About
Why the AI universe needs one trusted number
The problem, the solution, the architecture, and the team behind Steiner Index.
Problem
Nobody knows which AI tool to trust
Hundreds of AI apps launch every month. Ratings are scattered, marketing-driven, or nonexistent. There is no independent, standardized signal.
Scattered data
Benchmark results, uptime stats, and pricing info live across dozens of unconnected sites with no standardization.
Marketing noise
Every platform claims to be the best. Without an independent benchmark, there's no way to separate signal from hype.
No standard
Investors, builders, and users all need one trusted number. Today, nobody has it. The AI ecosystem is flying blind.
Solution
The Steiner Index
Scores update continuously as live data flows in, trusted by builders, investors, and the platforms themselves.
Aggregate
Pull live data across every major AI platform into one pipeline, from sites like LLM-stats.com, status pages, pricing pages, and API documentation.
Standardize
Score everything against one transparent, repeatable methodology across seven weighted categories. No black boxes. No pay-to-play.
Certify
Issue a verifiable Steiner Index the industry can point to, with an on-chain credential badge for certified platforms.
How it's built
Four pillars
Pillar 1
Directory & Rating Layer
Curated, searchable database of AI apps with the Steiner Index front and center.
Pillar 2
Data Aggregation Engine
API connectors and partnerships feeding a normalized pipeline on standard cloud infrastructure.
Pillar 3
On-Chain Credential Layer
A tamper-proof, verifiable badge for certified platforms, introduced once the core product has real usage.
Pillar 4
Community & Engineering
An open, contribute-and-earn builder community, modeled on proven crowdsourced-engineering collectives.
Team & Origin
Who's building it
Raphael BarAdam-Gross
CEO & Co-Founder
Founder of Raphael Gross International (17 years in business strategy and crisis consulting) and the Aliyah Fund. Built and sold a studio-photography point-of-sale software company to Sam's Club. Studied archaeology at Bar Ilan University and art history at UCLA; guest lecturer at Princeton and UCLA.
The Steiner
CTO
CTO of Steiner Index, bringing four decades of software and AI engineering experience alongside a CPA and Big-4 consulting background. Leads the platform's technical architecture and scoring methodology, translating deep financial and audit rigor into a trust framework for AI provider evaluation.
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