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Grindr’s Slinging Pills, WTF Is Meta Doing (Again), and You Still Need a New Job

🛸 sextech jobs, events, news and investments

👋HEY ALL!

This week in sextech is wild 😮💨 A wearable ring claims it can catch cheaters, Meta’s AI chatbots are talking sex, and in a genius move by Grindr, the company just launched an ED meds service called Woodwork (that name!).

🎯 Job hunting? We’ve rounded up 52 new openings across the industry—scroll for highlights or unlock the full list here.

🎪 And events? It's giving global sextech summer. From Melbourne to London to Hong Kong, the calendar is stacked!

ICYMI: Here’s a quick recap of last week’s SxTech EU action 👇

Read on for:

🔥 this week in sextech

💼 job openings

🎪 events

💰 investments

— Bryony

🔥 THIS WEEK IN SEXTECH

  • 🕵️♂️ Wearable Ring Promises to Catch Cheaters

  • 🤖 Meta's AI Chatbots Will Talk Sex, Even With Kids

  • 🌸 Dr. Rica Cruz Fights Sex Ed Stigma With Unprude

  • 💊 Grindr Launches Woodwork, Sells ED Meds to LGBTQ Users Nationwide

🕵️♂️ New Ring Promises to Catch Cheaters-But Raises Privacy Alarms

🤖 Meta's AI Chatbots Will Talk Sex-Even With Kids, Employees Warn

🌸 Dr. Rica Cruz Fights Sex Ed Stigma With Unprude

💊 Grindr Launches Woodwork, Sells ED Meds to LGBTQ Users

💼 HOT JOBS

🇺🇸 VDOM Ambassador, VDOM Inc. [Apply]

🇺🇸 Events Manager, Institute for Women's Policy Research [Apply]

🇬🇧 Volunteer Website & Comms Manager, School of Sexuality Education [Apply]

🇩🇪 Website & Content Management Assistant, Beducated [Apply]

+50 more...

🎪 EVENTS

🇦🇺 May 8, Australia, The Science of Sex, Stress & Sleep, The Department of Bed Intentions and High Tide [RSVP by April 28]

🇬🇧 May 8, UK, Power Play workshop for women & men: From surrender to seduction, For Play Academy, Victoria Rusnac

🇬🇧 May 10, London UK, Shameless Sip & Sketch with Vanillacooldance, Vanillacooldance [RSVP]

🇨🇾 May 13-16, Limassol Cyprus, Future of Wellness, with Eddie Stern , Bryony Cole , Teemu Arina and Walter Gjergja [RSVP]

🇺🇸 May 14, USA, Sex and AI: The Future of Human Relationships with Kaamna Bhojwani , with The Portal [RSVP]

🌐 May 18, Online, Indie P( )rn Biz 101: Conception to Production, with Mahx Capacity of AORTA films [RSVP]

🇦🇺 May 22, Australia, Unconventional Startups: Launching a Startup and Investing in Sextech, hosted by Robert Duff-Silsby [RSVP]

🌐 May 27, Online, Online Sextech Mixer: AI & Intimacy Edition, with Lex Gillon , hosted by Monique R of SexTech Nordics [RSVP]

🌐 May 29, Online, Breaking the Stigma: Using AI & Real-Time Research to Unlock Brand Growth, with Yogesh Chavda , Suzanne Walsh , and Makenzie Moak , hosted by Remesh [RSVP]

🇨🇦 June 7, Toronto, Ontario, Sextech TO Conference, with Alexandra Friedman of SexTech TO [RSVP]

🇦🇹 June 9, Austria, PRIDE 2025 Idea Conference, TEDxDonauinsel [RSVP]

🇭🇰 June 16-17, Hong Kong, Women's Health In Focus, A Global Summit with OM Health Hub , FemTech Future Limited , and Asia Society Hong Kong Center Maaike Steinebach [RSVP]

🎪💰 INVESTMENTS

💘 ChaimaAI closes $500k pre-seed for a16z

Chaima AI, the emotionally intelligent romance concierge, just closed its pre-seed round via the a16z Speedrun program. Now live in early access, Chaima is a date-planning app for couples. Check it out here.

🔥 Valerie Raises £514K to Reimagine Perimenopause

Perimenopause wellness startup Valerie has secured £514,000 in pre-seed funding, backed by angels including Giles Brook, and a SPV created specifically so women could invest. They will use the funds to scale its science-first, community-driven brand.

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