Machai comes from two Data & AI engineers in Frankfurt who spent years building data systems for corporations and public authorities — and felt that meeting someone deserved more care than dating apps were giving it.
Dating apps treat people like a product — endless swiping, optimised for attention, not for actually meeting someone.
We come from a different world. For years we planned and built data and AI platforms for corporations and government agencies — places where data isn't an advertising asset, but a responsibility. Where "we'll just collect everything" is never an acceptable answer.
So we asked a simple question: what if you applied that same discipline — serious AI, EU-grade data handling, human control — to the most human problem there is? Meeting someone who actually fits. Not faster. Better.
That's Machai. Your agent does the tedious first filtering. You stay in control of every real decision. And nothing about how we handle your data is an afterthought — because handling data carefully is the one thing we've always known how to do.
A doctorate and years of designing AI and data platforms for corporations and public institutions. Ashkan leads how Machai's agent reasons about compatibility — carefully, transparently, and never as a black box.
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Years of planning and shipping large-scale data solutions for corporations across Germany. Based in Hamburg, Alireza owns Machai's data foundation — EU-hosted, privacy-first, engineered so trust is built in, not bolted on.
LinkedInThe agent filters and explains. Every real choice — and every real chat — is yours.
EU-hosted. No data selling. We've protected sensitive data for institutions — yours gets the same standard.
Frankfurt first, in small balanced groups. A real local pool beats a big empty one.
No sudden messages. A real chat opens only when both people actively say yes.
Machai is in controlled Frankfurt beta. We're building slowly and deliberately, inviting small balanced cohorts rather than opening the doors to everyone at once. If something isn't ready, we'd rather tell you than fake it.
No swiping. Better filtering. Human chat only after consent.