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The intelligent workforce layer for America's service economy.

Zuploy is an on-demand staffing platform built on proprietary reliability algorithms, automated cascade fill, and a Fill-or-Free guarantee that no competitor offers. Launching DFW, Summer 2026.

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$350B+
US staffing industry annual spend
10–20%
Platform fee vs 35–40% competitors
71
Verified roles across 10 industries
2
Provisional patents filed USPTO May 2026
The problem

Staffing platforms optimise for placement. Not reliability.

A restaurant owner, a hotel manager, a liquor store operator, a gas station franchise owner — none of them should spend three hours on a Saturday making phone calls to cover one no-show. But that's what happens — every day, across every type of service business — because every platform in the market rates workers on likability, not show-up rate. And when someone no-shows, the platform does nothing.

The service economy employs 82 million Americans across restaurants, hotels, warehouses, retail stores, gas stations, convenience and liquor stores, healthcare support facilities, event venues, and office environments. These businesses run on thin margins, tight schedules, and zero tolerance for gaps. The staffing infrastructure they depend on was not built for them.

Platform failure today
No-show happens → business owner calls candidates manually → shift goes unfilled → platform charges anyway
The Zuploy model
No-show happens → ZCL cascade triggers automatically → replacement found → if all 4 stages exhaust, business pays zero
The outcome
Business does nothing. Shift gets filled. Platform absorbs the coordination cost. Fill-or-Free — automatic, no claim needed.
Market opportunity

A market that's large, broken, and underserved.

The US staffing industry processes over $350B in annual spend. The on-demand, shift-based segment alone represents a $45B+ opportunity — and no player has solved reliability.

$350B+
Total Addressable Market
US staffing industry annual revenue
$45B+
Serviceable Addressable Market
On-demand, shift-based service staffing
$2.4B
Serviceable Obtainable Market
DFW + Houston + Austin launch markets

Market sizing methodology: TAM based on IBISWorld US staffing industry revenue. SAM based on BLS NAICS 72 (accommodation & food services) + 56 (admin & support) shift-based headcount × estimated annual temp placement value. SOM derived from DFW + Houston + Austin MSA service economy employment (BLS QCEW 2024) × 2.3% platform penetration target × $3,200 average annual GMV per active worker.

Competitive moat

Four advantages that compound over time.

Each layer protects the next. The longer businesses and workers use Zuploy, the harder it is to leave — and the more valuable the network becomes.

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ZRA-v1 Reliability Algorithm

Every worker is scored continuously on show rate (40%), star rating (30%), badge tier, shift frequency, and recency. Businesses see real reliability — not curated profiles. Two workers with identical star ratings can have very different ZRA scores. This is not replicable without the data.

Patent pending — USPTO May 2026
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ZCL-v1 Cascade Fill System

When a worker no-shows, four sequential pools are triggered automatically — roster workers, prior applicants, ZRA-ranked pool, standby opt-ins — with escalating bonuses funded by the recovery fee. Businesses do nothing. No competitor offers automated cascade fill at this depth.

Patent pending — USPTO May 2026
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Loyalty Pair Lock-in

Every time a business rebooks the same worker, their pair shift count grows — permanently, never resets. At 5 shifts together, fees drop 3%. At 11 shifts, 5% off. The worker becomes Stage 1 priority in every future cascade. Both sides are economically incentivised to stay on Zuploy and stay together.

Structural network effect
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Fill-or-Free Guarantee

If ZCL exhausts all four cascade stages with no verified fill, the platform fee is credited automatically. No claim form. No dispute. This guarantee is operationally sustainable because it's designed to almost never trigger — the cascade is that effective. But it changes the sales conversation entirely.

No competitor offers this
Competitive landscape

Priced to win. Built to hold.

Feature
Zuploy™
Platform A
Platform B
Agency
Platform fee
10–20%
35–40%
35–40%
40–60%
Fill-or-Free guarantee
✓ Automatic
✗
✗
✗
Auto cascade on no-show
✓ 4-stage ZCL
✗
Manual only
✗
Reliability score (not just stars)
✓ ZRA patent pending
Basic ratings
Basic ratings
✗
Loyalty pricing (fees drop with use)
✓ To 5% effective
✗
✗
✗
Charge on verified clock-out only
✓
✗
✗
✗
BGC-verified workers
✓ Checkr
✓
✓
Varies
Business model

Revenue from every completed shift.

Zuploy earns a percentage of every shift's gross merchandise value — with five fee types, all structured to align platform incentives with business outcomes.

Volume fee
10–20%
Of shift GMV. Auto-tiers from Starter to Partner based on monthly volume. $15 minimum per shift.
Urgent booking
5% + $10
Applied when shift posted less than 4 hours before start. No maximum cap. Charged to business.
No-show recovery
$50
Activates ZCL auto-cascade. Funds worker bonuses across Stages 2–4. Platform absorbs coordination cost.
Worker services
0–3%
Worker service fee drops from 3% (Recruit) to 0% (Elite). Instant pay $1.99 flat. Founding members: 0% forever.
$15
Minimum fee per shift regardless of percentage calculation
5%
Effective rate at Partner tier + Veteran loyalty pair — Zuploy's floor
10%
Annualised conversion fee for direct hire circumvention (12-month window)
Traction & milestones

What's been built. What's next.

Jan 2026
Zuploy LLC incorporated Texas Secretary of State registered. EIN issued. Mercury bank account.
May 2026
Provisional patents filed — USPTO ZRA-v1 reliability algorithm + ZCL-v1 cascade fill system. Convert before May 2027.
May 2026
Trademark filed — USPTO Class 35 + 42 Zuploy™ trademark application — pending.
Jun 2026
Platform built — zuploy.com live 7 public pages, business + worker + admin portals, shift posting wizard, full algorithm spec, API design, database schema.
Summer 2026
DFW launch — founding cohort First 50 founding workers (48 claimed). First business partners onboarded. Checkr BGC live. Stripe Connect, Twilio, Auth0, Supabase integrated.
Q4 2026
iOS + Android apps launch Worker and business mobile apps. Push notifications for cascade invitations.
2027
Houston & Austin expansion Texas-wide rollout. Patent conversion. National market entry preparation.
Platform depth

Built beyond MVP.

Most pre-seed companies show a landing page. Zuploy has a complete operational platform — including admin dashboards with gaming fraud detection, AI agent knowledge bases, venue management, and shift posting wizards — built and documented before the first dollar of outside capital.

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7 public website pages
10 industries, 71 verified roles, pricing calculator, FAQ
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3 operational portals
Business, worker, and admin dashboards with full workflow
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13-threat fraud prevention framework
Cascade farming, ghost accounts, rating manipulation, clock-in spoofing and more
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Complete API design + database schema
zuploy-api-v2 and zuploy-database-v1 ready for engineering implementation
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Legal foundation complete
Entity, EIN, trademark, two provisional patents, IC classification review in progress
The founder

Enterprise scale. Founder conviction.

Jay Mehta brings twenty-two years of enterprise technology to Zuploy — working alongside hyperscalers, platform companies, and Fortune 500 operators on some of the most complex digital transformation programs in the industry.

He has built at scale. He knows what operational infrastructure looks like when it actually works. Zuploy is the application of that knowledge to a market that has never had it.

→ 22+ years enterprise technology
→ Hyperscalers, platform companies, Fortune 500
→ Digital transformation at scale
→ Founder & CEO — Zuploy
Jay Mehta
Jay Mehta
Founder & CEO — Zuploy

"Texas is where Zuploy begins. America is where it belongs."

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Use of capital

Seed round: accelerating what's already built.

Zuploy is not raising to build a product. The platform exists. Capital accelerates engineering implementation, market entry, and the operational foundation for scale.

40%
Engineering
Backend implementation, mobile apps (iOS + Android), Stripe Connect, Twilio, Auth0, Supabase integration
30%
Market entry
DFW business acquisition, worker recruitment, BGC costs, launch operations, local market partnerships
20%
Operations
Team hires, legal (IC classification, patent conversion), compliance, customer support infrastructure
10%
Reserve
Working capital, contingency, pre-Series A runway extension
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Zuploy LLC · Prosper, TX 75078 · founders@zuploy.com · zuploy.com
Texas SOS registered · USPTO Trademark pending (Class 35 + 42) · Two provisional patents filed May 2026