Manifesto
Every problem is a question. We help answer it, with proof.
Zetema is an index of real problems from every place, each tied to its sources and sized from evidence, with a builder's path for whoever takes it up. These are the rules it keeps.
“Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light.”
असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
asato mā sad gamaya, tamaso mā jyotir gamaya
What we hold to
Principles
Every claim has its quote.
A problem's brief says only what its sources say. A line that cannot be found in its source is dropped before anything is published.
Demand is never invented.
No seeded wants, no demo people, no made-up numbers. Every want, test and fix on the site comes from a real person.
The engine sizes what it can prove.
The market read uses figures quoted in sources, news volume, builders' activity and public tenders. Each number shows its source, its method and how sure we are.
Fixes are judged by the people who have the problem.
A fix counts as solved only when at least three people who live the problem, and two thirds of everyone who answers, say it worked.
Tools are inherited wisdom.
Using AI and other tools is not cheating. Every tool carries the work of generations before us; we stand on their shoulders. The judgement, and the care for the people who live the problem, stay with the builder.
Money never buys rank.
Sponsors and referral links are always labelled, and never change a brief, a kit's recommendations or where a problem ranks.
How it works
Five steps, from a headline to a fix
I
Seek
Every day the engine reads public news, government releases, issue trackers and tenders, place by place, and drafts a brief for each solvable problem.
II
Size
It gathers cited evidence of how big the problem is: people affected, what it costs, whether it is growing, and where money is already set aside.
III
Gather
People who live a problem say they want it solved, that they live it, or that they would test a fix. Nobody is charged.
IV
Build
Builders take up a problem with its kit: ideas, sources, tools for each step and a starter prompt. They invite testers who opted in.
V
Verify
The people who have the problem say whether the fix worked. Only then is it solved.
How Zetema makes money
Free for people with problems and for builders
- Sponsored problems and challengesTool makers and companies who want builders to use their productThey back a problem or bring a challenge. Labelled as sponsored; never changes a brief or its ranking.Live
- Tester invitesBuilders with a fix ready to tryThey pay to invite the people who opted in to testing that problem. Each invite is reviewed; testers are reached inside Zetema and their details are never shared.Live
- Referral links in kitsTool providers, per sign-upSome kit links can be referral links. Marked as sponsored; never change which tools a kit recommends.Ready
- Pro and APIFounders, funds and institutionsAlerts by place and field, exports, and an API over the index and its market read.Later
“Whatever a great person does, others follow.”
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः
yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ