Ways to Back This

There are a few different ways to put money into what I am building. They are not the same thing, and I would rather tell you exactly what each one gives you before you decide than blur them together. Pick the one that matches what you are actually hoping to get.

Buy work

The most direct one. You hire me, or the business, for a scoped piece of work: an AI-agent architecture review, a control-plane audit, or ongoing advisory.

  • What you get: the work, delivered, plus honest reporting on it.
  • What you do not get: any ownership, upside, or return beyond the work itself. This is a service, not an investment.
  • Start at Working with me.

Fund public research (patronage)

Some of what I do is public and free: essays, proof pages, the six-month build log, open vocabularies. Patrons and sponsors can help fund that.

  • What you get: the work exists, sooner and better, and credit if you want it.
  • What you do not get: a financial return. Patronage is not investment. Where I benefit personally, I say so.

Join the co-op

The Buying Table is a neighbourhood buying group. If it incorporates, members buy in.

  • What you get: cheaper staples, and if there is a surplus, a rebate on what you yourself bought.
  • What you do not get: a return on the money you put in. A co-op pays members back for their purchases, not for their capital. That is exactly what keeps it a co-op and not a security, and the members own it, not me.
  • See The Buying Table.

Back Sitelayer

Sitelayer is a real construction-ops business with a live product and a first pilot customer. It is the one thing here that could take investment in the ordinary sense.

  • What you would get, if this ever opens: a real instrument (a SAFE, a note, or a revenue share), with a stated round size, use of funds, and terms.
  • The honest status: there is no live offering today. Any actual raise happens through the company, structured by an accountant and a securities lawyer first. This page is the door, not the deal.
  • If you want to talk about it, email me and say so.

The one line under all of it

Different money means different things. I will not dress a donation up as an investment, an investment as a co-op, or a service as a stake. Tell me what you are hoping to get, and I will tell you honestly which of these lanes it is, or that it is none of them.

Email me with what you have in mind.