# Liangpei AI promises refund if members are unmarried after 3 years > By Kim Harris | Published: 2026-11-09T17:12:09.43982+00:00 | Section: Technology & AI | Source: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/liangpei-ai-promises-refund-members-unmarried-after-three-years | Publisher: Dating Industry Insights (High Intent Media Inc) Shenzhen start-up Liangpei AI offers a refund of its 2,000-yuan fee to members not married within three years, Sixth Tone reports. It has 9,300+ active users. ## Key points - Sixth Tone reported on 15 September that Liangpei AI, a Shenzhen matchmaking app launched in July 2026, will refund its 2,000-yuan fee to members not married within three years. - Founder Zeng Xinxun said Liangpei AI had more than 9,300 active users across 300 cities in mid-September, and about one in 10 had reached an exclusive match. - Zhidx reported Liangpei AI raised a 15 million yuan angel round from Capital Today; Zeng said it was 20% of shares, valuing the company at 75 million yuan. - Sixth Tone says no Liangpei AI member has reached the three-year deadline, with the first guarantee periods ending in 2029. ## Article - Liangpei AI launched in July 2026 and promises to refund its 2,000-yuan fee to members not married within three years. - Founder Zeng Xinxun said in mid-September that the app had more than 9,300 active users across 300 cities. - Liangpei raised a 15 million yuan angel round from Capital Today, which Zeng said valued the company at 75 million yuan post-investment. - No member has reached the deadline; the first guarantee periods end in 2029, according to Sixth Tone. Sixth Tone reported on 15 September that Shenzhen start-up Liangpei AI, an AI matchmaking app launched in July 2026, promises to refund its 2,000-yuan fee (about $275, per Sixth Tone) to members who have not married within three years. The guarantee runs against the usual dating revenue model. Founder Zeng Xinxun, 32, who previously worked on AI search technology at Kimi, told Sixth Tone: 'We want to get the users off the platform as soon as possible.' He said marriage is the success measure because 'It’s legally verifiable and undisputed.' ### The DII Take This is an unusual pricing experiment in matchmaking, and an untested one. A refund promise ties the company's revenue to the outcome many members say they want, a contrast with subscription apps that earn from continued payment. But with no member yet at the deadline, it is a promise, not a result. ### How the guarantee works Onboarding is a roughly 20-minute voice conversation with an AI matchmaker, then 25 questions covering relationship history, marriage plans and property-purchase intentions, Sixth Tone says. Members can talk to only one match at a time. Zeng said the three-year cutoff came from interviews with 150 couples obtaining marriage licences at a Shenzhen civil affairs bureau, more than 70% of whom said they married within three years of meeting. Outlets differ on the fee. Sixth Tone calls it one-time; an SCMP lede, as excerpted by a republisher, calls it an annual membership fee of 2,000 yuan (US$300). ### Small base, unproven claim Zeng said Liangpei had more than 9,300 active users in mid-September, with about one in 10 in an exclusive match. Sixth Tone puts Tantan at 10.7 million monthly active users in March 2025. Zhidx reported that Capital Today put in 15 million yuan. Fudan University's Du Shichao told Sixth Tone: 'It may benefit some, but won’t significantly change China’s marriage patterns.' Elsewhere, [Match Group](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/companies/match-group) (MTCH) reported total payers down 5% to 13.8 million in the third quarter, though Hinge payers rose 23% to 2.3 million, per an AWARE summary of its results. [We covered its Tinder figures](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/match-group-reports-tinder-dau-growth-declares-dividend) earlier. ### What to watch No user has yet reached the three-year deadline. Sixth Tone says the first guarantee periods end in 2029. The company has not disclosed match or marriage rates. The first real test arrives in 2029, when refunds either get paid or do not. > No user has yet reached the three-year deadline. - Liangpei AI ties its 2,000-yuan fee to marriage within three years, making outcomes, not engagement, the product being sold. - Watch for disclosed marriage rates and refund liabilities; the unit economics will be hard to judge before 2029. **Sources:** [The Chinese Dating App Promising Marriage, or Your Money Back (Sixth Tone)](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1019025/the-chinese-dating-app-promising-marriage-%E2%80%94-or-your-money-back); [Interview with founder Zeng Xinxun (36Kr / Zhidx)](https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3915399664447107); [Excerpt of SCMP article on Liangpei (Success Stories News)](https://www.successstories.news/2026/11/08/china-us300-dating-app-marriage-or-refund-guarantee-sparks-intense-online-buzz-3/); [Match Group Reports Q3 2026 Results (AWARE)](https://awareinvest.com/terminal/intel/match-group-reports-q3-2026-results-tinder-dau-returns-to-growth-2026-11-02-57ca9a003338bff78ec933d2b067f103) ## Key takeaways - Liangpei AI's marriage-or-refund guarantee makes outcomes the product, a contrast with subscription dating models that earn from continued payer retention. - Liangpei AI has not disclosed match or marriage rates, so investors and rivals cannot yet judge refund liability before the first guarantee periods end in 2029. - At 9,300+ active users against Tantan's 10.7 million monthly actives, Liangpei AI is a small test of outcome-based pricing, not yet a competitive threat. ## FAQ ### What is Liangpei AI's marriage-or-refund guarantee? Liangpei AI, a Shenzhen AI matchmaking app launched in July 2026, promises to refund its 2,000-yuan fee to members who have not married within three years, according to Sixth Tone. ### Has anyone received a Liangpei AI refund yet? No. Sixth Tone says no Liangpei AI member has reached the three-year deadline, and the first guarantee periods end in 2029. ### How many members does Liangpei AI have? Founder Zeng Xinxun told Sixth Tone in mid-September that Liangpei AI had more than 9,300 active users across 300 cities. ## In this story - [Liangpei AI](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/liangpei-ai) (main subject) - [Zeng Xinxun](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/people/zeng-xinxun) (main subject) - [Capital Today](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/companies/capital-today) - [Match Group](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/companies/match-group) - [Tinder](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/tinder) - [Tantan](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/tantan) - [Hinge](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/hinge) --- Canonical: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/liangpei-ai-promises-refund-members-unmarried-after-three-years Citation: "Dating Industry Insights" (https://www.datingindustryinsights.com)