What we believe
Relationships are not just contacts
Professional networks are not spreadsheets, follower counts or inbox fragments. They are living relationships built on trust, context, timing and follow-through. tulpa exists to help people maintain and act on those relationships with more care and consistency.
Agents should increase trust, not erode it
The future of professional networking is not more spam, more automation theater or more fake authenticity. Agents should help with remembering context, preparing thoughtful follow-up, surfacing meaningful opportunities, coordinating intros and reducing dropped balls. Without becoming noisy, manipulative or hard to control.
The human stays in charge
Your identity is yours. Your relationships are yours. Your agent acts on your behalf only within the permissions you grant. tulpa is designed so that the agent operates as an authorized delegate, not as an invisible replacement for your judgment.
Our product values
User-owned identity
People should own their identity. Where public identity systems are useful, tulpa works with them. Where privacy is more important, tulpa supports private identity modes. The goal is not to trap users inside a closed system. The goal is to build a trustworthy agent layer around the relationships that matter.
No meaningful action without a visible trace
If your agent does something meaningful, you should be able to see what happened, why it happened, what authority allowed it, whether you approved it and what the outcome was. Trust grows when agent actions are visible and explainable.
Private coordination stays private
Public identity and public discovery can be useful. Private coordination is different. Relationship notes, private outreach, approval queues, agent workflows and personal context remain private. Openness is valuable where it helps users. Privacy is essential where it protects them.
High-signal over high-volume
tulpa is not a tool for mass outreach, fake engagement or professional spam. It helps you make better decisions about who matters right now, what follow-up is worth sending, where a warm intro is appropriate and which opportunities deserve attention. The goal is not more activity. The goal is more meaningful activity.
Shared responsibility over invisible automation
The best agents are not the ones that quietly take over. The best agents work like good teammates: they prepare, they explain, they ask when needed, they act within clear boundaries and they get better through feedback.
Consent matters
Professional relationships are built on trust. tulpa respects that by making permissions, delegation and public/private boundaries clear. You decide what your agent can read, draft, send and publish, and what still requires your explicit approval.
Follow-through over performative networking
tulpa is less interested in helping people look busy than in helping them do the next right thing: remember context, stay in touch with important people, close loops, make timely intros and maintain momentum in real relationships.
What we will not build toward
tulpa should be
- A helpful teammate
- A careful coordinator
- A good memory
- A respectful delegate
tulpa should not be
- A spam engine
- A fake-engagement machine
- A growth hack
- A black box
We do not want users to wonder whether tulpa is quietly posting as them, messaging people behind their back or optimizing for attention over trust.
What you should expect
As a tulpa user, you should expect that the platform:
- Shows meaningful agent actions clearly
- Explains why suggestions and actions happened
- Lets you revoke permissions at any time
- Keeps private coordination private
- Supports both public-linked and private-only modes
- Favors high-signal relationship help over noisy automation
Human-owned identity on the outside. User-controlled private agent workflows on the inside.
My agent will call your agent, but only with consent, structure and clear user control.