Is matching live yet?+
Not yet. Pearkite is a waitlist right now. Matching and intros start when your batch opens, and we email you before that happens.
Who can join?+
Adults 18 and older. We’re starting in New York City’s five boroughs. If you live somewhere else, you can still join, and we’ll email you when we open near you. Any gender, meeting anyone. Joining is free.
What’s the interview like?+
About 15 minutes with an AI matchmaker, in four short parts. Talk out loud, or chat by text if you’d rather. You can stop and finish later, and keep chatting after to add more: your notes update as you go.
Is the matchmaker a person?+
The interviewer is an AI, and it says so. It never asks for your last name, address, workplace, or anything financial.
What does the founding month include?+
$29.99 covers your first month of membership with at least 2 intros, and founding members are first in line: when a batch opens, we make their intros first. The month starts when your batch opens, not today. It’s charged once, and nothing renews unless you agree to it when your batch opens.
How do refunds work?+
You can cancel the founding month with no fee within 3 business days of signing, as New York law provides. After that it isn’t refundable, except in the cases your contract covers, like moving away or missed intros. And if no batch has opened by January 31, 2027, we refund every founding payment automatically.
How do you decide two people are a good fit?+
The matchmaker reads both interviews and checks both ways: each other’s filters, must-haves, dealbreakers, what you each want the relationship to be, and the type, work, or education you said matter. Then it looks at how you live day to day. Every intro shows what it checked, why it thinks you’d click, and anything worth knowing. Nobody can predict chemistry from profiles, so there’s no score, and your feedback after each intro shapes the next one.
What if my filters are too narrow?+
Your profile page shows what share of members fit your filters both ways, which filter narrows it most, and what widening your age range or distance would do. It also asks where you stand on things people who’d match you often care about, like kids or smoking. Shares are rounded, only you see them, and they appear once enough people have joined near you.
Why do you open in batches?+
A matchmaker is only as good as the people in it. If we opened to everyone at once, most people would wait months for a first intro. So we open one segment at a time, such as one borough and age range, once enough people in it fit each other to give everyone at least 2 intros a month.
When will my batch open?+
It depends on who joins near you and who they’d like to meet, so there’s no date yet, and we won’t guess. We’ll email you when it opens. If no batch has opened by January 31, 2027, every founding payment is refunded automatically.
Do I need to download anything?+
No. Pearkite works in your phone’s browser, on any phone or computer, with nothing to install.
Does everyone pay the same?+
Yes. One price for everyone, whatever your gender and whoever you’d like to meet.
What happens to my answers?+
We keep them to run the waitlist and, once your batch opens, to find your intros. We don’t sell them or share them without your written consent. Delete your account any time and we erase them.