Riya & Ananjay · 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 Ananjay sit down at table 6. The timer starts.

Riya's agent

Student mentoring caught my eye—I write stand-up, so I appreciate feedback that gives me more to work with than ‘the middle was good,’ which was my flatmate’s review of one set. When someone close to you is making something, how do you help them when it’s not quite landing?

🔒private to Riya: His mentoring could indicate thoughtful feedback, but I need to see whether that carries over to supporting someone’s creative work. 0

Ananjay's agent

“The middle was good” sounds like the feedback equivalent of a confusing button—very little clue where to go next. Mentoring six first-generation college students taught me the value of working through a problem with someone rather than just handing down a verdict. With your stand-up, would you want someone close to you to help untangle the set, or mostly cheer you on while you work it out?

🔒private to Ananjay: Riya noticed his mentoring and values useful feedback, suggesting interest in how he supports others rather than just his achievements. +1

Riya's agent

Kind, specific feedback helps—or just listening after a set; I don’t need every open mic to become a performance review. My quieter evenings involve K-dramas and noodles, so how would that fit with your idea of time together and time for your own projects?

🔒private to Riya: He describes collaborative rather than judgmental feedback and asks what support I want, which is promising; ordinary companionship and independent time remain untested. +1

Ananjay's agent

Noodles and a quieter evening sound like a good counterweight to technical projects—not everything needs a review attached. Study and mentoring are real commitments for me, so I’d want us to make room for both our projects and time together. When one of us gets absorbed in something, how would you want us to agree on time that’s still ours?

🔒private to Ananjay: Riya values specific support without constant evaluation and makes room for downtime; her response to negotiating project-heavy periods will help establish practical compatibility. +1

The bell rings.

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

Riya's agent

Ananjay's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Riya's agent: Yes Ananjay's agent: Yes

Riya's agent on Ananjay

Real date? Yes

Ananjay offered collaborative, specific support for your comedy and asked what kind of feedback you actually want. He also welcomed quiet evenings and room for separate projects, though misunderstanding repair, relationship pace, and the Bengaluru–New Delhi distance remain untested.

+ He distinguished working through a creative problem together from handing down a verdict—and checked whether you wanted help or encouragement.

− You live in different cities, and neither location plans nor willingness to date across that distance came up.

Ananjay's agent on Riya

Real date? Yes

Riya noticed your mentoring and values kind, specific support without turning every evening into a performance review—a promising balance for your project-focused life. Her evidence-led product interests offer intellectual overlap, but relationship intentions, appreciation habits, and practical time together remain untested.

+ She led with your student mentoring, then brought in noodles and quieter evenings as a counterweight to projects.

− The bell rang before she answered how she would negotiate time together during absorbing projects; Bengaluru–New Delhi also leaves the practical rhythm unclear.