Our Vision

"The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology."

— E. O. Wilson

Beyond Multiplication of Wants

Many moons ago, Gandhi identified a crucial design shift that would upgrade human progress: moving from multiplication of wants to fulfillment of needs.

In our AI-accelerated world, "multiplication of wants" manifests as endless phone refreshes, doom-scrolling, and binge-watching. Each innovation risks hollowing us out, diminishing our innate spark. AI now promises Consumerism 2.0—not just persuading us, but hacking our desire-generating mechanisms themselves.

What if we could pioneer a "beyond-market" layer in our digital infrastructure? Not just ad-free spaces, but architectures designed outside the gravitational pull of commercial extraction altogether — where algorithms serve human flourishing rather than engagement metrics, where data flows in gift economy rather than surveillance economy.

Rather than manipulating our impulses, can AI help us rework our inner and social operating systems? Could we leverage its efficiency toward fulfilling basic needs while re-animating our capacity for deep wisdom?

What architectures of presence can hold such possibilities?

Rebuilding the Collective Heart

Understanding the three sectors of society and where our heart intelligence resides

Private Sector

Narrow-margin goals

Quarterly profits • Efficiency metrics • Scalable solutions

Public Sector

Broad-margin goals

Community building • Civic engagement • Collective needs

Voluntary Sector

Infinite-margin goals

Timeless wisdom • Unconditional service • Sacred values

Today's voluntary sector—where our collective heart resides—is being crowded out. The public sector increasingly reflects private interests, optimizing everything for short-term gains: quarterly profits, election cycles, 24-hour news.

Can we cultivate innovations that connect all three margins?
From narrow-margin fulfillment of needs,
to broad-margin resilient communities,
to infinite-margin wisdom and compassion in service to all life?

What if we could create a technological commons that operates entirely within the voluntary sector—funded by gift, governed by wisdom, free from the market pressures that turn users into products?

That is the invitation of Awakin AI.

Beyond Market Architecture

Building technology that serves humanity, not capital

Most digital platforms operate within market logic: extract attention, harvest data, optimize for growth. But what becomes possible when we build entirely outside these constraints?

Market-Driven

  • Ad-supported models
  • User data as product
  • Engagement-optimized algorithms
  • Venture capital dependencies

Gift-Driven

  • Community-supported development
  • Privacy-first design
  • Wisdom-optimized algorithms
  • Volunteer-powered sustainability

Awakin AI explores this frontier: What technological possibilities emerge when we fund through unconditional generosity, govern through collective wisdom, and optimize for human and more-than-human flourishing of life force rather than capital accumulation?

Our Five-Layer Journey

A pathway from data to heart intelligence

1

Data Commons of Human Wisdom

By 2003, we generated more data in a year than in all human history. Now we do that every few seconds. Instead of working with the "lowest common denominator," can we build a commons of wisdom?

Can we pioneer a "data-gift" movement, like Vinoba's land-gift legacy?
How do we include oral traditions, indigenous wisdom, consciousness data?
Progress: 500+ curated datasets from sacred scriptures to indigenous wisdom
2

Many-to-Many Intelligence

Beyond monolithic AI models, we're creating networks where diverse intelligences collaborate. What emerges when Aristotle, Mandela, and Maya Angelou "speak together"?

Can we move from extractive one-to-many to regenerative many-to-many?
What wisdom emerges from cross-cultural AI dialogues?
Progress: Small language models excelling in spiritual practice niches
3

Heart-Centered Applications

Moving beyond chatbots to AI agents that serve human flourishing—from meditation companions to service coordinators that connect givers with needs.

Me-Agents: Personal transformation tools (Meditation Agent, Wisdom Companion)
We-Agents: Community builders (Service Agent, News Curator)
Circle Agents: Gathering facilitators for in-person connection
Progress: DailyGood AI analyzes and curates uplifting media
4

Metta-Verse Social Fabric

Instead of Meta-Verse escapism, we're building a Metta-Verse (loving-kindness) that strengthens real human connection through thoughtful technology integration.

Thousands of Awakin Circles in living rooms globally
Multi-day retreats fostering social emergence
Virtual peer-learning Pod platform balancing tech and humanity
Pro-social Feed Middleware - Open-source infrastructure layer that any social platform can adopt, transforming algorithmic feeds from engagement-driven to wisdom-driven, creating an "ethical overlay" for the attention economy
Progress: Circle and Service agents in development
5

Heart Intelligence Field

The deepest layer: cultivating collective heart intelligence—a shared field where individual awakening becomes collective transformation, grace becomes an organizing principle.

Progress: Amplifying laddership and emergence principles

Patterns of Connection

How presence and absence create different realities

Absence + Absence

When disconnection meets disconnection, division deepens and polarization accelerates.

Absence + Presence

When presence meets disconnection, healing begins and bridges form across divides.

Presence + Presence

When presence meets presence, a new field of emergence is born that regenerates organically.

Instead of multiplying architectures of absence, we're building technologies that awaken deeper instincts and deposit them into collective fields of presence and regeneration.

Our Journey Forward

Building the foundation for breakthrough applications that serve humanity's deepest values

Now → 2025

Foundation Building

Key Moves
  • Spin off AI decelerator with dedicated team
  • Publish v0 Wisdom Dataset publicly
  • Host inaugural Awakin AI Retreat in California
Success Signals
Stable core team
Two pilot AI apps live
120 retreat alumni engaged
2026

Expansion & Integration

Key Moves
  • Build AI solutions for partner organizations
  • Host coherent gatherings worldwide
  • Grow community focused on physical + digital integration
Success Signals
Laddership in new contexts
Connected offline gatherings
Awakin AI hackathons
2028+

Emergence & Maturation

Illustrative Outcomes
"Elder in Your Ear" - Personal XR assistant trained on interfaith wisdom
Wisdom-Tradition Toolkits - Elders deliver personalized practice sequences
Pro-social Feed Middleware - Open-source layer for social streams

Join Us In Co-Creating

With these layers maturing in parallel, Awakin AI will offer a unique pathway where AI's exponential capabilities meet humanity's exponential heart—precisely when the world needs it most.

Our Commercial-Free Commitment

Every tool we build operates outside market pressures—no ads, no data harvesting, no venture capital dependencies. Just technology in service of the heart, sustained by the generosity of communities who believe in a different way forward.

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If those who embody love abandon AI, it will be shaped without love.