Hal9 Inc · Seattle · Seed 2026

Everyday AI
for the next billion.

Hello Castor is the AI assistant that telecoms and super apps distribute and bill to their customers, in their language and at their price.

Telecom operator · Signed Payments app · Live
01 · The problem

AI went global.
Paying for it didn't.

Priced in dollars

Premium assistants are priced at around $20/month, built for US wallets.

Designed in English

Spanish is often an afterthought, and so are local needs.

Sold through app stores and credit cards

That leaves out millions of people who pay for everything through their phone bill or wallet app.

~8Bpeople
~1Buse AI
~80Mpay for it · 1%

Areas to scale. Sources: DataReportal 2026; Stanford AI Index 2026; OpenAI (50M paid consumer subscriptions, Feb 2026); gradually.ai global estimate.

02 · The insight

The next billion won't download an AI app.
They'll find it in apps they already pay with.

They own the customer

Carriers and super apps are on every home screen, with millions of verified customers.

They own the billing

AI gets added to a postpaid plan or a wallet in one tap, in local currency, with no card.

They need new revenue

Operators are moving “from selling connectivity to selling digital cognitive capabilities.”

~8Bpeople
~1Buse AI
~80Mpay for it · 1%
~40MTelecom operator linesAbout half the size of all paying AI users, in a single telco

Areas to scale. Telecom figures from the operator's 2Q26 report (40.9M wireless, 12.3M postpaid). A payments app in Mexico adds 3M+ users.

Hal9 Inc · Seed 2026 · For investors

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