Bizzare Facts

If there is a story that perfectly captures the unpredictable, darkly comedic chaos of the dating world, it's this one. **Gary Kremen**, the pioneering entrepreneur who founded the seminal online dating service **Match.com** in **1993**, watched as the technology he created turned against him in the most personal way possible. He became a casualty of his own successful algorithm.

The ultimate irony struck when his then-girlfriend used the dating service he designed and left him for another man she met on the site. Kremen's creation was *too* successful, working exactly as intended to connect people—even if it meant disconnecting him. It was a bizarre twist of fate that proved the efficacy of his business model while simultaneously delivering a brutal personal lesson.

Kremen later philosophically acknowledged the bizarre irony, comparing himself to an 'arms dealer' whose weapons were eventually used against him. This strange piece of dating lore became an iconic Silicon Valley anecdote, serving as a cautionary tale that no one, not even the creator, is immune to the unpredictable forces unleashed by digital connection.