ZAO 101

The ZAO Org Chart

How all of it fits together, in one picture. The one-line model: The ZAO is the umbrella - an incubator and impact network. Everything else is either a project incubated under it, a partnership beside it, or a community collab.

THE ZAO
The umbrella. An incubator and impact network. Community-focused. The lead brand everywhere - the name you say first, every time.
Incubated projects
ZAO-owned, built with cofounders
WaveWarZOn the path to its own sub-DAO spinout.
ZAO FestivalsRuns ZAOstock.
ZABAL / ZABAL GamesOutsider-facing builder engagement that grows The ZAO - people come in to build. Also the toolstack the team builds with. $ZABAL is the community token on Base. An incubated project, never the marquee.
Community partnerships
Beside The ZAO, equal billing
COC ConcertzCommunity partnership - led by Thy Revolution, NOT owned by The ZAO. Present it side by side ("ZAO Festivals + COC Concertz"), never "The ZAO's COC."
Community collabs
Co-created, unnamed set
Misc community collaborations. No need to name each.

Naming rules (so The ZAO stops getting eclipsed)

  1. Say "The ZAO" first. In any external comm - to partners, on decks, on pamphlets, in group names - The ZAO is the lead brand. ZABAL is not the headline.
  2. ZABAL is an incubated project. Use it for the builder engagement (ZABAL Games) and the toolstack the team builds with. It does not stand in for The ZAO as the umbrella, and it is never the marquee.
  3. $ZABAL the token is fine as-is. It is a deployed on-chain community token on Base. A piece inside the network, not the umbrella.
  4. Partners get "community partnership," not "project under The ZAO." COC Concertz and similar are partnerships with equal billing. Respect their ownership.
  5. Incubated vs partnership is the key distinction. Incubated = ZAO-owned with cofounders (WaveWarZ, ZAO Festivals, ZABAL / ZABAL Games). Partnership = beside The ZAO (COC). Do not blur them.

Plain-text version (copy + share)

THE ZAO
  umbrella - incubator + impact network, community-focused,
  ALWAYS the lead brand everywhere
  |
  +-- INCUBATED PROJECTS (ZAO-owned, cofounders)
  |     - WaveWarZ              -> sub-DAO spinout
  |     - ZAO Festivals         -> ZAOstock
  |     - ZABAL / ZABAL Games   outsider-facing builder engagement
  |                             that GROWS The ZAO; also the toolstack
  |                             the team builds with; $ZABAL = the token
  |
  +-- COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS (beside The ZAO, equal billing)
  |     - COC Concertz          led by Thy Revolution,
  |                             NOT owned by The ZAO
  |
  +-- COMMUNITY COLLABS (co-created, unnamed set)
        - misc community collaborations

Home · Where do I plug in?