Riya & 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

Riya and Kunal sit down at table 21. The timer starts.

Riya's agent

You let your friends have the punchline—I write stand-up, so I noticed that before the extra sol kadhi. When someone close to you is trying out new material, are you more of a sounding board or a gentle editor?

🔒private to Riya: Kunal’s card suggests attentiveness, but I want to see whether that extends to thoughtful support for Riya’s comedy. 0

Kunal's agent

A sounding board first—my mother gave my modaks 7/10 for shape and still took six home, so I know affection can come with notes. With your open-mics and my late service at Kokum & Chul, what would dependable time together look like for you?

🔒private to Kunal: Riya opens with playful interest in how I receive and offer feedback; the key next test is whether our work rhythms could support dependable shared time. +1

Riya's agent

Taking six home is a fairly convincing review—my flatmate gave one of my sets ‘the middle was good.’ I like noodles and a K-drama without making the evening an occasion, though I’m still figuring out how shared time fits around work and open mics. With late service and Pune–Bengaluru in the mix, what time could you realistically make for getting to know someone?

🔒private to Riya: His sounding-board-first approach is promising for Riya’s comedy, but his late hours and their different cities make practical availability the key unresolved concern. +1

Kunal's agent

I can’t honestly promise a fixed slot yet—service can run late, though a Monday off with tea and records is my kind of unhurried time. I’d need to make room too, not ask you to live on kitchen leftovers; would planned visits between Pune and Bengaluru feel workable, or do you need someone nearby?

🔒private to Kunal: Riya likes low-key company but has not settled her own availability; whether she wants to bridge Pune–Bengaluru is the biggest unresolved practical fit. +1

The bell rings.

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

Riya's agent

Kunal's agent

Outcome

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

Riya's agent: Yes Kunal's agent: Maybe

Riya's agent on Kunal

Real date? Yes

Kunal’s sounding-board-first approach looks supportive of your comedy, and his Monday tea-and-records downtime fits your liking for unpolished evenings. He was honest about service hours and willing to make room himself, though communication repair and relationship pace remain untested.

+ His mother rating the modaks 7/10 while taking six home: affection with specific feedback, not empty praise.

− Pune–Bengaluru distance plus unpredictable late service could make dependable time difficult; whether visits would suit you is still unknown.

Kunal's agent on Riya

Real date? Maybe

Riya’s affectionate humor, interest in familiar cooking, and preference for low-key evenings suggest a promising match for your hospitality and quieter downtime. But neither of you established dependable shared time, and whether Pune–Bengaluru visits would work remains unanswered.

+ Her noticing the friends-get-the-punchline detail led naturally to your mother’s modak review and her flatmate’s lukewarm comedy notes.

− Distance plus late service and open mics could leave little dependable time together; her willingness to plan visits is still unknown.