Government that works
the way you live.
Cari runs a government's permits, registries and credentials, and puts them on every citizen's phone.
What Cari is
The services a government runs, on one platform people can carry in a pocket.
Citizens and businesses
apply, pay, hold credentials
Agency staff
review, inspect, issue, manage
Anyone who needs to check
scan a QR, verify
The platform
- Permits
- Registries
- Credentials
- HR and payroll
- Assets
- IT services
- Missions
- Feedback and alerts
Shared by every module
One wallet · Agency accounts and roles · Card payments · Audit trail · Open standards: W3C, OpenID4VC, CAP, UN/LOCODE
How it connects
One platform. Pick your sector and follow the work.
Each sector runs on the same wallet, the same agency accounts and the same audit trail. Choose one to see who does what, in order.
From an application on a phone to a permit anyone can check at the border.
Apply on phone or web
Citizen or business
Pay the fee by card
Citizen or business
Review, ask for corrections or approve
Agency officer
Inspect and record the result
Agency officer
Permit issued: PDF, QR and a signed credential
Cari
Credential arrives in the wallet
Citizen or business
Scan the QR: valid, expired or revoked
Border or buyer
What it looks like for one person.
“I used to take three days off work just to renew my trade licence. Now it's done before my morning coffee.”
Marcia Williams
Small business owner · Port of Spain, Trinidad
The challenge
Renewing permits and business licences meant queuing at multiple offices, sometimes more than once, losing days of income each year.
The result
With Cari, Marcia applied online, uploaded her documents from her phone, and received her renewed licence digitally — in under 48 hours.
Start with one service in one agency.
Switch on permits, a registry, HR or assets for a single agency. The rest connects as you add it.
What it actually costs
A 50-person agency running the Microsoft stack vs. Cari.
Microsoft 365 + Dynamics
$133,200
/year · 50 employees
Full platform · all modules
$47,964
/year · 50 employees
You save
$85,236
/year — reinvest in citizens
Customise for your agency size
Microsoft 365 + Dynamics annual cost
$266,400
Cari annual cost
$59,964
Annual savings
$206,436
Everything Cari includes. Nothing Microsoft has.
50-employee agency
| Feature | Microsoft 365 $133,200/yr | Custom build $200,000+ yr 1 | Cari ~$47,964/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR & Payroll (Caribbean rules) | |||
| Permit management | |||
| Asset tracking | |||
| Active Directory | |||
| Email (Exchange-compatible) | |||
| Citizen mobile app | |||
| AI-powered recommendations | |||
| Deployed in days, not months |
AI readiness assessment
Know how ready your organisation is for AI, and what to do first.
Before you buy a tool or hire a consultant, find out where AI will pay off in your organisation, where it will not yet, and what to do in the next 90 days.
What you get
- A readiness score from 0 to 100, with a score for each area
- Ranked findings: what to start, what to wait on, what to leave alone
- A 90-day plan with a named owner for every step
- Done remotely, with no software recommended
Cari AI · Live
The computer science fiction promised.
A voice-first AI companion made of light, with memory that grows over time. This is Cari, running live below. Tap to talk and say hello.
Free to try. No install, it runs in your browser.
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Your government, in your pocket.
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