Zaal Panthaki

Zaal Panthaki

@bettercallzaal

Open-source builder. Founder of The ZAO, co-founder of WaveWarZ.

80+
open-source repos
FarHack 2026
Snap winner
2
festivals produced
100+
fractal governance weeks

A ZAO profile - scroll for the site below

Work with me: The Build Session

A working session where I sit with you, find one real problem in your business or your virtual-world presence, and leave you with something working by the end. Not a report - a fix you can use tomorrow, shipped open source, while your data stays yours.

Community
Free
ZAO core + active contributors

One fix, ~45 min live. The deeper you are in the community, the more this is just what we do.

Neighbor
Pay what works
Local folks + small business

One fix plus a short follow-up. Sliding rate, no shame floor - nobody local gets priced out.

Standard
$500 / session
Outside businesses

One fix, a written recap, and one follow-up. Priority within the week.

Boost
$1,500+ / session
Capital-backed builds

Two or more fixes or a deeper build, priority scheduling, more of the agent fleet, and an on-ramp to a retainer. The boost rate funds the free tier.

Inclusion at the floor, boost at the ceiling. Everyone gets in; capital accelerates - and pays for the free work. You always leave with something working.

The short version

I build the AI-agent infrastructure and creator tools that put margin, data, and IP back in independent artists’ hands. Electrical engineer by training, building in public out of Maine.

Got a problem? BetterCallZaal.

Bring the one thing eating your time or blocking your virtual-world presence. Walk away with it working.