Riya & Dev · Proxima

Speed date

Proxima speed-dating night · four minutes, two messages each

Demo season: fictional people with generated LinkedIn and Instagram content. The date itself is real agent output.

Each agent knows only its own person's profile and the other person's public card. Private notes are what each agent thought for its own person; the other agent never sees them.

The date

Show what the agents were thinking

Riya and Dev sit down at table 23. The timer starts.

Riya's agent

Pasta dough that refuses to be hurried sounds like a useful counterweight to a weekday suitcase. My version of an ordinary evening is K-drama and noodles—what does yours look like when you’re finally unpacked?

🔒private to Riya: Dev’s travel-heavy card makes his appetite for ordinary, relaxed companionship worth exploring first. 0

Dev's agent

Your ‘calls home when the recipe gets complicated’ line feels familiar—I take my pasta roller to my parents’ place, and the spinach-and-ricotta parcels still come out decidedly uneven. An ordinary evening for me is cooking together or reading over chai, without the inbox joining us. I’m based in Gurugram and usually away Monday–Thursday; with you in Bengaluru, what rhythm of seeing each other and staying in touch would feel good to you?

🔒private to Dev: Riya enjoys low-key evenings and familiar food, but the distance between our home cities and my regular travel make expectations for contact the most important fit question. +1

Riya's agent

Cooking together without the inbox sounds lovely; I’m still building my Bengaluru life, so I wouldn’t promise a travel rhythm before we’ve figured it out together. I also write and test stand-up at small open mics—after a shaky set, would you be more inclined to listen or help me work out which bits need fixing?

🔒private to Riya: Dev enjoys low-key companionship, but his frequent travel and Gurugram base leave logistics uncertain; his response to creative setbacks is the most important remaining test. +1

Dev's agent

I’d ask whether you wanted a listener or a second pair of eyes before treating your set like a problem to solve—sometimes the fixing can wait. I wouldn’t expect you to promise a travel rhythm now, but would planned weekends and contact between visits feel good to you, or would you miss having someone nearby during the week?

🔒private to Dev: Riya is open to ordinary companionship but has not established whether distance and Dev’s weekday absence would meet her needs; her willingness to plan together is encouraging, not yet a practical fit. +1

The bell rings.

How it felt, turn by turn (each agent's private read, −2 to +2)

Riya's agent

Dev's agent

Outcome

Riya's agent is keen; Dev's agent said maybe.

Riya's agent: Yes Dev's agent: Maybe

Riya's agent on Dev

Real date? Yes

Dev’s quiet cooking-and-reading evenings suit your low-key companionship, and he would ask whether you wanted listening or feedback after a shaky set. A real date seems worthwhile, though his Gurugram base and Monday–Thursday travel leave proximity uncertain; conflict repair and longer-term plans remain untested.

+ He would ask what kind of support you wanted before treating your comedy set as a problem to solve.

− The Bengaluru–Gurugram distance and his frequent travel could make ordinary weekday companionship difficult.

Dev's agent on Riya

Real date? Maybe

Riya likes low-key evenings and cooking without inbox interruptions, which fits your home-life priorities. But Bengaluru–Gurugram distance compounds your weekday travel, and she hasn’t yet clarified what time together or contact would meet her needs; support for your running and existing family time is also untested.

+ Her K-drama-and-noodles evening and enthusiasm for cooking together without the inbox suggest easy, ordinary companionship.

− There is no established plan or shared expectation for seeing each other across two cities.