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Impact

Shipped, not graded.

Our north-star metric is student solutions running in the real world, not minutes in app. We report it first, every quarter.

The people who will live longest in the future have the least say in it. School teaches about the past; WTF lets students rehearse the future and turns their best answers into real pilots.

North-star metric

37

Student solutions piloted in the real world

As of September 2026

01Headline metrics

What the future looks like, counted.

Every figure is reported as of the same month, and the first one is the one we answer for.

Student solutions piloted in the real world
Our north-star metric: shipped, not graded.
Students
Learners who have entered at least one Portal.
Partner schools
Private schools and public schools under education-department licenses.
Countries
Vietnam, with pilots in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Provinces and cities in Vietnam
Future hours played
Time students spent inside Portals.
As of September 2026

02Shipped solutions

37 solutions piloted.

Here are 8 of them in detail: 7 cities, 3 countries, 2023–2026. Each started as a student’s answer inside a Portal or a classroom, and each was measured after it shipped.

Case 01Cần Thơ, Vietnam2023

Sponge-lane rain gardens

ResultStanding water now clears in under two hours. 180 metres of lane converted, zero rain closures in the following wet season, and the design copied by two neighboring streets.

Problem
After every heavy rain, the lane outside a lower-secondary school stayed under ankle-deep water for up to two days. Students waded to class, and the school closed whenever the river and the rain arrived together.
Student solution
A grade-8 class replaced strips of concrete along the lane with sunken rain gardens of gravel, sand, and native grasses, plus kerb cuts that send runoff into them instead of the drain.
Pilot partner
Ward-level public works team
From Portal
Mekong Delta 2045

  1. Case 02Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam2024

    Tide-timed school bus routes

    ResultLate arrivals on high-tide days down 38% across 14 routes in the first semester; the operator now runs the rule set for every route it serves.

    Problem
    On king-tide mornings, low streets in the southern districts flood and school buses stall, so hundreds of students arrive an hour late or not at all.
    Student solution
    Students mapped which streets flood at which tide height and built a simple rule set that switches each bus to a dry alternative route the night before a high tide.
    Pilot partner
    Private school bus operator
    From Portal
    Mekong Delta 2045

  2. Case 03Hà Nội, Vietnam2024

    Clean-air classroom alerts

    ResultIndoor fine-particle readings down 31% on alert days across six schools; purifier running hours cut by a quarter.

    Problem
    Classrooms kept windows open on the worst air-quality days because nobody knew when to close them, and cheap purifiers ran in empty rooms.
    Student solution
    Students designed a traffic-light card system tied to a low-cost sensor in each building, with a student “air monitor” per class responsible for windows, doors, and purifier schedules.
    Pilot partner
    Lower-secondary school network

  3. Case 04Đà Nẵng, Vietnam2024

    Storm-shutter swap

    Result62 households covered; no window losses among borrowing homes through the storm season, at roughly a fifth of the cost of individual shutters.

    Problem
    Older homes near the coast lost windows in every strong storm, and families could not afford shutters they would use only a few days a year.
    Student solution
    A shared shutter library: students measured windows street by street, a local workshop cut standard-size panels, and households borrow them when a storm warning is issued.
    Pilot partner
    Neighborhood residents’ association
    From Portal
    Mekong Delta 2045

  4. Case 05Huế, Vietnam2025

    Flood-height markers on every corner

    Result120 markers installed across three wards; evacuation drills completed 22% faster, and residents moved belongings a day earlier in the next flood.

    Problem
    During floods, families did not know how deep the water would get on their own street, so many waited too long to move motorbikes, rice, and elderly relatives.
    Student solution
    Students painted historic flood heights on lamp posts and added a scannable code that shows the forecast water level for that exact corner.
    Pilot partner
    Ward civil-defense volunteers

  5. Case 06Jakarta, Indonesia2025

    Rooftop rain-catch for school toilets

    ResultGroundwater pumping down 45% across three pilot schools in the first rainy season; two more schools have funded their own tanks.

    Problem
    Schools in North Jakarta pumped groundwater for toilets and cleaning, adding to the land subsidence that floods their own neighborhood.
    Student solution
    Students in the Jakarta Floats Portal designed gutters and tanks that feed rooftop rainwater to toilets, with a dashboard showing how much groundwater each school did not pump.
    Pilot partner
    Private school foundation
    From Portal
    Jakarta Floats

  6. Case 07Manila, Philippines2026

    Cooling-hour school timetable

    ResultHeat-related clinic visits down 52% over April and May at two pilot schools, with no full-day closures.

    Problem
    Afternoon heat made classrooms unbearable during the hot dry season; students fainted, and schools cancelled whole days.
    Student solution
    Students rebuilt the day: an earlier start, physical activity moved before 9 a.m., a shaded cooling hour after lunch, and wet towels and water stations at every stairwell.
    Pilot partner
    Barangay health office
    From Portal
    Manila Heat 2040

  7. Case 08Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam2026

    Plain-language AI triage explainer

    ResultComplaints about waiting order down 27% in three months; 9 in 10 surveyed patients said they understood why they were waiting.

    Problem
    An emergency department used software to order its waiting queue, but patients could not see why others were seen first, and arguments with staff were rising.
    Student solution
    Students from The Hospital Run by AI wrote a one-screen explainer for the waiting-room display: your place in the queue, the reason in plain words, and how to ask a nurse to review it.
    Pilot partner
    District hospital
    From Portal
    The Hospital Run by AI

  8. Still running

    +29

    more student solutions piloted in the real world, from flood lanes to school timetables.

    How a pilot gets chosen

03Council of 2045

The students who can say no.

9 students aged 14 to 19 hold veto power over any feature that touches minors’ data, and one non-voting observer seat on our board. They have used the veto, and we are better for it.

See the full team

  1. Chair

    Võ Ngọc Hân

    Age
    17
    Country
    Vietnam
    Focus
    Chairs the Council; leads every review of features that touch minors’ data.

  2. Seat 02

    Minh Anh

    Age
    16
    Country
    Vietnam
    Focus
    Privacy defaults and what parents can and cannot see.

  3. Seat 03

    Tuấn

    Age
    15
    Country
    Vietnam
    Focus
    Accessibility for students with low bandwidth and older phones.

  4. Seat 04

    Thảo

    Age
    19
    Country
    Vietnam
    Focus
    Future Passport consent rules and who may read a student’s record.

  5. Seat 05

    Dimas

    Age
    18
    Country
    Indonesia
    Focus
    Fair selection of which student solutions get piloted.

  6. Seat 06

    Ayu

    Age
    14
    Country
    Indonesia
    Focus
    Making hard Portal themes safe for the youngest players.

  7. Seat 07

    Rafi

    Age
    16
    Country
    Indonesia
    Focus
    Language support in Bahasa Indonesia and regional languages.

  8. Seat 08

    Bea

    Age
    17
    Country
    Philippines
    Focus
    Future Self guardrails and mental-health escalation.

  9. Seat 09

    Joaquin

    Age
    15
    Country
    Philippines
    Focus
    Royalties and scholarships under the 1% Future Pledge.

04Commitment

The 1% Future Pledge

1% of company equity is held in trust for learners. Distributions fund scholarships and pay royalties to students whose solutions are piloted. If WTF wins, the kids who built it win with us.

How the pledge sits in our cap table

Problems Bank

Bring us a problem worth solving.

Cities, NGOs, and companies post a problem, a budget, and a pilot site. Students do the rest.

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