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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

We may have a name for the upcoming Samsung tri-fold phone | usagoldmines.com


  • The Samsung tri-fold could be called the Galaxy G Fold
  • Samsung teased the phone last month
  • We’re expecting a launch to happen sometime this year

As well as unveiling the Galaxy S25 phones last month, Samsung also teased a new tri-fold foldable phone (or multi-fold foldable, if you prefer). Now a new leak may have revealed the name Samsung is going to give this upcoming handset.

According to seasoned tipster Yeux1122 (via Android Authority), the new phone is going to be called the Samsung G Fold – which would fit in with the naming series Samsung currently uses for the Galaxy Z Fold 6.

What exactly the ‘G’ stands for here isn’t clear, but it doesn’t really matter. The letter ‘Z’ would actually be more appropriate for a foldable device with two hinges and three panels, but that moniker is of course already taken.

All this comes after we had the launch of the Huawei Mate XT last year. The talk is that Huawei is working on more foldables with this form factor, so it looks as though the tri-fold or multi-fold phone is here to stay.

The story so far

Huawei Mate XT

The Huawei Mate XT tri-fold (Image credit: Huawei)

While Samsung has now teased a tri-fold phone, we don’t have any more official details – so we’re relying on leaks and rumors to figure out what to expect when the Samsung G Fold (if that is its name) finally sees the light of day.

Most signs are pointing to a launch sometime during 2025, quite possibly alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 in the middle of the year – in fact we might get as many as four foldables from Samsung in 2025.

Based on published Samsung patents, we know the tri-fold device might come with a foldable battery too, possibly extending the time between charges (and also perhaps adding some bulk to the overall form factor).

A screen size of around 9-10 inches has been predicted, and the Samsung phone could well fold inwards, unlike the Huawei Mate XT – so a second screen would be required on the back of the handset to be used when the handset was closed shut.

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