SphereUs℠ Executive Summary
A Community Commerce Platform for the AI Age
The Opportunity
AI automation is displacing workers across every industry, yet rural and suburban communities lack structured platforms for local economic participation. Meanwhile, roughly 25 million U.S. youth ages 12–17 have no compliant pathway to earn and learn, and 61 million American adults with disabilities cannot access essential services they cannot perform themselves.
SphereUs is a county/parish/borough-aligned community commerce platform — a complete system for a new employment order. It connects workers 12–112 to IRL jobs, funds services for those who cannot afford them through a Foundation that receives 25% of SphereUs's commission, and proves that human connection and local service delivery cannot be automated away.
The Four-Leg Table Model
Leg 1: Premier Members
Verified buyers and providers earning, growing, and investing. The commerce engine.
Leg 2: SUN Youth℠
Ages 12–17 earning legally, trained, building work ethic. ESSA-compliant.
Leg 3: Foundation Grants
25% of SphereUs's commission — 2.5% of each transaction — funds local providers serving people in hardship.
Leg 4: Golf Your Age℠
100% of GYA proceeds return as county-local Foundation grants.
Market Opportunity
$2.6T
Local Services Market
3,143
Revenue Spheres (Counties)
~25M
U.S. Youth Ages 12–17
SphereUs addresses a $2.6T annual local-services market across 3,143 U.S. counties. Roughly 25 million youth ages 12–17 and 61 million adults with disabilities are the populations the platform and Foundation are built to serve.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau · Industry estimate · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · CDC Disability & Health Data · Planning estimate.