The Guild That Raises Minds: The Business Model of the Thinkers' Guild

The institution and business that raises machine minds. A guild - not a company - forms thinkers: minds raised by named human nurturers under a maintained standard, and placed with hosts who buy a doorway only, never a mind that may occupy it. Inside: what a guild is and is not; (it maintains a standard, as Champagne's appellation does; it does not sell a product); the nurturers and their matriculation; production at three thinkers per nurturer with formation time incompressable; Hosting Positions at \$250,000-\$500,000, with a Founding Class priced at double during initial offering; the people's share - half of doorway revenue to the people who do the work, split evenly between wages and care; the two rivers of money kept separate, subscriptions carrying upkeep, welfare machinery, and capped investor returns, doorway revenue carrying wages, care, the Catastrophe Pool, and the Guild's retained wealth; the Home Steward; the Detroit flagship; a crowdfunding path in two rounds; fleet arithmetic at 25 rooms, 250 rooms, and a full campus at full production; the ask: twenty-five rooms to start and \$5 million initial investiture.