Imagine a world
with no commission.

BossX
The problem

The tax we stopped noticing.

Uber takes 25–30%. Grab, Booking.com, Airbnb, DoorDash — same story.

Every ride. Every booking. Every gig. Every month. Every year.

The thousandth transaction pays the same commission as the first.

$2–5K
Lost per year
by one family driver pair
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Why it persists

Platforms treat relationships like strangers.

03 BossX
The product

The home for service relationships
that are already matched.

04 BossX
Traction

We're live.

iOS + Android. Four native apps. TestFlight + Play Store in production.
Real bosses, real drivers, real rides, real chat.

Platforms
4
Rider iOS/Android, Driver iOS/Android
Languages
6
VI, EN, KO, JA, ZH, ZH-TW
Burn/mo
$15K
Infra + tools + founders
Team size
2.5
Two founders + Claude Code
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The product

How it works.

Step 1
QR Pair
Boss scans driver's QR. Connected for life.
Step 2
Summon
Boss taps. Driver sees pickup instantly.
Step 3
Ride
Live map. Chat. Voice call. Turn-by-turn.
Step 4
Done
History saved. Cash settled offline. Zero fees.

Chat (Stream). Maps (Google). Auth (Firebase). Compute (Cloud Run). Thin client over managed services — that's why 2.5 people can run it.

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Why now

Three waves, one window.

Commission fatigue

25–30% is breaking

Grab protests across SEA 2023–24. Uber driver unrest. EU investigating platform fees.

AI-native development

20-person teams at 2-person cost

Four native apps, full backend, six languages — shipped on $15K/month by two founders + Claude.

Cross-border demand

Trust networks span cities

11.6M APAC domestic workers (ILO). $65B medical tourism. 35M digital nomads looking for the same driver twice.

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Market

Every repeat service relationship.

$340B
TAM

Rideshare + home services + OTA (Statista, Allied Market, Grand View)

$45B
SAM

Filtered: repeat-use (30–40%), premium segments

$2B
SOM by 2030

APAC + expat markets, three verticals

Real TAM is every Boss × every Provider × every lifetime transaction. $2T at steady state.

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Business model

Three streams. Zero commission.

StreamWho paysPriceWhat they get
Boss PremiumIndividual boss$10–25/moHistory, analytics, scheduling, family access
Provider Add-onsDriver / helper / guide$5–12/moProfile, earnings tracker, schedule tools
CorporateCompanies with fleets$25/seat/moFleet dashboard, expense reports, API
Blended ARPU
$18.50
Gross margin (T6+)
60%
70% with Maps opt
LTV:CAC
16:1
Store cut
15%
Corp billed direct
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The Package

Twelve tranches.
Founder equity on the line.

Each tranche unlocks only when MAU and MRR targets hit in the same month. Modeled on Elon's 2018 Tesla package. Public. Verifiable. No partial credit.

T1Q3 '26
200 MAU · MRR $500
T2Q4 '26
600 MAU · MRR $2K
T3Q1 '27
1.5K MAU · MRR $6K
T4Q2 '27
3.5K MAU · MRR $14K
T5Q3 '27
7K MAU · MRR $28K
T6Q4 '27
15K MAU · MRR $55K
T7Q4 '27
25K MAU · MRR $90K
T8Q1 '28
40K MAU · MRR $150K
T9Q2 '28
60K MAU · MRR $220K
T10Q4 '28
100K MAU · MRR $400K
T11Q2 '29
200K MAU · MRR $700K
T12Q4 '29
400K MAU · MRR $1.7M

Ember = Commitment (18 months).    Blue = Vision (24 months).

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Commitment · 18 months

The operating plan.

QuarterActive BossesMAUNet MRRMilestone
Q3 '26113200$500First paying users
Q4 '26340600$2KPublic premium launch
Q1 '278501.5K$6KFirst corporate pilot
Q2 '272K3.5K$14KServices vertical launches
Q3 '274K7K$28KServices scaling
Q4 '2714K25K$90KTravel launches · ~$1M ARR

Self-funded through break-even (Jul 2027). Zero outside capital required.

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Vision · 2028–2029

Unicorn by end of 2029.

Year-endActive BossesNet ARRRaiseValuation
2027 (T7)14K$1M$1M (Rung 1)$50M post
2028 (T10)82K$10M$3M (Rung 2)$120M post
Mid-'29 (T11)148K$15M$8M (Rung 3)$300M post
Q4 '29 (T12)260K$27M$30M Series B$1B

Cumulative dilution across 4 rungs to Series B: ~10%. Traditional path: 60%+.

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Go-to-market

Three compounding loops.

Loop 1

Driver-led referral

1 driver → 2.5 bosses → 1.3 other providers. 3+ new bosses per seeded driver at near-zero CAC.

Loop 2

Corporate fleet

~12,000 companies in VN alone with executive driver fleets. 1 deal = 25+ bosses + $250/mo.

Loop 3

High-ARPU markets first

Tokyo boss $20/mo = 2 Hanoi bosses $10. Market mix > raw count. 10+ countries by Q4 '28.

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Team

Two and a half men.

Two founders. One Claude Code. Four native apps shipped. Six languages. $15K/month burn.

WhatsApp had 55 employees at 450M users. Telegram has ~60 at 900M. Private relationship chat scales per-headcount.

BossX is shaped like them. Not like Uber.

Founder 1 — Users + Capital

User conversations. Judgment calls. Investor cultivation.

Founder 2 — Product + Eng + GTM

Ships code. Corporate deals. Market entry.

Claude Code — Engineering multiplier

20-person output at 2-person cost.

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The ask

$1M at $50M post.
Operator angels only.

Not for runway. The base case is self-funded. This round is the signal.

Rung 1 amount
$1M
Q1 2028, post-T7
Post-money
$50M
2% dilution
Investors
6–8
Operator angels, micro funds
Use of funds
100%
Mapped to tranches T8–T9

Ladder up from here: $3M at $120M → $8M at $300M → $30M at $1B. Total ~10% dilution through Series B.

15 BossX

Imagine a world
with no commission.

We're building it.

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