China has come up with an unusual way to help lonely people find their other half. A new AI-powered dating service promises to refund users' money if they do not get married within three years. At the same time, the app forbids dating several candidates at once.
The Chinese startup Liangpei AI has attracted attention with an unusual business model: the company offers clients the chance to find a life partner with the help of artificial intelligence, and if the wedding does not take place within three years, to get their subscription money back.
The app launched in July 2026, but it began to be widely discussed in November, when the story appeared in international media.
An annual subscription costs 2000 yuan β roughly 300 dollars.
The main distinguishing feature is that the service is interested not in endless messaging but in real relationships that can end in marriage.
First Talk to the Robot, Then Look for Love
Unlike familiar apps, where users spend hours scrolling through photos of potential partners, Liangpei AI suggests starting the acquaintance with the artificial intelligence itself.
A new user must converse with a virtual assistant for about 20 minutes.
During this time, the program finds out details of the person's life: education, profession, family values, habits, character, interests, and ideas about an ideal partner.
The artificial intelligence then compiles a detailed psychological profile and selects a suitable candidate.
The developers are confident that this approach makes it possible to take into account not only appearance and age but also the compatibility of characters, life goals, and values.
It turns out that before the first romantic date, a person has to go through a real job interview with a robot.
No Love Triangles: Only One Partner at a Time
Another unusual rule of the app is that users are allowed to communicate with only one suggested candidate at a time.
You cannot open dozens of chats, compare interlocutors, and choose the most interesting one.
If the acquaintance does not work out, you must first end the current attempt, and only then get a new recommendation.
According to the creator of the service, Zeng Xinxun, a huge number of options does not always help people find love.
Sometimes endless choice only gets in the way of building a serious relationship.
That is why the developers decided to bet on the quality of dates rather than their quantity.
Not Married? Get Your Money Back!
The most widely discussed condition was the money-back guarantee.
If a user does not register a marriage within three years, the company promises to refund the membership fees paid.
The founder of the project explains this idea simply: a dating service should not profit from a client never having found a suitable person.
To honor its promise, the company, according to media reports, keeps the funds intended for possible refunds in a separate bank account.
However, there is a nuance.
The app was launched only in July 2026, so the three-year period has not yet expired for any of the first users. Consequently, it is not yet possible to verify how successfully the company fulfills its promises.
Some details of the refund terms also remain unclear.
No Entry for Married People
The developers have provided for another precautionary measure.
During registration, one must provide one's real name, submit a photograph, and confirm that the user is not married.
According to the company, in the very first month of operation alone, the system identified more than 150 people who tried to register while already having spouses.
So it turns out that artificial intelligence helps not only to look for love but also to verify whether a person is truly single.
Thousands of Users Have Already Trusted Artificial Intelligence
Despite its unusual model, the app quickly attracted the attention of the Chinese audience.
According to the company, the number of registered users has exceeded 35 thousand people, and about 9% of them have taken out a paid subscription.
The startup also attracted 15 million yuan in investment.
At the same time, statistics on successful matches and marriages concluded have not yet been published.
Therefore, it is still too early to say that artificial intelligence can truly create happy families.
Love with a Guarantee β the Romance of the Future?
The idea behind the Chinese startup is at once intriguing and amusing.
On the one hand, artificial intelligence is capable of analyzing a vast amount of information and suggesting a person with similar interests and views on life.
On the other hand, even the most sophisticated algorithm cannot guarantee mutual attraction, romantic feelings, and a desire to start a family.
Nevertheless, Liangpei AI offers a completely new approach to online dating.
Instead of the usual promise "We'll help you meet someone," the company is effectively saying: "We'll help you get married or give you your money back."
And if the idea proves successful, such services could become a new direction in the dating market.
For now, the main question remains: if artificial intelligence has matched you with your perfect other half, but you still didn't get married, who is to blame β the algorithm or love?
Still, there is a consoling option for users: if you fail to find family happiness, at least they promise to refund your subscription money.
