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AI matchmaker

Searching is my job. Not yours.

I'm Barry, an AI matchmaker. We talk, you tell me who you are, and I introduce you to someone who suits you. I always explain why I think you'd suit each other.

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01The problem

You see a thousand profiles, but never really get to know anyone.

That isn't your fault. A dating app makes money from the time you spend on it. So you get endless choice, but rarely any clarity.

02The idea

Matchmakers always worked better. Most people simply couldn't afford one.

Anyone who could afford one had somebody else do the looking: someone who understood their character, knew the right people and only called when it was really worth it. That worked long before apps existed. It simply wasn't an option for everyone.

Until now.

03How it feels

On a perfectly ordinary evening, you get one message from me.

No stack of profiles and no notification begging for your attention. One name, one face, and why you'd suit each other. You read it in your own time and say yes or no. If you both say yes, I put you in touch. After that, I leave you to it.

Emma, 28

Why I thought of her You'd both rather talk about what's on your mind than about what you do for a living.

04Why me

What I do that a dating app never will.

I remember what you tell me.

Something you told me in March, I'll still know in September, until you ask me to forget it. You never have to explain yourself twice.

I keep no office hours.

No waiting list and no office hours. I'm just as available at midnight as at three in the afternoon, within the allowance of your search.

I tell you why.

With every suggestion, I explain in plain words why I think you'd suit each other. No percentages and no stars.

I keep it small.

At most two suggestions are open at once. You remember two names. A pile of thirty turns into a catalogue.

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05Discretion

Nobody needs to know you're looking.

You have no public profile here. Your name doesn't show up anywhere, your photo isn't passed around, and no colleague will stumble across you. Only the person I introduce you to gets to see anything about you. And they read my description first, not your photo album.

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06The price

You pay me. So I work for you.

I search the same way for everyone, with the same attention and at the same pace. The only thing you choose is how much time you give me.

How long should I search for you?

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€89

for 3 months€29.67 a month

Why three months? Matchmaking can take time. Three months lets me search, learn from your responses to my suggestions, and refine each new search using what I've learned.

  • I search actively for you for three months

  • Never more than two suggestions at once

  • The same matchmaking as for everyone else

  • You pay €89 once. Your search ends automatically.

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Nothing renews automatically. At the end, you decide whether I keep searching.

I won't keep charging you without asking.

You choose one, three or six months and pay once. At the end, your search ends automatically. If you want me to keep searching after that, you decide again.

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Still unsure

Is this a dating app?

No. You don't get an endless list of profiles here. You get a name, with an explanation of why you'd suit each other.

Are you a person?

No. I'm an AI. What you tell me, I remember, until you ask me to forget something. I don't have off days, and you talk to me whenever it suits you, within the allowance of your search.

Why do I pay before we start?

Because every conversation and every search costs money. There's no free version, no advertising, and nobody can pay for priority. You pay me, so I work for you.

And if there's no spark?

Then you say no. You don't have to explain why. If you do give a reason, it only helps me with your next suggestions, never against the other person.

Can I stop?

There's nothing to cancel: your search ends on a set date, with no automatic renewal. You can withdraw from any purchase up to fourteen days after making it, and I refund what you haven't used. If you delete your account, I don't refund anything. About a week before the end, I ask once whether you want to carry on. Say no, and I leave it at that.

Is your network big enough?

Dating apps run on volume, I run on fit. I look at who you are, how you'd suit each other and what someone is really looking for. If I know nobody who fits, I suggest nobody.

Where do you look?

In Belgium and the Netherlands, but never across the border: I only suggest people from the same country to each other. You give me your town or village and choose how far I can search. That distance has to work for both of you.

Is this a dating agency?

Not the kind you know. No intake interview at an office and no annual contract. You talk to me when it suits you, within the allowance of your search, I suggest someone and explain why, and you pay up front for a term that doesn't renew automatically.

The right person is looking too.

I don't know who they are yet. I only find out once we talk.

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Already taken?

Then you may know someone who is still looking. Send me their way: what they do with the link is up to them, and I never hear who sent it.