Riso is powered by a decentralized system: guaranteeing secure transactions in areas where banking infrastructure isn't properly established. With Riso, environmental costs from shipping goods are reduced, producers are protected from predatory practices as they can choose their their own contracts, and agricultural supply chains become more stable and independent. Through our easy-to-use application, we make commodity trading simple: catering to technologically underprivileged individuals.

Riso will specifically target emerging markets that lack the presence of a commodities exchange or face challenges trading at the required volumes. Starting in West Africa, we utilize distributed ledger technology to tackle transparency and trust issues in agricultural transactions. The main competition will be the middlemen in charge of the supply chain currently, but we address this issue by directly integrating and advertising third party services into our platform that specialize in shipping and quality control of goods. Compared to other e-commerce platforms, we have a narrower focus (agricultural goods) and a specific target demographic, allowing us to thrive in our local markets initially before expanding to other global markets. arya, an AI-driven webapp, analyzes lifestyle data from Google and Apple Calendar APIs and employs advanced machine learning to craft personalized, dynamic schedules for college students.