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The Intelligence Layer for Cannabis

Great products make decisions for people. They remove guesswork. They are fast, simple, beautifully opinionated, and built with a deep respect for user privacy and intelligence.
ThisIsWhyImHigh.com (TIWIH) is the world’s most complete, continuously improving cannabis strain encyclopedia. High IQ is the personal cannabis intelligence platform — tracking, analyzing, and optimizing your relationship with cannabis through data, personalization, and AI. High AI Labs is the intelligence engine behind both, unifying research, data, and personalization into one ecosystem.

Core Promise

Cannabis experiences should not rely on hope, hype, or guesswork. Users deserve clarity, repeatability, and precision. We deliver:
  • Intelligence instead of opinions
  • Personalization instead of generic “strain effects”
  • Verified data instead of folklore
  • Predictability instead of randomness
We exist to make every cannabis decision intentional.

Our Principles

If we ask a question, we’ve already failed.
The product should feel obvious and inevitable.
The engine is powerful; the interface is calm.
No duplicates, no confusion.
If it feels slow, it is broken.
User data is never sold or used for ads. Period.

What We Will Never Do

We Won’t BuildBecause
Social features (reviews, likes, profiles)Noise corrupts intelligence
Ecommerce or deliveryWe’re the brain, not the storefront
Medical diagnosisInformational, not clinical
Grow guides / cultivation contentDifferent audience, different mission
Advertising or sponsored strainsRecommendations must be unbiased
Real-time menu scrapingCommodity data — our moat is interpretation

The Intelligence Engine (Our Moat)

Stable, Verified Strain Intelligence

Once a strain is added to the TIWIH database, it becomes part of our structured, canonical dataset. We prioritize accuracy, consistency, and trust over constant reprocessing.

On-Demand Strain Discovery

When a user uploads an order with an unknown strain, we trigger the New-Strain Discovery Pipeline: verify existence, research lineage/terpenes/cannabinoids, structure data, and add to the global database. We respond to real consumer behavior, not internet noise.

Embeddings + High Spectrum

Proprietary similarity embeddings, mood/effect prediction models, the High Spectrum classification system, and clusters refined as new strains enter the graph.

Professor High

The expressive pineapple scientist. He turns structured botanical data into stories, personality, visualization, and clarity. He makes intelligence human.

5-Year Trajectory

1

Year 1 — Foundation

Personal tracking, live strain intelligence, database automation, Professor High as core brand.
2

Year 2 — Predictive Intelligence

Personalized effect forecasting, health correlations (Oura, Apple Health), deep analytics, user-driven taxonomy refinement.
3

Year 3 — Industry Standard

“High IQ Certified” product intelligence, dispensary + brand dashboards, API adopted by POS & retailers, TIWIH as the default strain reference.
4

Year 4-5 — Beyond Cannabis

Expansion to new verticals, multi-product AI-native consumer apps, intelligent household assistants, AI agents for health/habits/lifestyle. High AI Labs becomes a studio for AI-native lifestyle intelligence products.

Cannabis x Health Intelligence (Future Pillar)

Cannabis isn’t just about the high — it affects sleep, HRV, mood, recovery, stress, and readiness. High IQ will correlate usage with:
  • Oura Ring — Sleep, HRV, readiness
  • Apple Health — Activity, heart rate, sleep
  • Eight Sleep — Sleep quality, temperature
  • Google Fit — Activity, heart rate
This unlocks patterns like “indicas hurt my REM sleep” and predictions like “avoid limonene-heavy strains after 10pm.” See Health Sync for the planning page.

Success Metrics

We measure value, not vanity.
MetricWhy
Weekly active usersReal engagement, not habit addiction
Orders logged per userCore value delivered
Report generation & insights usageIntelligence consumption
Time to first valueOnboarding effectiveness
App Store ratingExperience quality
Subscription conversionValue clarity
We do not optimize for: DAU, time spent, social engagement, or feature breadth.

Current Business Model

TierPriceWhat’s Included
Free$0Browse strains, active stash, strain profiles, High Families, first order free
Pro12.99/moor12.99/mo or 99.99/yrAll 35+ features including Gmail sync, AI reports, analytics, rankings
Add-onsOne-timeHistorical import: 14.99(6mo),14.99 (6mo), 29.99 (12mo), $49.99 (full)
Pricing strategy for AI media and future tiers is being explored. See the Pricing Strategy page.

Future Revenue Streams

  • API licensing — Strain intelligence as a service
  • Dispensary intelligence dashboards — B2B analytics for retailers
  • Industry standardization — “High IQ Certified” quality certification