Cluj's Tech Hub Is Attracting Desi Engineers. Here's Their Night Out.

Cluj-Napoca is Romania's unofficial tech capital, and the scene here has earned it the nickname "Silicon Forest of Transylvania" (yes, really). Babes-Bolyai University and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca attract Indian students, while the IT sector, anchored by companies like Bosch, Continental, and a thriving local startup ecosystem, employs Indian engineers. The city has more IT companies per capita than Bucharest and a younger, more dynamic energy.

The format from New York: real contestants go on live dates on stage while the room watches and reacts. Afterward, the whole crowd mingles. In Cluj-Napoca, this format is designed to concentrate the scattered desi community into one room for one night, creating connections that the apps and expat mixers never deliver.

The Centru neighbourhood and the area around Piata Unirii are where social life concentrates. The cafe culture is strong, the craft beer scene is surprisingly good, and UNTOLD Festival proves that Cluj can host tens of thousands of people and keep them happy. The city punches above its weight on every entertainment metric.

For the Indian community in Cluj, which is small but concentrated, a dating show solves the fundamental problem of critical mass. You can't organically bump into enough South Asian singles in a city of 320,000 to build a dating life. You need someone to put everyone in a room. That's us.

Waitlist is open. Cluj is part of our Romanian and Eastern European plans. Get on the list or apply to be a contestant.