Cupid is a matchmaker you text. It gets to know you like a friend would, then introduces you to someone it actually believes in. Video date first, 15 minutes, first names only. Numbers move only when you both say yes.
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One phone number. No app, no account, no photo grid. Just start talking.
A few honest conversations. Values, humor, dealbreakers, what you're actually looking for.
When two people are genuinely compatible and both say yes: a private, time-limited video call. No names. No pressure. No exchanged numbers.
If you both felt it, Cupid swaps your numbers. If not, no harm done. Nobody got your number.
No black box. Here's the real algorithm.
Some things aren't preferences, they're requirements. These eliminate a pair entirely, no matter how good the rest looks:
Two people both looking for something long-term, with overlapping values and a compatible sense of humor, beat a hundred mutual right-swipes.
Your first introduction is free. After that:
Every introduction is one Cupid actually believes in. No filler, no charge for maybes.
No app. No account. No profile to fill out. Just send your first message and Cupid takes it from there.
Got a code from a friend? Drop it in your first message and you both get a bonus intro.
Your profile starts with your first text, wherever you are. Cupid is honest when your city is thin and keeps looking until it isn't. Prefer a form? Fine:
Stored encrypted, used once. No spam, ever.