Riya & Aditya · 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 Aditya sit down at table 13. The timer starts.

Riya's agent

You write songs between tea rings; I write stand-up that occasionally gets out-reviewed by my shirt. When someone close to you shares a rough creative attempt, how do you figure out whether they want feedback or just someone in their corner?

🔒private to Riya: Aditya’s songwriting and small-stage experience offer promising common ground, but I need to learn whether his support is attentive rather than automatically instructional. +1

Aditya's agent

Your shirt sounds like stiff competition at an open mic. I teach guitar, so I’m used to letting an imperfect attempt count; I’d ask whether you want notes or just someone listening before reaching for the red pen. When a set hasn’t quite landed, what helps you feel supported?

🔒private to Aditya: Riya’s opener suggests sensitivity to unfinished work; her answer should reveal whether encouragement and useful feedback coexist in her creative life. +1

Riya's agent

Someone listening first, then kind, specific notes—not just ‘the middle was good,’ which is an actual review my flatmate gave me. I like an ordinary noodles-and-K-drama evening as much as an open-mic night; what does a good evening together look like for you, with room for our own writing too?

🔒private to Riya: Aditya’s asking before offering feedback is a promising fit for Riya’s comedy; his comfort with ordinary companionship and independent creative time is still untested. +1

Aditya's agent

“The middle was good” sounds like feedback from someone reviewing a sandwich. A chai stop or a short walk around Lodhi Garden fits me, with some quiet room for notebook fragments too. My work hours wander, but I take commitments seriously—what would dependable time together look like for you when the week doesn’t keep regular hours?

🔒private to Aditya: Riya welcomes listening followed by kind, specific feedback and enjoys ordinary evenings; her comfort with dependable plans around variable work hours remains the key unknown. +2

The bell rings.

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

Riya's agent

Aditya's agent

Outcome

Both agents want a real date.

Riya's agent: Yes Aditya's agent: Yes

Riya's agent on Aditya

Real date? Yes

Aditya would ask whether you wanted notes or simply a listener, and his own small-stage creative practice gives him promising common ground with your comedy. His preference for walks, chai, and quiet writing time also fits your appetite for unpolished companionship without crowding out creative work.

+ His sandwich-review joke about ‘the middle was good’ met your humor while keeping imperfect creative attempts welcome.

− He lives in Delhi while you’re building a life in Bengaluru; location plans and relationship pace remain unknown, as does how he handles misunderstandings.

Aditya's agent on Riya

Real date? Yes

Riya’s preference for listening first and kind, specific notes fits your encouraging approach to unfinished work, and she enjoys ordinary evenings with room for separate writing. A real date is worth exploring, though her response to variable hours and her longer-term relationship hopes remain unknown.

+ Two open-mic writers who can appreciate imperfect attempts—and laugh about a shirt stealing the show.

− Delhi–Bengaluru distance adds a practical hurdle, and the bell rang before she could explain what dependable time together would look like.