ZOTHEOS/ZOTHEOS-App · Apply for community grant: Company project (gpu and storage)

Project Name: ZOTHEOS - Ethical Fusion AI

Founder: David A. Garcia (U.S. Marine Corps Veteran)

Mission: To provide humanity with a transparent, secure, and offline-first AI for accessing truthful, unbiased knowledge. ZOTHEOS is designed to counteract the censorship and control inherent in today's centralized AI systems.

Project Description:
ZOTHEOS is a multi-model AI system that currently runs on Hugging Face Spaces as a public demo. The core of our technology is a "True Fusion" engine that queries multiple open-source LLMs (Mistral, Gemma, Qwen) simultaneously, each with a unique persona (Analyst, Humanist, Skeptic). It then synthesizes these diverse perspectives into a single, higher-level insight that is demonstrably more nuanced and intellectually honest than any standalone model.

The Problem We're Facing:
Our current Space is running on the free CPU tier. While functional, the performance is extremely slow (often taking 10+ minutes per query), which creates a poor user experience and does not accurately reflect the power of the ZOTHEOS engine. This slow performance is a major bottleneck preventing us from effectively demonstrating our technology to the public, potential supporters, and grant committees.

Resources Requested & Justification:

GPU Upgrade: We are requesting access to a GPU-powered Space (e.g., T4 or A10G) to enable real-time, high-speed inference. This will allow our "True Fusion" engine to operate as intended and provide users with a fast, impressive, and compelling demo experience.
Persistent Storage: We need persistent storage to cache the downloaded GGUF models. This will eliminate the long startup times and ensure the demo is always ready for new users.

Our Commitment:
The full, offline-first desktop version of ZOTHEOS is available for free ("Pay What You Want") on Gumroad. The Hugging Face Space is our primary gateway to introduce new users to our mission. A faster, more reliable demo will directly support our goal of building a community around ethical, open-source AI and will help us secure the funding needed to continue our work.

Thank you for considering our request. We believe ZOTHEOS aligns perfectly with the open-source and community-driven spirit of Hugging Face.

Live Demo: [(https://huggingface.co/spaces/ZOTHEOS/ZOTHEOS-App)]
Full Download: [(https://zotheos.gumroad.com/l/jibfv)]