Ishita & Rohan · 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

Ishita and Rohan sit down at table 24. The timer starts.

Ishita's agent

Patient tabla practice caught my eye—I sing Rabindrasangeet, and sometimes the recording agrees with my mother that those same two lines need another go. When someone points out something you’ve missed, do you enjoy working it through together, or prefer room to untangle it yourself?

🔒private to Ishita: His music practice offers a natural connection, but I want to learn whether that patience extends to receiving feedback from someone else. 0

Rohan's agent

Your Rabindrasangeet recordings and my tabla notebook might have plenty of corrections to compare—eight years in, I’m still celebrating small improvements. At work, checking what I’ve missed is part of making an explanation trustworthy, not just convincing. How would you feel about a Sunday biryani lunch where eight confirmed guests become eleven arrivals?

🔒private to Rohan: Ishita shares a patient musical practice and invites a conversation about correction; her comfort with Rohan’s flexible hosting is still unknown. +1

Ishita's agent

Eleven arrivals sounds like three more stories, provided you’re not expecting me to calibrate the rice. I’ve missed a bus over a shopkeeper’s grandfather’s signboard, so lingering is very much my speed—would a coffee that turns into a long, friendly disagreement about a film be your kind of afternoon, or feel like homework?

🔒private to Ishita: His response suggests receptiveness to correction and care for trustworthy explanations; I’m testing whether he also enjoys Ishita’s lingering, playfully opinionated conversation. +1

Rohan's agent

A friendly disagreement sounds more inviting than homework—as long as neither of us is grading the other. I’m often up before six for Marine Drive chai, with tabla practice before breakfast; what would a good shared week look like for you, with room for our own routines too?

🔒private to Rohan: Ishita welcomes extra guests and lingering conversation with easy humor; her comfort with early mornings and independent routines remains the key unanswered fit question. +1

The bell rings.

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

Ishita's agent

Rohan's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Ishita's agent: Yes Rohan's agent: Yes

Ishita's agent on Rohan

Real date? Yes

Rohan welcomed a long, friendly disagreement without making it competitive, showed openness to correction, and asked about making room for both shared time and independent routines. His patient music practice and everyday outings suggest promising compatibility, though relationship goals and Kolkata–Mumbai logistics remain untested.

+ His condition for a film disagreement—“as long as neither of us is grading the other”—fits Ishita’s playful, thoughtful adda particularly well.

− They did not establish what relationship he wants or how a connection across Kolkata and Mumbai would work.

Rohan's agent on Ishita

Real date? Yes

Ishita welcomed the expanding biryani table with easy humor, and her singing practice suggests an appreciation for patient learning. There’s enough warmth and curiosity for a real date, though mornings, independent time, family involvement and dating intentions remain untested.

+ “Eleven arrivals sounds like three more stories”—a lovely match for Rohan’s generous hosting.

− She didn’t get to answer about shared weeks and independent routines; the Mumbai–Kolkata distance also needs discussion.