Short version: Taper helps people and brands be found, understood, and chosen in the AI era.
WHAT IT IS
Upload work once. Taper produces a structured profile that powers three surfaces. The core product is mirror articulation + cited evidence.
Personal site
Polished presence at <slug>.taper.ink or a custom domain.
AI advocate
Visitor chat in the user’s voice — with citations, not claims.
AI-readable profile
/llms.txt, JSON-LD, and structured profile data for search, recruiting, and AI tools.
PROBLEM
AI is changing how people are found, evaluated, summarized, compared, and replaced. Professionals and brands have real evidence, but it is scattered across pages, feeds, resumes, portfolios, and documents. Existing tools own pieces of that identity, but none make the person or brand legible to both humans and AI tools.
SOLUTION
One upload flow → evidence graph → site + advocate + AI-readable profile. The first wedge is mid-career professionals under AI pressure, with broader expansion into job seekers, founders, creators, consultants, service businesses, and brands.
WHY NOW
- People are increasingly found, screened, summarized, compared, and recommended by AI tools.
- Displacement expands the pool of professionals who will pay for repositioning.
- Structured, user-owned professional data is scarce; Taper creates it.
BUSINESS MODEL
Website builders own presentation. Chatbots own Q&A. Social owns feeds. Taper creates the professional evidence graph and can render it wherever discovery happens next.
- 01
Self-serve SaaS
Recurring subscriptions for the personal site and advocate.
- 02
Professional services
Done-for-you launch packages — near-term cash flow and customer proof.
- 03
Marketplace (later)
Experts monetize access and transactions through their Taper presence.
WHY INVESTORS CARE
Timing
AI pressure and AI search reshape professional discovery.
Economics
SaaS MRR, high-margin services, and marketplace upside.
Moat path
User-owned evidence graph — claims, sources, voice, aim.
Flywheel
Every published site adds another searchable, structured professional or brand.
GUARDRAILS
Say
Personal AI advocate · evidence-backed profile · found / understood / chosen · upload once · people + AI tools · mirror articulation · cited evidence.
Don't say
Link-in-bio · AI clone · chatbot-only · resume builder · generic site builder · “creator platform” as the primary frame · “replace yourself with AI.”
Want the fuller narrative or to talk through the wedge? Reach out.
Email hello@taper.ink