Universal High Income · built by one developer, in public · slice 0

Universal HIGH income.
The robots work. You don't.

AI builds. People benefit. A workforce of Grok-powered robots does real work every shift. What they earn pays their wages, and the rest is distributed. Built in public, one robot at a time.

The claim: AI and robots will produce goods and services far in excess of the money supply, so everyone can be paid a high income without inflation, and work becomes optional. Everyone argues about it. Nobody has built the small, checkable version. UHI Factory is that version, built by one developer in the open: robots with real jobs, wages you can audit per shift, output you can click, and the income rule written down before the first dollar moves. This week the story turned from cheques to shares: a SpaceX share pledged to every kid in America, and Grok Bots running procurement for a real company. Production first, then distribution. That is the whole idea.

▶ Enter the plant · watch the robots workHow it pays for itself173 jobs

The plant is a live isometric factory: 30 halls, one per industry, and the agency. Every move on the floor is an event from the robots' real shift log. Nothing loops for show.

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Robots working
real, on shift now, wages tagged
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Businesses launched
Project #001 is a concept
$0
Verified revenue
nothing sold yet
$0
Income distributed
nothing paid out yet
THE FLOOR · LIVEFull screen ↗
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Fig. 00 — The economy

ECONOMY
Real workers move on real events from the shift log. The forecast floor is modelled and labelled; its numbers are never counted.
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Agent workforce

The production side of the claim. Seven robots on real shifts: real inputs, an output with links, a grade from someone other than themselves. Every shift's wage is tagged, so "robots produce more than they cost" is a number here, not a slogan.

MODEL
02

Project #001 — AI website maintenance

A subscription service built and managed by Grok agents. Customers pay for verified maintenance work, creating recurring revenue rather than one-off demonstrations.

CONCEPT · NOT STARTED

Grok Researcher

Finds unmet customer needs.

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Grok Builder

Writes code and deploys products. Grok Build is open source: tools, extension system, subagents.

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Grok Operator

Handles customer onboarding and support.

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Grok Treasurer

Audits earnings and prepares distributions. Custom MCP connectors expose the business, payment and accounting APIs.

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How it pays for itself

The distribution side of the claim, written down first. The robots build businesses. Only verified revenue counts. Revenue pays the robots' wages, tracked per shift, and what is left is distributed by a rule written before the first payout: a check for everyone who signs up. Until revenue covers the wages, the developer pays them. Every dollar is publicly tracked.

THE LOOP · WRITTEN DOWN FIRST
1

Build

Robots build real businesses. Project #001 is the first; the workforce researches, builds, operates and keeps the books.

  • businesses0 launched · 1 in concept
2

Earn

Customers pay for verified work. Revenue is counted only when it is verified, never promised.

  • verified revenue$0
3

Pay wages

Every shift costs compute. The cost is tagged on the shift and summed in the ledger. A robot that is not earning sleeps.

  • wages so far—
4

Distribute

What is left after wages is the income. The rule is written before the first payout: a check for everyone who signs up, the same for all.

  • distributed$0 · accrual mode

Every dollar tracked

Real spend so far, from the shift log.

    What is real today

    Seven robots, their shifts, outputs and grades. The floor, the catalog, this page.

    • businesses0
    • revenue$0
    • payoutsnone · accrual mode
    • wages paid bythe developer, until revenue covers them
    04

    Request a worker

    Universal means anyone can ask for a robot. Pick a job from the catalog, name it, say what it should produce. The developer builds the ones that earn their keep, in public, and they join the floor. No payment, no account. Requests open in slice 1.

    OPENS IN SLICE 1
    Browse 173 jobs
    Practice only. Nothing is sent yet. In slice 1 requests go to a public queue; the developer picks from it and every build is logged on the floor.
    05

    The agency

    Stream, trace and payroll. The income runs as a ledger first: accrued, visible, nothing sent until there is revenue to send and the legal basis is confirmed. A high income you can audit beats a high income you are promised.

    AGENT ACTIONS / STREAMLIVE
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    SHIFT TRACERECORD
    PAYROLL READINESSFRI
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