HUMANIA · PRE-SEED ROUND
Humania
An AI guide that knows where you are in life.
Built on our map of human development, Sherpa helps you take the next step and introduces the people you need. From those connections, a trust network grows.
RAISING $1M PRE-SEED
Humania Inc. · Delaware C-Corp · Budapest
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THREE MOUNTAINS · THE MAP · EXISTS
Where you are decides what helps.
A map of human development: Success → Happiness → Meaning. Three mountains, twelve stages. Across 21 years and 1,000+ life stories, no one has failed to find themselves on it.
WHERE AM I?
Three mountains, twelve stages: 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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THE PROBLEM · WHAT WE REJECT
The same advice frees one person and traps another.
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, and 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
NO UNIVERSAL ADVICE
What helps depends on where you are.
NO PERFORMANCE
You shouldn't have to perform for an audience to find your people.
NO PERFECT INDIVIDUAL
Growth is not self-sufficiency. It is becoming yourself, and useful to someone.
Instead: guidance that fits your development, honest private conversation, and people to belong to.
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HUMANIA 1.0 · WHY NOW
The network came first. AI is the missing layer.
Humania 1.0 showed that meaningful connections can form. It did not reach product-market fit. What was missing is now buildable.
01 · WHAT EXISTED
Humania 1.0
3,400+ historical registrations
Experiences · dilemmas · commitments
Founder-observed connections
A learning environment, not PMF
02 · WHAT WAS MISSING
Repeatable personal value.
People need help seeing where they
are and what is timely now,
then a route from understanding
to action and the right person.
03 · WHAT CHANGED
LLMs, and Sherpa
Sustained personal understanding
is viable at consumer scale
A guide useful to one person first
can be the way into a network
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THE HINGE
Humania built the network. Sherpa makes it useful before the network is dense.
Historical registrations are not an active pool. Value starts with one person.
THE FLOW
Private guidance → timely step + follow-through → the people who matter
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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: make sense of what is happening, choose one small step, act with reminders and check-ins, adapt when life changes.
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
Make sense of a relationship
A reading from your side, not a verdict.
Concept demo (Aug 2026) · app in development
ORIENT
Provisional orientation
Contextual conversation
ACT
Commitments + follow-through
RELATIONSHIPS
“Why do we keep arguing?”
Explore what may drive them.
One-sided reflection.
A possible interpretation, not their verified viewpoint.
THE LOOP
Understand → choose → act → adapt. Return means a step taken.
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CHOOSE
HUMANIA · RELATIONAL LOOP · 1.0 → 1.1
The first person we bring in is someone you know.
Growth is relational before it is viral. One card, two uses: share your result, or ask someone to understand you. Strangers come later.
01 · SHARE YOUR RESULT
One card. Nothing private.
Your placement and its explanation
Anyone can place themselves for free
No account needed to share
In 1.0
02 · “UNDERSTAND ME”
A named invitation.
They see your explanation
They place themselves for free
A relationship record exists only
with both consents · in 1.0
03 · TWO PEOPLE, ONE MAP
A shared step.
See where you each are
Agree one step together
Common steps and milestones
In 1.1
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THE NUMBER
K, new people placed per new placer, is what we watch.
Invitations are acquisition. Mutual value is the network.
WHY FIRST
Relational loops need no local density. Strangers wait for the right order.
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HUMANIA · TRUST NETWORK · PLANNED
AI introduces. People build trust.
Strangers come later, in a deliberate order — and the first one isn't a date.
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
HUMANIA 1.0
Founder-observed connections between people at similar stages. Qualitative.
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NEW APP
Introductions planned, by mutual choice only.
THE ORDER WE RELEASE THEM
3. Friend (1.5)
Someone beside you, where local density allows.
4. Dating (1.6)
Last, with verification and safety first.
2. Mentor (1.4)
Someone who has been where you are now.
1. Witness (1.2)
Someone who knows the step you committed to and asks you afterwards.
THE 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 map + the graph.
Placed, witnessed, help-ready people
Identity, consent and safety
Outcome learning from real steps
Only Humania holds the human side
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WHAT COMPOUNDS
Context → timely step → mutual value → repeat participation → learning
Personalization and referrals alone are not network effects. This is what we must prove.
BY 2036
Targets, not forecasts: “Which mountain are you on?” in common language · tens of millions in the app · 10,000 navigators
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BUSINESS MODEL · HYPOTHESIS
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Free for the chatbot. Paid for the humans.
1.0 is fully free. From 1.1 we charge only for value that needs another person or an institution.
FREE · ALWAYS
$0
Finding your place on the map
Conversation, next step, follow-through at light use
Sharing and inviting
Accepting a connection, replying, chatting
A first shared experience
HUMANIA PLUS · PRICING HYPOTHESIS · USD
$12.99/month
A witness for a hard step
A two-person process; one payer sponsors both
Introductions beyond the free allowance
A verification credit (institute credential)
Navigator sessions: marketplace, 20–30% take rate
What a general assistant can do stays free.
WHY
No contest with free AI. A chatbot can't copy it. People already pay for humans.
Every paid item involves another person.
GO TO MARKET · FIRST USEFUL NETWORK · HYPOTHESIS
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Start concentrated. Expand with proof.
Creators and communities bring cohorts with a shared life situation, not just traffic. We introduce by hand before we automate.
FIRST COHORTS · WHERE THE NETWORK STARTS
Hungary: the controlled lab
Founder reach: 6M+ views, 15,000+ reached through courses, a living community.
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English partner cohorts
Creators whose audiences share a life situation test transferability.
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Manual introduction pilot
We introduce by hand first. Both sides rate it.
REFERRALS · PERSONAL VALUE BECOMES AN INVITATION
A result worth sharing
Your placement, nothing private.
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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.
Mátyás leads partnerships; István supports content and partner conversations.
PROOF TO EARN
Activation · step-linked return · mutual value
Acquisition cost by source · no channel proven yet
Useful density
LAUNCH · VALIDATION · TARGETS
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We count steps taken and people brought in.
Not opens. Month-12 targets after app launch are set to be confident, not extreme. Web and app cohorts stay separate.
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WEB PLACEMENT
Live Q4 2026 · first data Dec
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APP LAUNCH
iOS + Android
HU / EN · Q4
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COHORTS
HU base +
EN partners · Q1
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INTRODUCTION PILOT
Manual first
both sides rate it
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FREE / PAID BOUNDARY
From data
in 1.1
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EXPAND
With evidence
only
TARGETS · M12
Step done within 7 days ≥ 20% · step-linked 30-day return ≥ 15% · K ≥ 0.3
ALSO
Placement completion ≥ 50% · 1 in 4 invite someone · invite acceptance ≥ 25%
Pilot: both sides useful ≥ 50% · paying ≥ 2% of MAU with human features live · category D30 median ≈ 7%
FOUNDER–MARKET FIT
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István Joós
The map came before the model.
Founder & CEO
21 years working with people and life journeys · 1,000+ individual life stories · Three Mountains first published in 2015 and refined for 11 years
2 books · 1,000+ long-form videos · 6M+ views · 15,000+ reached through courses
FOUNDER EVIDENCE
A pattern library, not content.
Observed human patterns, distilled into a map before the AI layer existed. Founder evidence, not product traction.
HUMANIA · TEAM
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A senior team that took the seat.
Operations, technology and growth, full-time with the round. Senior-team equity: 15%, split among three, on 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
Engineering leadership
Built Humania MVP for years.
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.
HUMANIA · PRE-SEED ROUND
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Raising $1M Pre-Seed
An AI to lead people back to people, and help us understand each other.
Product: launch, relational loop, witness.
Team: five people, full-time.
Network: introduction pilot, first English cohorts.
START THE CONVERSATION
István Joós · Founder & CEO · istvan@humania.io
18 months · team of 5 · first web data Dec 2026
Month-12 targets: steps taken · people brought in · both-sided introduction value
APPENDIX · PRODUCT STATUS
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What exists, what is being built—and what comes next.
Four product promises, with status made explicit. Version numbers are sequence, not dates.
EXISTS
Three Mountains
+ Humania 1.0 + Core
Three Mountains, published 2015.
Humania 1.0: 3,400+ registrations, a few hundred active, small recurring revenue (Aug 2026). No PMF.
Orientation Core: founder-built bilingual placement engine; local prototype, automated tests passing (Sept 2026).
BUILDING
App 1.0 + web placement
iOS + Android · HU + EN
Placement, one step at a time, follow-through, visible memory, one card with public share and named invitation.
First release target: Q4 2026.
PLANNED
The human layer
1.1 two-person picture · 1.2 witness · 1.3 English public launch after trademark clearance · 1.4 mentor · 1.5 friend · 1.6 dating · 2.0 mediation
Prerequisites: density, verification, safety.
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NEXT PROOF
Repeat use tied to steps, both-sided introduction value, willingness to pay for the human layer.
APPENDIX · TWO-PERSON MEDIATION · PLANNED 2.0
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Understand each other. Find a step forward.
Invite a partner, friend or colleague into a shared conversation.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE
You + your Sherpa
Explain what happened and what matters to you.
Choose what to share.
SHARED SPACE
Humania as mediator
Understand both perspectives.
Exchange approved messages.
Agree on a small next step.
THEIR PERSPECTIVE
Them + their Sherpa
They bring their own experience and needs.
They choose what to share.
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SHARED VALUE
One Premium payer can sponsor the shared process.
Private stays private; messages are shared only with approval.
APPENDIX · COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
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Each solves one job for one person.
None has a map of development. None is paid for humans. Funding precedents are historical, not validation.
OUR EDGE
A proprietary 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 historical rounds · Maia round amount not verified · Company / YC sources · Oct 2026
APPENDIX · COMPANY
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Company, ownership and prior financing.
Current cap table 79.2% founder · 10.8% developer team · 10% pool. Target below after senior-team equity, before SAFE conversion and the round.
COMPANY
Humania Inc.
Delaware C-Corp · operating base in Budapest · founder-led, senior team of three
PRIOR FINANCING · IP
$55,871 external · SAFE financing
12 angels; SAFE terms in data room. Map licensed to Humania Inc.; Orientation Core company-owned.
70%
ISTVÁN JOÓS / FOUNDER
15%
SENIOR TEAM · THREE PEOPLE · VESTING
OPTION POOL
15%
APPENDIX · TESTING THE THESIS
Three tests of the network thesis.
Founder insight is a starting hypothesis. Guidance quality, mutual value and network effects need evidence.
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.
These are proposed validation directions, not experiments already run.
ORDER
Test 1 starts with the first release. Tests 2 and 3 need real human participation.
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