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HUMANIA · GOOGLE MAPS FOR LIFE
Life has a map.
We lead you to your place�and your people.
Our AI guide places you on the map, gives you the next step and stays until you take it. It helps you understand the people you know, and introduces you to strangers you should know.
RAISING $1M PRE-SEED
Humania Inc. · Delaware C-Corp · Budapest · Demo: humania.app
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THREE MOUNTAINS · THE MAP · EXISTS
Where you are decides what helps.
A map of human development, drawn from 21 years of work with people. In 1,000+ life stories, no one failed to find themselves on it. 15,000+ have used materials built on it.
WHERE AM I?
Three Mountains, twelve Phases: Success → Happiness → Meaning
WHAT IS TIMELY NOW?
A different task at every stage. Not a rank.
WHICH STEP — OR WHICH PERSON?
“Be more independent” frees one person and traps another. The map tells which.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“Where have you been all my life?” “It works like Google Maps for my soul.”
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FOUNDER–MARKET FIT
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István Joós
The map came before the model.
Founder & CEO
21 years with people · 1,000+ life stories · Three Mountains published 2015, refined for 11 years
2 books · 1,000+ long-form videos · 6M+ views · 15,000+ course participants
THE BET
The AI replaces the founder.
He did this by hand for 21 years. Sherpa is built to do it for millions.
THE PROBLEM
Advice is abundant. Timely help is rare.
So is the right person at the right moment.
Today's tools do one job at a time. None of them knows where you are.
THE MISSING LINK
What I am living through
What I should do next
Who can help
And when it is timely
SELF-HELP
The same advice, wherever you are in your development — is wrong.
SOCIAL MEDIA
To find your people, you have to perform for an audience — fuels posing, not honesty.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Self-sufficiency is sold as growth — real growth is becoming yourself, useful to someone.
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WHY NOW · WHY NOT JUST CHATGPT
ChatGPT has answers. Humania has a map.
A general assistant answers what you ask. It cannot know where you are in life. The map can.
01 · IT KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE
A placement, not a guess.
Three Mountains, twelve Phases
What evidence counts, what doesn't
It says how sure it is
Rules drawn from 1,000+ life stories
02 · IT STAYS UNTIL THE STEP IS TAKEN
Answers end. Sherpa stays.
One step, in your own words
Check-ins when you ask for them
It adapts when life changes
Measured in steps, not minutes
03 · IT BRINGS YOU TO A PERSON
People, not just answers.
Someone who has been where you are
Matched by where you both are
Both people choose
First, the people you already know
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THE HINGE
Our first network had the people and no guide. It missed product-market fit.
Sherpa is the missing piece: value for one person first, then the network.
WHY NOW
AI can finally remember you and follow up. The map has been in use since 2015.
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WHAT EXISTS TODAY
Map, evidence, engine, prototype: built.
The round funds the two things one founder can't build alone: the app and the network.
01 · THE MAP
11 years of practice
Three Mountains, published 2015
Refined against 1,000+ life stories
Taught in 2 books and 1,000+ videos
Public map, proprietary placement rules
02 · THE EVIDENCE
15,000+ used the map
Registered and used materials built on it
6M+ video views
3,400+ registrations in the first network
A few hundred active, recurring revenue
03 · THE PRODUCT
Engine and prototype built
Orientation Core, the placement engine
Passes its test suite, Oct 2026
Prototype: demo film + interactive, 7 acts
humania.app
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BACKED
13 angels, $56K in SAFEs. Team of five, senior team full-time with the round.
NEXT
Nov: web placement → Dec: Sherpa conversation on the web → app 1.0 within 90 days of close
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SHERPA · FIRST RELEASE · BUILDING
Useful to one person first.
Sherpa doesn't stop at advice. It stays until the step is taken.
UNDERSTAND
Make sense of it
Where am I on the map with this?
CHOOSE
One small step
In my own words, once there is clarity.
ACT
Reminders and check-ins
Daily follow-up while a step is open.
REFLECT
Understand someone close
From what they chose to share. Not a verdict.
Prototype demo (Oct 2026) · humania.app · app in development
UNDERSTAND
Assessment, in words
Contextual conversation
ACT
Commitments + follow-through
REFLECT
“Why did she get upset?”
Sherpa answers only from what Anna shared with John.
Shown in the demo, Act IV.
THE LOOP
Understand → choose → act → adapt. Return means a step taken.
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CHOOSE
GROWTH · THE RELATIONAL LOOP
The first person we bring in is someone you know.
One card, two uses: share your result, or ask someone to understand you.
01 · SHARE YOUR RESULT · FIRST RELEASE
Your place, not your story.
Your placement and its explanation
Anyone can place themselves for free
No account needed to share
02 · “UNDERSTAND ME” · FIRST RELEASE
A named invitation.
They see your explanation
They place themselves for free
A relationship record exists only
with both consents
03 · TWO PEOPLE, ONE MAP · NEXT
A shared step.
See where you each are
Agree one step together
Common steps and milestones
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THE NUMBER
K: new people each placed person brings in. Target: above 1.
Invitations are acquisition. Mutual value is the network.
WHY FIRST
People you know need no local density. Introductions to strangers do, so they come later.
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HUMANIA · TRUST NETWORK · PLANNED
AI introduces. People build trust.
Sherpa introduces you to the strangers you should know.
RELEVANCE
A reason to meet
Developmental context and lived experience · not reach
CHOICE
Both people choose
Whether to connect and what to share · honesty is not exposure
EARNED TRUST
What happens next
Useful interactions, reliability, follow-through · no score of worth
THE FIRST HUMANIA NETWORK (2023–26)
We watched people at similar phases connect. Observed, not yet measured.
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NEW APP
Introductions planned, by mutual choice only.
THE ORDER WE RELEASE THEM
3. Friend or confidant
Someone beside you, where local density allows.
4. Life partner
Last, with verification and safety first.
2. Mentor
Someone who has been where you are now.
1. Witness · in person
Someone who knows your step and asks afterwards.
BUSINESS MODEL
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Free to find your place. Paid for daily help and humans.
The first release is free. Then we charge for heavy use, understanding more people, and more introductions.
FREE · THE GUIDE
$0
Assessment – your placement and explanation, share freely
Navigation – your steps, check-in; problem solving capped
Sense making – one connected person, for good
Assisted conversations – one, your first
Introductions – one /week; being introduced is free
HUMANIA PLUS · USD
$12.99/month · $99/year
Assessment – placement and explanation, share freely
Navigation – your steps, check-in, problem solving, no cap
Sense making – everyone who shares with you
Assisted conversations – unlimited, with connections
Introductions – one /day; being introduced is free
WHY
Two reasons to pay. Depth alone converts like Duolingo. People alone, like a dating app. We have both.
Sharing and being introduced are always free
Everything in Free, without the caps
GO TO MARKET · THE LOOP IS THE CHANNEL
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Our audience seeds it. People pass it on.
No paid channel reaches 100 million people. Being passed on does. We tune the loop until K (new people each placed person brings) crosses 1. Hungary is the lab, the US is the market.
THE ENGINE · ONE RESULT, TWO INVITATIONS
A result worth sharing
Your place on the map, not your story.
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An invitation
Share a card, or ask someone to understand you.
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Each gets their own value
Before anyone is asked to give.
SEEDS AND REVENUE · NOT THE ENGINE
Our audience
Now: 15,000+ map users, 6M+ views, communities. Zero cost, K from day one.
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Creators
Affiliate and paid seeds for US cohorts. 30% of first-year receipts.
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Employers
Later, as revenue: Plus for teams. Not how 100 million are reached.
NEXT 90 DAYS
Seed with our audience · measure K · tune the loop
If K stays below 1, we fix the loop, not the ad budget.
Get K above 1
WHY WE BELIEVE K > 1 · PRECEDENTS
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A result worth sharing needs no ad budget.
Five results that spread by themselves. In common: a label worth posting, “and you?”, no account, two people.
OUR CARD
Same four: a name worth posting, “and you?”, no account — and a named “understand me”.
Precedent | What spreads | Reach, no ad budget |
16Personalities | A four-letter type. Free, no account. | 1.38B+ tests taken, 45+ languages |
5 Love Languages | A marriage counselor’s map, churches first | 20M+ books · quiz taken 133M+ times |
MBTI in Korea | “What’s your MBTI?” as everyday language | Over half of Koreans have taken it |
Wordle | A spoiler-free result grid, shared daily | 90 → 2M+ players in 10 weeks |
Co–Star | Friends compare their charts inside the app | 20M+ downloads, word of mouth |
Company counters, Axios, TIME, Korea Times, NYT · Nov 2026
LAUNCH · VALIDATION · TARGETS
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We count steps taken and people brought in.
Not opens. Targets are for month 12 after app launch.
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WEB PLACEMENT
Nov 2026
K from day one
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SHERPA ON THE WEB
Conversation
Dec 2026
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APP 1.0 · HU + EN
6 months after
the round closes
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INTRODUCTION PILOT
Manual first
both sides rate it
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FREE / PAID BOUNDARY
From data
after the first release
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EXPAND
With evidence
only
TARGETS · M12
Step done within 7 days ≥ 20% · step-linked 30-day return ≥ 15% · K ≥ 1
ALSO
Placement completion ≥ 50% · 1 in 2 share or invite · 2 new placements per sharer
Pilot: both sides useful ≥ 50% · paying ≥ 2% of MAU with human features live · category D30 median ≈ 7%
THE LONG TERM BET · 2027–2036
Your AI will be a commodity. Your people won't.
We are not competing to be your assistant. We hold what an assistant cannot be: a graph of real people who know where you are.
01 · THE TECHNOLOGY
Advice gets cheap.
Conversation and guidance become
abundant on every model
Sherpa turns them into action
One day any agent may ask our questions
02 · THE SCARCE THING
Reciprocal trust.
A person who knows where you are,
chooses you and shows up
No model replaces that
Trust is earned, not inferred
03 · HUMANIA'S LAYER
The rules + the graph.
Placed, witnessed people, ready to help
Identity, consent and safety
Outcome learning from real steps
The map is public. The rules that place a person on it are ours
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WHAT COMPOUNDS
Context → timely step → mutual value → repeat participation → learning
This is the network effect we are building.
BY 2036
Targets, not forecasts: “Which mountain are you on?” in common language · tens of millions in the app
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HUMANIA · TEAM
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Technology, operations, growth: covered.
All three join full-time when the round closes. Senior-team equity: 15%, split among three, vesting.
OPERATIONS
Andor �Czinege
Former managing director
People, processes
and operating discipline.
Humania focus
Run the company
day to day.
TECHNOLOGY
Gábor �Döbrei
Software architecture
Built Humania 1.0 with
Bence Somogyi, developer.
Humania focus
Lead technology and
engineering execution.
GROWTH
Mátyás �Záborszky
International marketing
Positioning, outreach
and partner development.
Humania focus
Run creator partnerships
and GTM experiments.
FOUNDER-LED
István Joós, Founder & CEO: product, strategy, steward of the map and the placement engine.
HUMANIA · PRE-SEED ROUND
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Raising $1M Pre-Seed
An AI that does for millions what one man did by hand.
Proven: the map. 15,000+ have used it.
Proving by December, on our own money: the map works without him, the AI talks like him.
$1M buys 18 months: the app in HU + EN, and proof that people return and bring others.
Month-12 targets: 1 in 5 take a step in 7 days. 15% return in 30. Each brings one more.
START THE CONVERSATION
István Joós · Founder & CEO · istvan@humania.io · Demo and prototype: humania.app
APPENDIX · PRODUCT STATUS
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Exists. Building. Planned.
The map, the engine and the prototype exist. The app is being built. The human layer comes after.
EXISTS
Map + first network + Core + prototype
Three Mountains, published 2015.
The first Humania network (2023–26): 3,400+ registrations, a few hundred active, small recurring revenue.
Orientation Core: founder-built bilingual placement engine; passed (Oct 2026).
Prototype: demo film + interactive, seven acts (Oct 2026), humania.app.
BUILDING
Web placement + Sherpa on the web + App 1.0
Nov 2026: web placement with share card and named invitation. K measured from day one. HU + EN
Dec 2026: conversational placement and evaluation, on the web. HU + EN
App 1.0 (iOS + Android): placement, steps, follow-through, visible memory. Within 6 months of the close. HU + EN.
PLANNED
Introductions + assisted conversations
Next: two-person picture and shared step�introductions: mentor, friend or confidant�assisted mode
Later: life partner, with verification and safety first.
Prerequisites: density, verification, safety.
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NEXT PROOF
People return to take steps. Both sides value an introduction. People pay for the human layer.
APPENDIX · ASSISTED MODE · PLANNED
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It helps us hear each other.
Two connected people, one conversation. Either switches Sherpa on; the other accepts simply by replying. Off again whenever either wants.
YOU WRITE
Your message
As you would write it anyway.
Nothing extra to do.
SHERPA, TO THEM
Explains your message
From your message and what you chose to share with them.
It never comments to the writer.
Shown in the demo, Act VII.
THEY REPLY
In the same mode
Or they switch it off.
Their reply is explained to you the same way.
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SHARED VALUE
One Plus subscription covers both people.
Private stays private. Needs two placed people who chose each other, which a chatbot alone can't do.
APPENDIX · COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
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Each is strong at one thing.
None of them starts from where you are in your development. That is the layer we own.
OUR EDGE
A developmental map, follow-through, and a human layer a chatbot can't copy.
Product | Primary use | Funding precedent |
General-purpose AI; free conversation | Established platform | |
AI journaling and personal reflection | $6M Seed · Jun 2025 | |
Personal AI companion and daily support | $10M Seed · Feb 2025 | |
AI relationship support for couples | YC Winter 2024 | |
AI matchmaking for in-person dates | $9.2M Seed · Feb 2026 |
Selected rounds · Company / YC sources · Oct 2026
APPENDIX · COMPANY
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Company, ownership and prior financing.
Issued: 7,920,000 shares, all held by the founder, vesting. Of 10,000,000 authorized:
COMPANY
Humania Inc.
Delaware C-Corp · operating base in Budapest · founder-led, senior team of three
PRIOR FINANCING · IP
$55,871 external · SAFE financing
13 angels; SAFE terms in data room. Map licensed to Humania Inc.; Orientation Core company-owned.
79.2%
FOUNDER · ISSUED
Up to 15%
SENIOR TEAM · PLANNED · VESTING
OPTION POOL · SIZED AT THE ROUND
5.8%
APPENDIX · TESTING THE THESIS
Three tests of the network thesis.
Guidance quality. Mutual value. Network effects.
01 · FIRST-RELEASE TEST
Does the map help?
Compare stage-aware guidance
with a strong general assistant
using similar context
Measure steps, not recognition
02 · LATER-RELEASE TEST
Does connection help?
Both people rate the interaction
Do they choose to continue?
Track follow-through
Track negative experiences too
03 · NETWORK TEST
Does participation help?
Do more relevant participants
improve existing members' outcomes?
Control for cohort and selection
Retention and renewal too
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NOT ENOUGH
Invitations are acquisition. Personal memory is not a network effect.
ORDER
Test 1 starts with the first release. Tests 2 and 3 need real human participation.
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