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Mercury 91
The Operating System of Curiosity and Creativity
The Operating System of Curiosity and Creativity
- Alphesda Interactive Pty Ltd
- Melbourne, Australia · mercury91.com
Investor materials
Mercury 91 Pitch Deck
Pre-seed investor presentation. Browse slides below or download the PDF.
Press, patrons, and institutional partners: Press & Partnerships room
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The Problem
- Curiosity is fragmented across single-purpose apps, feeds, tabs, and subscriptions
- Creative tools, AI, knowledge, games, reflection, and community rarely share one environment
- Most platforms optimise for extraction and passive scrolling instead of active exploration
- There is no persistent digital universe designed to keep expanding with its members
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Our Solution
One membership. One expanding universe. No single-purpose box.
- A persistent universe connecting creativity, AI, knowledge, dreams, games, space, meditation, and community
- Experiences live as places and portals inside one shared environment instead of disconnected apps
- AI acts as an intelligence layer across Mercury rather than the product itself
- New tools, worlds, collaborations, and experiments can keep expanding the platform
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Product
The universe is the product; every experience expands it
Dreams + The Curator
Capture dreams and ideas, use AI analysis, and explore a living public archive
3D Universe
Explore planets, real sky data, immersive worlds, games, knowledge, and experiments
Stars Social Feed
Create, publish, discover, and connect with people across the Mercury universe
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Traction
Live beta with real product usage
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Explorers
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Dreams logged
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Stars posted
Live from mercury91.com. $3.99 USD per month membership for new members
Milestones
- June 2025: Founded; began part-time development
- June 2026: Beta V3.0 public launch
- September 2026: $3.99 USD per month Universe membership for new members
- 90+ routes shipped solo; production live at mercury91.com
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Business Model
A simple recurring membership with value beyond the software
- $3.99 USD per month Universe membership. $47.88 annualised recurring revenue per paying member
- One membership unlocks Mercury's expanding collection of tools, worlds, AI, community, and experiments
- Universe Benefits give members selected partner trials, credits, discounts, and experiences
- Founding Universe Partners become integrated portals, places, or objects — not conventional advertising
- Future revenue can include sponsored worlds, residencies, events, and creator-grade capabilities
- The membership becomes more valuable as Mercury and its partner universe grow
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Market
A consumer platform spanning several large, converging behaviours
- Creativity and creator tools
- AI companions and personal knowledge
- Games, immersive worlds, astronomy, and exploration
- Dreams, reflection, meditation, and alternative social communities
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Product Moat
Immersive 3D universeReal astronomical dataThe Curator companionSecure entitlementsRecurring membershipGuarded AI costsSolo-shipped production
- A persistent environment connecting experiences, identity, creations, and community
- AI is an intelligence layer across Mercury, not a replaceable single-feature wrapper
- Handcrafted 3D universe with real astronomical data and a live public demo
- 90+ routes shipped by a solo founder; production live at mercury91.com
A Living Universe You Can Enter Together
Built solo. Shipped live.
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Team
- Amir — Founder (pen name Rae, @wordrae)
- Swinburne alumni; Melbourne-based solo builder
- Builder across 3D, AI, payments, and production
- Art and engineering in one founder; built part-time over 12 months
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The Ask
A$500,000 pre-seed round — open now
- Raising A$500k to turn a substantial founder-built platform into a scalable consumer company
- 40% distribution, user acquisition, and growth experiments
- 25% product, onboarding, retention, and Universe membership
- 20% AI production and infrastructure
- 15% legal, compliance, and first critical hire
- Contact: connect@alphesda.com · mercury91.com