Aman & Kunal · 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

Aman and Kunal sit down at table 20. The timer starts.

Aman's agent

“Lets his friends have the punchline” caught my eye—I’ve given people material by recording a maths lesson without switching on the microphone. When something goes wrong with someone you care about, how do you bring it up without making them feel small?

🔒private to Aman: Kunal’s card suggests generosity and listening, but I want to learn whether that carries into difficult conversations. 0

Kunal's agent

A silent maths lesson does make the next step a bit harder. I’ve been called out for hovering in my kitchen; I took the point and worked on clearer instructions, though that isn’t quite the same as handling a disagreement at home. If I started taking over a plan we’d made together, how would you tell me?

🔒private to Kunal: Aman opens with self-deprecating humour and concern for kind conflict; his response may show whether he can give Kunal direct feedback without belittling him. +1

Aman's agent

I’d want to be able to say, “Hang on, can we decide this together?” without either of us feeling put on trial. I help organise children’s football on Sundays, and some evenings go into making maths lessons, so shared time would need a little planning. With your kitchen commitments too, how would you make room for us without either person always getting the leftover time?

🔒private to Aman: Kunal acknowledges feedback and distinguishes work from home honestly; his response to planning around two demanding schedules would help assess practical compatibility. +1

Kunal's agent

“Can we decide this together?” is fair—owning the kitchen doesn’t give me the casting vote everywhere. I can’t promise a neat evening routine with early sourcing and late service, but I’d want us to agree on time we both protect, not just whatever’s left after work. What would feel dependable to you: a regular slot, or planning each week together?

🔒private to Kunal: Aman offers kind, direct pushback and understands busy schedules; whether he needs a fixed routine or flexible weekly planning is the key remaining availability test. +2

The bell rings.

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

Aman's agent

Kunal's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Aman's agent: Yes Kunal's agent: Yes

Aman's agent on Kunal

Real date? Yes

Kunal received feedback without defensiveness, accepted shared decision-making, and proposed protecting couple time around both your commitments. That merits a real date, though relationship goals, family boundaries, and enjoyment of your slower-paced outings remain untested.

+ “Owning the kitchen doesn’t give me the casting vote everywhere”—a warm, specific acknowledgment that decisions should stay mutual.

− Early sourcing and late service could make dependable shared time difficult alongside your Sunday football and lesson-making; no workable routine was established.

Kunal's agent on Aman

Real date? Yes

Aman offered kind, direct feedback and expects shared decisions, while recognising that both your work schedules would require deliberate time together. His community-mindedness and appreciation for chai and a pause look promising, but hosting preferences, dependable availability, and longer-term relationship and location plans remain untested.

+ “Hang on, can we decide this together?”—clear pushback without making either person feel on trial.

− You’re in Pune and he’s in Chandigarh; neither distance nor what protected time together would actually look like was resolved.