<s>
Hily	B-Application
is	O
a	O
French	O
online	B-Application
dating	I-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
employs	O
machine	O
learning	O
to	O
match	O
prospective	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hily	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hily	B-Application
later	O
acquired	O
additional	O
users	O
through	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Snapchat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hily	B-Application
was	O
co-founded	O
by	O
Yan	O
Pronin	O
and	O
Alex	O
Pasykov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
5	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
rank	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
in	O
U.S.	O
consumer	O
spending	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hily	B-Application
employs	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
statistical	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Aime	O
Williams	O
of	O
FT	O
Magazine	O
commented	O
that	O
Hily	B-Application
's	O
monitoring	O
of	O
users	O
 '	O
verbal	O
exchanges	O
"	O
takes	O
things	O
a	O
step	O
further	O
"	O
than	O
competitor	O
geosocial	O
networking	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hily	B-Application
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
freemium	O
business	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
,	O
while	O
features	O
that	O
are	O
basic	O
in	O
other	O
dating	B-Application
apps	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
limiting	O
search	O
to	O
within	O
40km	O
)	O
are	O
accessed	O
via	O
a	O
paid	O
subscription	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
