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Marc Freed-Finnegan

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  1. 2026Chalk1 talk
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Years active2026

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Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

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Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Jun 1, 2026Snowflake Summit 26Snowflake SummitspeakerThe Infrastructure Behind Grindr’s AI Transformation
as Chalk
Grindr serves 15 million monthly active users across matching, insights, recommendations and safety — all powered by AI. Getting there required one key…Show less

Grindr serves 15 million monthly active users across matching, insights, recommendations and safety — all powered by AI. Getting there required one key infrastructure decision: computing features at inference time, not in advance. In this session, Grindr's CPO, AJ Balance, and Chalk's CEO, Marc Freed-Finnegan, break down the Snowflake and Chalk stack that’s powering Grindr’s AI (aka gAI pronounced “gay-eye”) and what it means to ship real AI products at consumer scale for a global community of tens of millions.

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
AJ Balance112026

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