Saath™

Dating, for the part of you that doesn't get explained.

For the South Asian diaspora Made by one of you Launching Summer 2026

One word · Five scripts · Same feeling

saathRoman साथHindi · Devanagari ساتھUrdu · Nastaliq சாத்Tamil ਸਾਥPunjabi · Gurmukhi

We didn't pick one community. We picked the feeling that goes with you everywhere: the apartment in Fremont, the WhatsApp from your massi in Hyderabad, the cousin's wedding in Toronto.

Noun · /sɑːt̪ʰ/

saathसा॰थ · ساتھ

Hindi-Urdu

Together. With. Companionship. Also: the feeling of meeting someone who already gets the part of you that takes others a year to understand.

You know this if

01 You've explained your last name on the third Hinge message.
02 You've been asked "so when are you settling down" at three weddings in one summer.
03 Your stack has cycled through the same eight Patel girls in your 30-mile radius.
04 You've opened Dil Mil and closed it within ten seconds.
05 You'd rather not be on the matrimonial sites.

Saath is for this.

What we promise

01

Free filters that matter.

Community, language, religion, city, raised-in. Always free. No premium tier owns who you're allowed to find.

02

Eight likes a day. On purpose.

Real conversations need real attention. The casino is closed. You'll use your likes on people you actually want to meet.

03

Hello costs more than a swipe.

Two free intros a day. Write a real note, twenty characters minimum, sent before you match. Because "hey" isn't a conversation, and the people you actually want to meet deserve more than a prompt comment.

04

No caste filters. Ever.

Not as a field, not as a preference, not as a premium feature. We enforce this at the database, not in marketing copy.

05

Safety isn't a tier.

Block, report, hide, unmatch, safety check-ins, photo moderation. All standard. A real team reads reports. Romance fraud and harassment are taken seriously, not triaged by a model.

Absent · on purpose

Unlimited swiping. Eight likes a day. The casino is closed.

Caste filters. Never. Not as a field, not as a preference, not as a "match factor."

Paid boosts that hide free users. Free users see free users. Plus never makes you invisible.

Filters paywalled behind Plus. Community, language, city, religion. Free forever.

AI deciding who's worth your time. A real team reads every report. Humans, not models.

Most of what makes a dating app feel bad is what they added to keep you scrolling. We measured success in a different unit: not minutes-per-day, but did you actually meet someone real.

A note from the founder

I'm Ankit. I built Saath because the dating apps I had access to weren't built for me. Hinge kept trying to set me up with the same eight Patel girls in my 30-mile radius. Dil Mil felt like 2014. The matrimonial sites felt like 1995.

None of them were built by someone who actually has to use them. So I quit, formed a company, filed a trademark, and started building.

If you're looking for the same thing, something honest, built by someone who's in it, get on the list. I'll write back.

Ankit Patel Founder · Petalform LLC

The ask

The waitlist opens today. The app opens this summer.

We're opening city by city. Tell us where to start.

Or just email hello@saathdating.com. That works too.