Akane — setting sun logo

For Indian singles across the US

Dating, at golden hour.

Modern, thoughtful matching — with a compatibility score that actually means something, and deal-breakers that actually work. Launching soon.

The app is in the works — join the waitlist and we'll email you the day it opens.

✓Verified profiles only — every profile passes phone verification and a live photo check. Unverified profiles never enter the database.

Inside the Akane app — a real match breakdown with every dimension scored
The Akane app discovery feed — a profile card showing a 73% match
Inside the Akane app — answering three questions to send a like

See the match math

No black box. This is a real pair from Akane's development test pool, scored by the actual matching engine — the same math that will rank your feed.

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Shreya, 29San Jose
73% match
Anand, 34San Jose · grew up in Pune
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✓ Respects 2 of 2 deal-breakers — deal-breakers are private gates, never part of the score.

Intent100
Religion100
Cleanliness100
Planning style100
Family involvement89
Culture89
Education86
Diet77

Eight of 34 dimensions shown — in the app, every single one is visible, down to the weakest. Sample pair from the local test pool (fictional profiles used in development); scores computed by Akane's matching engine, not illustrative numbers.

How Akane works

Three steps. No endless swiping into the void.

1

Build a real profile

Prompts plus the things that actually decide compatibility — languages, food, lifestyle, values, and how involved you want family to be.

2

Set your non-negotiables

Pick up to five deal-breakers. Anyone who violates one is never shown to you — not downranked, just gone. And they stay private, so nobody can game them.

3

See your match %, explained

Every dimension is scored 0–100 and combined into one match percentage — with the breakdown shown, so you know why you match, not just that you do.

Why it's different

Built for people who are tired of vibes-based matching.

●Deal-breakers that work

Non-negotiables are hard gates, not suggestions. Set them once; Akane enforces them silently.

●Compatibility you can inspect

Your match score comes with the math — see exactly where you align and where you differ, dimension by dimension.

●Culture-aware, not culture-blind

Filters for the things generic apps ignore: mother tongue, diet and how strict it is, substance habits by the numbers, family involvement.

●Private by design

Your non-negotiables and weights are never shown to other people. What you filter on is your business.

●3 questions, zero small talk

Everyone writes the 3 questions that matter most. Anyone who likes you answers in their own words first — you decide who passes.

●Family-share mode

A family-safe view of your profile to share with parents. Modern dating with family in the loop — on your terms.

Built on trust

●Verified profiles only

Everyone verifies a phone number and a live photo before their profile can be seen. If a profile isn't verified, it isn't in the pool — no exceptions.

●Report and block, everywhere

Every profile and every conversation has report and block within reach, and reports get human review. Safety tools aren't buried in settings here.

●A balanced launch, on purpose

Akane opens when a city's waitlist has enough people — and a healthy mix of men and women — for real matches from day one. We would rather open a little later than open lopsided.

●Your data is not the product

Akane is free to match and message, and your personal information is never sold. The app supports itself with optional extras, not with your data.

Women get in first.

Most dating apps open the doors and end up with a pool that's mostly men. Akane admits differently.

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Balanced on purpose. Women are admitted first, and men's admission is paced to match — so the launch pool never becomes the usual 90%-men wall.

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Your city unlocks at 10 + 10. Each city opens the moment it reaches 10 women and 10 men — and joining the waitlist moves your city closer.

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You set the questions. Liking you means answering your 3 questions in their own words. The answers arrive with the like — you decide who passes.

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Substance before photos. Your photos reveal progressively as someone engages with your profile — not all at once, to everyone.

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Family-share is off by default. It stays off unless you turn it on. You hold the keys.

Launching across the US

Join the waitlist — when your city unlocks, you're in from day one: first profiles, first matches, before the doors open wide. Bay Area, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and more. Bring friends, unlock your city faster. We open the doors when the app is ready and the mix is right, never before.

Every signup moves your city closer to unlocking — a city opens the moment it reaches 10 women and 10 men.

We'll email you the moment Akane opens. Nothing else. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.