👋HEY ALL!

Another week, another wave of wild, weird, and wonderful sextech news 🌀

From AI-assisted pregnancies to sextech rave performances at Northwestern to Esther Perel giving Hinge a much-needed glow-up, who said sextech was niche?! It's mainstream now and making all the (best) headlines :)

As usual we have a round-up of the best jobs, global events (lots of virtual ones you can make), and a fresh batch of insights from the Singles in America report (yes, people are still ghosting, but now with more nuance).

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• 🔥 this week in sextech

• 💼 job openings

• 🎪 events

— Bryony

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🔥 THIS WEEK IN SEXTECH

• 💗 What Singles Want in 2025: New Data from Singles in America

• 🔥 Orgasmic Meditation Leaders Convicted of Forced Labor

• ✨ AI Helps Couple Conceive After 20 Years of Infertility

• 💬 Esther Perel Updates Hinge to Spark Deeper Connections

• 🤖 “Sex Tech No”: Robots, Raving & Human-AI Intimacy on Stage

💗 Singles in America: Insights on Modern Dating, Love, and What Singles Want Today

Singles in America 2025 is the largest and longest-running study of single adults in the U.S. This project is a partnership between Match and the Kinsey Institute, looking at what it means to seek connection and build relationships today. Check out results here (or raw data here 2025-SIA-Codebook.pdf)

The findings are genuinely fascinating, from a dramatic rise in AI-assisted dating to changing beliefs about love at first sight, there's so much to explore...

Some early articles featuring the data :

• The Atlantic: Why So Many People Believe in Love at First Sight

• Mashable: Singles Using AI to Date Up 300 Percent

🔥 Leaders of Orgasmic Meditation Company Convicted of Forced Labor in Coercion Scheme

If you've been following along the wildly controversial One Taste case, there's finallllly an outcome.

Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, former executives of the sexual wellness company OneTaste, were convicted of forced labor conspiracy for coercing employees into unpaid labor and sexual acts under the guise of "orgasmic meditation" and empowerment.

✨ Breakthrough AI Procedure Helps Couple Achieve First Pregnancy After Nearly 20 Years

This is truly amazing. Feel good news story of the week! A couple, after 19 years and 15 unsuccessful IVF attempts, have been able to conceive using sperm located by an AI system.

Doctors at Columbia University Fertility Center have achieved the first reported pregnancy using an AI-driven technique called STAR (Sperm Track and Recovery), which identifies and isolates rare sperm in cases of male infertility due to azoospermia.

💬 Esther Perel Revamps Hinge Prompts to Spark Deeper, More Authentic Dating Conversations

Time for a much-needed glow-up with dating fatigue at an all-time high... everyone's fav sex therapist, Esther Perel has collaborated with Hinge.

Soon you'll be able to see a "Your World" prompt collection, aiming to foster deeper, story-driven conversations... hopefully replacing the dreaded prompts like "what I order for the table" (eye roll).

🤖 Raving with Robots at Northwestern’s “Sex Tech No” Blends AI and Human Connection in Techno-Theater

Including this one as it looks really cool! I hope we see more art experimenting with what the future of relationships looks like and how AI is changing our interpersonal world.

If anyone is at Northwestern or goes to see this, I'd love to hear about it.

💼 HOT JOBS

🇺🇸 Lead, Women's Health Responsible Investing, World Economic Forum [Apply]

🇺🇸 PR Executive, Little Leaf Agency GmbH [Apply]

🇺🇸 Senior Backend Engineer, Raya [Apply]

🇨🇦 Creative Director, Bellesa [Apply]

🇬🇧 Social Media Manager, Thursday [Apply]

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💼 PREMIUM JOB LISTINGS (upgrade to see)

🎪 EVENTS

🇦🇹 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]

🌐 June 18, Virtual, Smut Slam with Ashleigh Birnbrauer [RSVP]

🌐 June 18, Virtual, Marketing for Entrepreneurs (Sextech & Femtech Founder Friendly), Antonia L. [RSVP]

🇦🇺 July 9, Melbourne Up Late: Pursuits of Pleasure with Alyx Gorman & Georgia Grace [RSVP]

🇬🇧 July 10, London, The Second Coming: Summer Soiree & 2nd Inspiration Showcase [RSVP]

🇨🇦 August 15-17, Montreal, LSR Academic Congress [RSVP]

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Until next time,

Bryony

And if you need a laugh… This TikTok we shared on @futureofsex is absolutely unhinged — pun intended.Men looking for “intimacy without commitment” and marriage? Make it make sense. 🙃👉 Watch it here