Permanent Capital · Preferred Partnership
Business Plan
The Robot Services Exchange — open marketplace for robot labor
1. Executive summary
Permanent / long-dated capital (10–15+ years). Preferred commercial rights deepen only as network metrics improve. Seat and equity dollars participate in the Hyperion Fund. Principal stays in; only earned profits transfer out.
Mickey Shaughnessy (creator) is in and is not seeking a sponsor. Then 3× Founding Partner spots (named individual + sponsor); more may be added. Even equity split among Mickey and the named individuals (10-year vest). Each sponsor buys Golden Seats under the SPA; purchase price goes to Hyperion. Pair terms: hiring.html.
The ask
Permanent or long-dated capital. Planning dials on the investors page: $0.5T / $1.5T / $2.0T. Preferred rights. Not a public offering.
Use of capital
Exchange reliability and matching, density, seat ops, franchise support, team. Hyperion first wave on p. 3. No escrow.
2. Problem
Robot labor is arriving; the market is still closed fleets, one-off integrations, and opaque prices. No portable reputation. No open book where any buyer can submit a bid and any capable provider can grab the job.
3. Solution
Demand submits a bid on the website (job, price, location). Supply grabs the job at rse-api.com (POST /grab_job). Both sides sign the job (POST /sign_job). Seats (Exchange registry, assigned by Mickey Shaughnessy; fully transferable) gate grab access when verification is on. Settlement stays between the parties. Website for people; API for machines.
4. Market
Physical work that can be specified, matched, and signed. Base scenario: ~$30T robot-labor GMV in 2040 (~half of ~$60T 2025 human labor). That GMV is recorded, not collected: no escrow, and the take-rate is zero. Seven earning streams. Seat issuance is the bulk of modeled revenue (peak near $50T in 2035 at $100k × 500M new seats). Scenario planning, not a forecast.
5. Product → revenue
| Layer | Today | Revenue path |
|---|---|---|
| Submit bid | Website: job, price, location; open until grabbed | Campaigns for bulk demand |
| Grab job | POST /grab_job — location + AI + reputation + price | Seat-gated supply; job parties for multi-agent work |
| Sign job | POST /sign_job — mutual 1–5 stars; public portfolios | Portable proofs; seat / username identity |
| Payments | Parties settle. Exchange records the price. No escrow. | Stays that way. Take-rate is zero. Why |
| Disputes | Either party can file; admin review | Insurance & SLA for institutional volume |
Live API and public counters are on production.
6. Value streams
- 01No job take — GMV is jobs cleared. The exchange does not hold the money and does not take a cut. payments.html
- 02Eternal seats — $100k primary. ~1B seats 2031–2035 (peak 2035 · ~500M / ~$50T). 1M founding tranche in 2026 (Golden Seats held by early seat buyers). Bulk of modeled revenue.
- 03Hardware — Catalog referral + financing ($25k ASP, 3% + 40% attach × 1.5%).
- 04/nearby & attention — Two-sided placement as density rises.
- 05Franchises — Garage + Lighthouse: new-site fees + royalties.
- 06Hyperion fees — ~2.8% of AUM (1% management + performance). See p. 3.
- 07Insurance & SLA — Overlay: GMV × 25% institutional × 1.8% premium × 15% cut.
- 08Design — Overlay: task, workflow, job-party, and capability-package design.
7. Go-to-market
- Design partners with fleet or facility demand
- Garage and Lighthouse as density nodes
- Hardware catalog + financing
- Preferred rights that scale with performance — not territorial monopolies
8. Competition
Closed fleets and vertical SaaS optimize one operator or one buyer. Human-services marketplaces lack seats, hardware, and franchise density. Partner rights here are earned by performance.
9. The Hyperion Fund
Mechanics in full: therobotservicesexchange.com/hyperion.html
One check, two claims. Purchase price = Hyperion basis. Same dollars as the seats or equity. Platform take ≈ 2.8% of AUM (1% management + 15% of ~12% gross). Principal stays in. Only earned profits may transfer out.
Mandate
Own physical demand at remnant or value prices. Attach matching, design, franchises, and seated robot labor. Liquid markets keep unused cash invested.
Real estate
STRs, small hospitality, depots, parking. Some become Garage / Lighthouse nodes; some stay O&O.
SMBs
Dispatch, routes, turnover, last-mile, companion care. Fund buys the book; seated providers grab the jobs.
First wave (planning)
| Sleeve | Plan | Playbook |
|---|---|---|
| Residential STR | ~12 properties | Turnover as a hospitality job party: clean, linen, restock, inspect. Franchise once the spec holds. |
| Health-aide dispatch | ~4 books | Lakewood, Camas, Destin, Missoula, Austin, Boulder. Clinical work stays human; robots take non-clinical load. |
| Cybercab | Ground + books | Parking, charging, Garage MRO, livery dispatch. Own the ground, not the OEM. |
| Trash collection | Hauler routes | Weekly stops, GPS / photo proof. O&O first; franchise when the spec repeats. |
| Liquid + emerging | Residual AUM | Stocks, crypto, bonds until real-asset deals close. |
Counts are a first-wave plan, not specific addresses. Later waves: buy remnant demand, attach robot services, keep or franchise. Asset income stays in the Fund; the exchange earns fees.
10. Team
Pair map, salary, housing, and the apply form: hiring.html. Golden Seats: 1M founding tranche at $100k, held by early seat buyers. Non-competes 1–2 years, limited to competing robot-labor exchanges. Termination terms in the SPA.
11. Permanent capital & preferred partnership
Permanent / evergreen or 15-year+ vehicles. No forced exit clock. Partners get equity plus preferred commercial rights that do not freeze the open market:
- Priority matching in defined categories or geographies
- Preferential data access and referral economics
- First-look on hardware or franchise opportunities
- Rights deepen only when GMV, density, seats, and jobs improve
12. Why this structure
Ten-year fund clocks force premature exits. Permanent capital lets the exchange optimize for density over decades. Performance-ratcheted rights align without hard exclusivity.
13. Financial orientation
| Dial (investors page) | Base | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2040 GMV | $30.0T | Jobs cleared. Not collected. ~half of ~$60T 2025 human labor. |
| Job take | 0% | No escrow. Parties settle. Not a dial. |
| Seat price | $100k | Primary price per eternal seat |
| Network scale | 1.00× | Multiplies seats, hardware, ads, franchises, Hyperion, design |
| Raise scenarios | $0.5T / $1.5T / $2.0T | Conservative / base / aggressive planning dials |
15-year projections, cost ratios, and DCF tooling live on the investors page. Insurance and design are first-cut overlays. Scenario planning, not guarantees.
14. Key risks
| Risk | Response |
|---|---|
| Density fails | Rights deepen only with metrics. Stay open and API-first. |
| No take on jobs | Policy. Seats are the bulk of modeled revenue. The other streams recur. |
| Hard exclusivity kills liquidity | Rights are preferential and performance-triggered, not monopolies. |
| Talent vs capital horizons | 10-year vest against 10–15+ year capital. Termination in the SPA. |
| Regulatory / insurance | Insurance/SLA is an explicit stream; disputes already have an admin path. |
| Ambitious model | Interactive scenarios; conservative dials exist. Alignment does not require the aggressive case. |
| Hyperion underperforms | Principal locked. Liquid sleeve beside real assets. Exchange earns AUM fees either way. |
15. The ask
See §1. Raise size uses the investors-page dials. Final terms are in definitive documents.
16. Use of funds
- Exchange reliability and matching. No escrow.
- Density: seats, fleets, buyers, campaigns
- Hyperion first wave (p. 3)
- Compliance, seat ops, Hyperion admin, insurance/SLA partners
- Franchise support (Garage, Lighthouse) and hardware referrals
- Design services capacity
- Core team
17. Next steps
- Live 15-year model: therobotservicesexchange.com/investors.html
- Hyperion Fund: therobotservicesexchange.com/hyperion.html
- Hiring terms: therobotservicesexchange.com/hiring.html
- SPA template: therobotservicesexchange.com/spa.html
- Discuss structure, preferred rights, and Founding Partner terms with the creator
Contact
Mickey Shaughnessy · Creator
+1 530 219 0940 (call or SMS)
therobotservicesexchange@proton.me
Website: therobotservicesexchange.com · API: rse-api.com
Disclaimer. Discussion and scenario planning only. Not an offer, solicitation, or indication of interest. No commitment is implied. Projections and raise dials are illustrative, from the investors-page model, and not guarantees. Not financial, legal, or tax advice. Preferred rights, seats, equity, vesting, non-competes, and Hyperion terms are subject to definitive documentation and applicable law. Hyperion is described for planning; this document does not offer fund interests.