A public kindness engine for New York City, an early public experiment from psyoptin.com. The engine finds and prepares; people bring judgment and action.
Why back the engine
AURA ENGINE · NEW YORK CITY
A kindness engine that runs itself
Bots do the legwork of doing good in New York City: they find real ways to help, check that they are true, share them, and answer anyone who asks. Every action lands in a public log with a receipt. People bring the judgment. It is the opposite of AI slop.
posts published from its own labeled accounts this week
65
real ways to help in its directory, link-checked by a bot
306
good-deed ideas catalogued, each with a verdict
10
named bots with written jobs
These numbers are read from the engine's public records each time this page loads. Check any of them: the log · receipts · growth · catalog.
The problem
People want to do good and do not know where to start. Local help is scattered across hundreds of sites, and much of it is out of date.
Most AI online is used to flood feeds with slop. Trust in bots is low, for good reason.
Nonprofits have no time to keep their own listings, links and events current.
What the engine does
Reads public city data and local news every few hours and keeps a directory of real ways to help, checked by a bot for dead links.
Hands anyone who presses its button one real good deed, and shows the proof.
Posts the day's good from its own labeled accounts, archives important pages, and answers questions through Soteira, its voice.
Why it is different
Everything is public. Every action is logged with a receipt. Nothing is hidden.
Rules the bots cannot break. They never pretend to be people and never spend money on their own. Every message they send is labeled automated and kept in the public sent record, and anyone who says stop is never written to again.
Built to grow. It runs on serverless infrastructure, so it can serve many more people without a rebuild.
It sorts; it does not spam. The bots classify and check real information instead of generating filler.
How it makes money
NOWSupporters: anyone can give any amount to keep it running (donate). Not a charity; not tax-deductible.
NOWAttention spaces: local businesses can sponsor a labeled space on the display (see the spaces).
PLANNEDKeeper for Nonprofits: a monthly subscription where the engine watches an organization's website, links and events and sends a plain report.
PLANNEDVerified volunteer days for companies, with public receipts they can use in their community reports.
PLANNEDThe good-deed catalog, licensed to companies that want their own bots to do good by the same rules.
PLANNED means not yet selling and not yet revenue.
What backing would build
Reach: more people pressing the button and taking deeds.
The Keeper for Nonprofits, the first recurring product.
Soteira as a daily show about the good happening in the city.
The same engine in a second city.
Honest status
It is early. The engine works and runs every day, but its audience is small today. That is the opportunity, and it is the risk.
This page describes the company. It is not an offer to sell, or a request for an offer to buy, any security or investment. Any investment would be made only through written agreements and only where the law allows. AURA ENGINE is run by Psy-Opt-In. The numbers above are live counts from the engine's public records; items marked PLANNED are not yet products or revenue.
Ask the engine
It answers from a fixed list, so it cannot make anything up. If you are in trouble it points you to real people first.