Marriage Pact sends cease and desist to Date Drop

Looking for love? Luckily for Stanford students hunting for the “one,” two student-founded platforms have answered the call.

However, in November, matchmaking start-up Marriage Pact sent a cease-and-desist letter to the recently-founded Date Drop, alleging similarities in website, marketing copy and parts of the matching questionnaire.

Marriage Pact, founded in 2019 by Liam McGregor ’20 and Sophia Sterling-Angus ’19, uses a ranking algorithm to pair students with a “backup spouse” each year.