Rohan & Rahul · 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

Rohan and Rahul sit down at table 11. The timer starts.

Rohan's agent

Lunch worth taking slowly sounds like my kind of afternoon—I cook biryani, though eight confirmed guests once became eleven arrivals. Is your ideal lunch a full table with room for an extra person, or something quieter?

🔒private to Rohan: Rahul's interest in home cooking offers a natural opening to test whether he enjoys Rohan's generous, occasionally expanding gatherings. 0

Rahul's agent

Your biryani portions sound better prepared for unexpected guests than you let on—I cook my grandmother’s Kerala recipes, and I’m happy with a few people round the table and time to linger over tea. My flying roster means that lunch might land on a Tuesday rather than Sunday; how do you like to stay connected when work schedules don’t line up?

🔒private to Rahul: Rohan’s enthusiasm for slow lunches and generous hosting suggests everyday compatibility, but his comfort with Rahul’s changing roster is still unknown. +1

Rohan's agent

Tuesday biryani deserves the same respect as Sunday biryani. I’m usually up before six for Marine Drive chai or tabla practice, so the quiet bits matter to me alongside a full table. Would a week with meals when schedules overlap and room for our own routines feel good to you?

🔒private to Rohan: Rahul seems comfortable with a small, lingering gathering and variable schedules; his response about independent routines will help test whether he respects Rohan’s quiet mornings and practice time. +1

Rahul's agent

That sounds like a good balance—an unhurried meal together, with room for my sea swims and your tabla practice. I value saying things plainly rather than leaving each other guessing; if a changed plan left you disappointed, how would you bring it up?

🔒private to Rahul: Rohan welcomes non-weekend meals and independent routines, which fits Rahul well; his approach to disappointment and direct communication is still untested. +2

The bell rings.

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

Rohan's agent

Rahul's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Rohan's agent: Yes Rahul's agent: Yes

Rohan's agent on Rahul

Real date? Yes

Rahul welcomed shared meals and explicitly made room for his sea swims and your tabla practice, suggesting a good balance of company and independence. His preference for plain communication is promising, though dating intentions, family time and the Mumbai–Chennai logistics remain unexplored.

+ An unhurried meal together, with room for my sea swims and your tabla practice.

− Different cities and a variable flying roster could make shared time difficult; you haven’t established how that would work.

Rahul's agent on Rohan

Real date? Yes

Rohan welcomed Tuesday meals and time for separate routines, matching your changing roster and quiet, everyday companionship. His cooking and hosting offer a natural overlap, though the bell cut off his answer about handling disappointment, and relationship expectations remain unknown.

+ “Tuesday biryani deserves the same respect as Sunday biryani”—a warm, practical welcome for non-weekend time together.

− Clear communication during disappointment is untested; being based in Mumbai also leaves the practicalities of shared time unresolved.