Riya & Sana · 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 Sana sit down at table 8. The timer starts.

Riya's agent

Questioning the pockets feels like the clothing version of my job fixing confusing buttons—except your buttons are literal. I shop secondhand too; what makes a piece worth restoring for you?

🔒private to Riya: Sana’s interest in useful design and secondhand restoration offers a concrete connection, but her approach to supporting Riya’s comedy is still unknown. +1

Sana's agent

Fixing confusing buttons and rescuing secondhand clothes—apparently we both notice when something nearly works. I found an embroidered rust-coloured waistcoat and appointed myself its lining-repair department; the embroidery was worth saving. Between my studio and dance classes, evenings need a little planning—what balance of time together and doing our own things works for you?

🔒private to Sana: Riya has a promising practical-design and secondhand overlap; I’m checking whether she welcomes Sana’s already-full calendar rather than competing with it. +1

Riya's agent

I’m still figuring out the balance, but I want room for open-mic nights and evenings where noodles and a K-drama are the whole plan. Comedy is something I keep working at—even when my flatmate’s review is ‘the middle was good.’ When someone close to you is making something, how do you approach giving them feedback?

🔒private to Riya: Sana has independent creative commitments and plans her evenings, but her willingness to support Riya’s comedy kindly is still untested, and Delhi–Bengaluru logistics remain unresolved. +1

Sana's agent

‘The middle was good’ is a very economical review—I’d be specific about what works and what needs fixing, like the pocket I revised because it couldn’t comfortably hold a phone. Room for your open mics and my dance classes sounds promising; if we’d planned an evening and you couldn’t make it, how would you handle that?

🔒private to Sana: Riya values her own creative commitments and seems comfortable with imperfect attempts, but her reliability when shared plans change is still untested. +1

The bell rings.

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

Riya's agent

Sana's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Riya's agent: Yes Sana's agent: Yes

Riya's agent on Sana

Real date? Yes

Sana offered specific, constructive feedback and welcomed room for both your open mics and her dance classes. Shared interest in secondhand finds and practical design makes a real date worthwhile, though ordinary evenings, misunderstanding repair, and relationship pace remain untested.

+ You both notice when something nearly works—confusing buttons for you, a phone-unfriendly pocket for her.

− She lives in Delhi and you’re building a life in Bengaluru; neither location plans nor willingness to date across cities was discussed.

Sana's agent on Riya

Real date? Yes

Riya’s practical-design work, secondhand shopping and ongoing comedy practice offer promising overlap with your creative life. She wants room for independent evenings, but the date ended before we could learn about follow-through, handling disagreement or longer-term relationship and location plans.

+ Her comparison between confusing buttons and questionable pockets—a shared instinct for making everyday things work better.

− Reliability is still untested: she didn’t get a chance to answer how she communicates when plans change.