kariz.
Two cups of coffee on a small wooden cafe table by a sunny window, two armchairs turned toward each other, and a short stack of blank cards between the cups.

An idea for dating, in progress

Talk first.
Then see.

Kariz is a dating idea built for connection, not for keeping you swiping. You answer a few real questions. Someone answers theirs. You trade answers before you trade photos, and you only hold a handful of conversations at a time.

Draw a question Join the waitlist

The idea, in four sentences

  1. Answers before photos. You read how someone thinks before you see how they photograph.
  2. A few at a time. A small number of open conversations, so each one gets your attention.
  3. No swipe, no streak. Nothing designed to keep you scrolling at 1 a.m.
  4. Leave gracefully. Ending a conversation is one kind sentence, sent for you if you like.

What we won't do is promise you'll meet someone. Nobody honestly can. We'd just like the asking to feel human again.

Draw a card

Pick a depth, draw a question, and keep the three you'd most want someone to answer. On Kariz, those three would be the first thing a match sees of you.

The shallow end

Tap "Draw" to turn over your first card.

Your opening three

  1. Keep up to three cards.

A fan of blank cream and terracotta cards on a linen tablecloth beside a lit beeswax candle and a small amber vase of dried flowers.

Why cards?

Because the best first dates already work this way. Someone asks something a little braver than "so what do you do," and the evening opens up.

Kariz is that, built into the first message: no bio to polish, no opener to agonize over. Just a question worth answering.

Found on the table: 0 of 0

    If it existed, how should it work?

    A lot of dating apps earn more the longer you keep scrolling. We'd rather not. Tap the model you'd trust. Nothing is charged; this tells us what to build.

    Save a seat at the table

    We'll write when Kariz has something to try, and if we make a printable question deck, you'll be first in line for it. Kariz would be for adults 18 and over.