About us

HeyLina is building emotionally responsible AI for dating and relationships. We believe that technology can support people in navigating modern love with more clarity and care—when it’s designed with that intention.

Our team brings together expertise in relationships, therapy, and AI. We’re here to help you get clearer on what you want, communicate better, and feel less alone in the process.

Briana Longe — CEO & Co-founder

Briana Longe is the CEO and co‑founder of HeyLina, an AI‑powered dating and relationship intelligence platform that helps people make smarter, emotionally aware dating decisions. She describes herself as a high‑performing, purpose‑led founder focused on solving modern dating challenges with AI, blending emotional intelligence, psychology, and data to support stronger relationships beyond just matching profiles.

With a professional background in finance and experience in technology, Briana previously acquired and operated a medspa in her early twenties, where she managed a team, scaled revenue, and successfully exited the business before moving into tech startups. At HeyLina, she leads a mission‑driven, “tech for good” company backed by impact‑oriented investors and designed to act as an always‑on, objective emotional companion that challenges patterns, surfaces blind spots, and encourages honest self‑reflection while people date.

Under her leadership, HeyLina positions itself not as another swipe‑based dating app, but as a web and mobile platform that keeps users grounded in their values and long‑term goals, helping them identify red flags earlier and avoid repeating toxic relationship patterns. Briana is both British and American and serves as a director and chief executive of HEYLINA AI LTD in the UK, reflecting the company’s growing international footprint in consumer AI relationship technology.

Angus Hally — COO & Co-founder

Angus Hally is the Chief Operating Officer of HeyLina, where he focuses on building emotionally aware AI products that give people clearer, more grounded support as they navigate modern dating and relationships. He combines a background in data strategy, digital transformation, and product development with hands‑on experience in mobile and AI development to help HeyLina scale both its technology and operations.

Before HeyLina, Angus worked as a Data Strategy Manager and Data Management Consultant at Anmut, helping large organisations understand the financial value of their data, prioritise high‑value data projects, and design the right mix of people, process, and technology to become truly data‑driven. Earlier in his career, he served as a product‑focused COO at Teamvine, an ed‑tech startup, and as a Strategy Analyst at Accenture, where he led quantitative modelling, customer analytics, and technology transformation projects that delivered significant revenue uplift and operational efficiency.

Angus originally started his career path in education as a mathematics teacher in a disadvantaged area, where he taught over 100 pupils and redesigned systems for tracking student progress, bringing a strong grounding in communication, empathy, and behavioural change that now informs his work in relationship technology. He holds a first‑class honours degree in Economics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics, where he developed a strong foundation in statistics, economic decision‑making, and ethics that underpins his interest in using AI and data for human‑centred, responsible products.

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