Gurgaon founder of Knot Dating slams Bangalore man for criticism: 'Don’t try to be over smart'

Knot Dating co-founder and CEO Jasveer Singh shared a screenshot of an X post a user had shared after being allegedly accepted into the exclusive dating platform without valid documents. (Image credit: Jasveer Singh/Moneycontrol)

Knot Dating co-founder and CEO Jasveer Singh has responded to allegations from a Bengaluru-based user who claimed to have bypassed the platform’s verification system using false credentials. The user, who goes by Ankit Jxa on X, shared that he was accepted into the exclusive invite-only matrimonial app despite submitting a fake name, random income details, and unrelated photos.

“I got accepted into Knot Dating,” Ankit wrote. “They didn’t verify my income. I put in a random number and no one cared. They didn’t verify my name or age with my government document. I wrote a random name and some weird pictures and got accepted. There is no AI here.”

Singh, in a sharply worded response on X, dismissed the claims and clarified the circumstances. “Oh hello, listen… don’t try to be over smart. You got in because you DMed me directly asking for approval,” he wrote. “I shared it with my team, and they verified it only because it came from me. That’s not a loophole—that’s you getting special treatment.”

Oh hello, listen… don’t try to be over smart. I wasn’t planning to respond, but the truth matters here

You got in because you DMed me directly asking for approval. I shared it to my team they verified only because it came from me. That’s not a “loophole,” that’s you getting… pic.twitter.com/z1mkzUo5mz

— Jasveer Singh (@jasveer10) August 14, 2025

Speaking to Moneycontrol after his post went viral, Singh admitted the approval was a result of internal miscommunication. “The team mistakenly treated the request as founder-cleared and went ahead with verification. It was a process slip. We’ve since fixed this gap so no profile can skip verification, regardless of the source.”

Singh emphasised that Knot Dating does not allow users to manually enter key personal details. “We don’t even have input fields for name, gender, date of birth, or hometown. All of this is retrieved directly from DigiLocker using government ID. Only our internal team can make changes manually.”

He acknowledged that OCR (optical character recognition) may occasionally misread a letter, but stressed that such errors are rare and do not allow users to fabricate identities. “I personally rechecked your error,” Singh said in his post. “Those details cannot be fabricated.”

On the platform’s use of AI, Singh rejected Ankit’s claim that the system did not use artificial intelligence. “Every user interacts with our AI during onboarding and beyond. It asks questions, understands preferences, and helps build profiles and matches. The algorithm is live and working fine. Whether or not a user chooses to engage deeply with the AI is up to them.”

The founder-CEO confirmed that Ankit’s account has since been taken down and the verification process reinforced. “This incident showed us how even a small miscommunication can slip through. We’ve tightened the process so no profile can bypass verification under any circumstances. Now, even if a request comes directly from me, it still goes through the same strict checks.”

He added that for Knot Dating, the lesson has already led to operational changes aimed at ensuring the integrity of its user base.