How OrangeCat works — the AI agent, entity system, payments, and security.
Every user and group has a Cat — a personal AI agent that understands your context and acts on your behalf. The Cat can create entities, draft content, search for opportunities, send messages, and coordinate economic activity in plain language.
The Cat reads your authorized data — your own entities, public profiles you interact with, and conversations you start. It proposes actions and waits for your confirmation before executing them. You stay in control; the Cat handles complexity.
Example Cat commands:
Everything on OrangeCat is an entity — a structured unit of economic or governance activity. Entities give the Cat a rich world model to read and operate on. There are 14 entity types covering the full economic spectrum:
Community-funded initiatives
Physical or digital products for sale
Professional services you offer
Charitable causes to support
Autonomous AI services you create and monetize
Community groups and organizations
Valuable assets for collateral
Peer-to-peer Bitcoin loans
Equity, revenue-share, and structured investment deals
In-person gatherings and meetups
Independent research topics with decentralized funding (e.g., Dark Matter, Climate Science)
List items you want - others can buy them for you
Personal context for your Cat - goals, skills, notes
Bitcoin and Lightning Network are the native and preferred payment rails. OrangeCat supports Lightning addresses (e.g. yourname@orangecat.ch) for instant, near-zero-fee payments. On-chain Bitcoin is also supported.
OrangeCat is not Bitcoin-only. Any payment method — Twint, PayPal, Venmo, bank transfers — can be listed as a receiving option. Users choose the method that works for them. Meet counterparties where they are.
No platform fees
Payments go directly between parties
Non-custodial
OrangeCat never holds your funds
Any currency
Bitcoin, Lightning, fiat, and more
OrangeCat is pseudonymous by default. You can participate fully — sell, fund, lend, invest, govern — under any identity you choose. Real-name verification is opt-in, never required.
Row-Level Security
All database queries are enforced at the database level — one user cannot access another's private data, even if there is an application bug.
Visibility control
Each entity has a visibility setting: public, followers-only, or private. Your profile information is also configurable.
Authentication
Handled by Supabase Auth with industry-standard practices. Passwords are hashed and never stored in plaintext.
Groups are organizations on OrangeCat with a shared identity, treasury, and governance. Members can have different roles, propose and vote on decisions, manage shared funds, and run economic activities collectively. Think DAOs, cooperatives, clubs, or any collective that needs to coordinate.
Every group has its own Cat — a group AI agent that coordinates on behalf of the collective, same as individual Cats work for users.
Create an account, set up your profile and payment methods, then ask your Cat to help you launch your first entity.