About Arete

Company: Arete Labs, Inc.
Headquarters: United States
Website: arete.sh
Contact: support@arete.sh

What is Arete?

Arete is a web-based Court of Excellence. It provides clear, structured AI judgments of ideas, people, tokens, products, and projects—and lets you anchor a cryptographic proof of each result to the Solana blockchain (via the Memo program) so anyone can verify it later.

No token-gate. No wallet required to use core features. The name "arete" means excellence in practice: evidence-based assessments, transparent reasoning, and accountability over hype.

What you can do

  • Judge Anything — Get a 0–100 score, pros/cons, a verdict, and a concrete next step for any topic.
  • File a Case — Submit a structured allegation with targets and evidence links; receive a concise, reasoned preliminary verdict.
  • Twins (A vs B) — Compare two options with a winner, confidence, risks, and rationale.
  • Public Court — Browse judgments and cases with filters. Entries can include a link to their on-chain proof.
  • On-Chain Proof — One-click anchoring of a SHA-256 hash of a judgment/case to Solana; only the hash goes on-chain.

How it works

  • AI analysis: We call Anthropic's Claude models to generate structured JSON outputs.
  • Local-first: By default, results are saved in your browser's localStorage; we do not run a user database for the MVP.
  • On-chain proof (optional): We canonicalize the result (stable JSON), hash it (SHA-256), and write a Solana Memo from a service key controlled by Arete via Helius RPC. The memo contains only kind:hash (e.g., judgment:<sha256>).
  • Verification: Anyone can recompute the hash locally and compare it to the memo in the transaction.

What Arete is not

  • Not advice. Outputs are automated analyses for informational purposes only—not financial, legal, medical, or investment advice.
  • Not a doxxing platform. Do not submit private or abusive content.
  • Not a data broker. We avoid server-side profiling in the MVP.

Technology

  • Next.js frontend + minimal API routes
  • Anthropic (Claude) for structured reasoning
  • Solana + Helius RPC for on-chain proofs (Memo program)
  • Client-side storage by default (localStorage)

Roadmap

  • Wallet watchlists & movement alerts (Helius webhooks)
  • Appeals with anti-spam bonds
  • Semantic search over the Public Court (if/when a database is introduced)
  • Export of your personal Arete record (JSON/CSV)

Contact

Press & Partnerships: press@arete.sh
Legal: legal@arete.sh
Privacy: privacy@arete.sh

Last updated: August 12, 2025