Users Decline in 2025 and Q2 2026 Industry fatigue, or a Bumble problem Bumble’s competitor, Match Group, appears to be doing better as revenue fell only 1% to $853 million in the second quarter. Meanwhile, net income increased by 36% to $171 million. Tinder also showed signs of improvement. Daily active users dropped by only 4% year-on-year, which was the smallest decline in the last 10 quarters. Hinge’s revenue has increased by 22%. Match aims to bring Hinge’s annual revenue to $1 billion by 2027. Dating-app fatigue remains a challenge. But Match’s results suggest Bumble’s issues range beyond just the users getting bored with swiping. Bumble vs Match Group Q2 2026: Revenue, Profit and User Trends Can AI pull users back, or push them away Bumble hopes its AI-led Bumble 2.0 can change that. The redesign brings richer, chapter-style profiles and the possibility of swipe-free dating. Its March unveiling helped send shares up more than 40%. Wolfe Herd had earlier floated AI dating concierges, as Cryptopolitan reported. Whether users want that help is less clear. A peer-reviewed study suggests confidence in algorithms can encourage AI dating adoption. Yet an SSRN working paper reported 54% fewer usage minutes and 62% fewer app openings among the AI adopters studied. Those findings do not represent all daters. At the same time, less expensive AI will make companion chatbots more attractive than dating apps. However, the use of these chatbots raises privacy and security issues, as noted by the Congressional Research Service. The opportunity remains substantial: Grand View Research estimates a $10.7 billion global dating-app market in 2026, reaching $17.9 billion by 2033. The challenge is converting AI features into users who stay, pay, and trust the platform Micah Abiodun | usagoldmines.com
October 13, 2026

This compact OLED gaming laptop with RTX 4060 is $500 off today | usagoldmines.com

Even in 2025, it can be hard to find a gaming laptop on the smaller side. That’s why the 14-inch Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is so popular. And right now, the 2024 model of this powerful gaming laptop in a surprisingly compact package is a stunning $500 off at Best Buy.

The OLED screen is the definite highlight for me, offering a 2880×1800 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 500 nits of brightness to make games and movies absolutely pop. The 8-core Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU is one of the fastest laptop chips available in consumer designs. And while the discrete GeForce RTX 4060 card isn’t quite as high-end, that AMD-Nvidia combo should be able to handle even the most intense games with a little tweaking of the settings.

1TB of storage is nice, but 16GB of DDR5 RAM isn’t a ton for a gaming laptop at this price. Luckily you can upgrade both, though only one RAM slot is user-accessible, so be sure to spring for that single SO-DIMM. You can read about the awkward RAM options in our Editors’ Choice review of the laptop, keeping in mind that our review model was a slightly older variant with a Ryzen 6900HS.

The Zephyrus G14 can double as a creator or student laptop, with easy access to two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, a full-sized HDMI port, and even a microSD card reader. If it has a weakness, it’s battery life — even with a 74 watt-hour tank, this thing can burn through it in 6 to 8 hours of normal use. And that’s without any serious gaming. Bring that power adapter along if you intend to have fun on the go.

The list price on this 2024 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is $1,600, but Best Buy’s sale brings it down to $1,100. High-end gaming laptops aren’t the fastest movers in the market, so this price might stick around. Still, if you’re hot on it, do grab it while you can.

Save 31% on this powerful Asus Ryzen RTX gaming laptop

 

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