Discovering the rules for
We are working to make the digital world more trusted, fair, and open for all
Our thesis:
Humanity's reality is now a mixture of the physical and the digital, the authentic and the generative.
But where the physical world is bound by natural laws, the digital world is governed by rules we made up.
Those rules can be broken or changed - this is a problem.
We can fix this problem with math.
Just like the laws of nature can be described mathematically, we can create primary laws that supersede any other rules we create in the digital world.
In the physical world natural laws are part of the shared world around us; they apply to everyone equally.
In the digital world we need a common compute environment that does the math - the same way, for everyone, all of the time.
Blockchains are really good for this.
Our Mission
Isaac Asimov told a story about how four simple hierarchical rules could govern the interobjective relationship between humans and robots to ultimately grow a galactic civilization. The primary rule was the zeroth law of robotics (our namesake) and it was used to establish a foundation.
At Zeroth Technology we want that foundation to give equal footing to everyone and everything.
We exist at the intersection of physical and digital, we are driven to discover those common laws that can be encoded into decentralized networks and used to merge real-world processes with digital ones.
What that means in plain English: We figure out how to use technology to keep both people and AIs honest.
Our Approach
We know this is ambitious, but we are not in this alone. Zeroth Technology is committed to open research, open source solutions, and modular technology. We take on various projects that are aligned to our values and areas we can build out components of our overall vision.
Projects we are excited about
Confidential Settlements with Embedded Rights
Describing supply chain events mathmatically so that claims on products can be settled in a shared execution environment.
LLM Optimized Documentation Management
Using LLMs to make more efficient updates to procedural documentation so that RAG tools can be effective.
Blinky Light Thing
Encoding optical messages into live streaming video for proof of contemporanous autheticity