AI Safety & Governance Architecture

Autonomous AI with
Human Merchant Veto.

Zola AI is engineered with strict DeepSeek V4 safety guardrails, a 5-minute merchant review window, POPIA data protection, and zero price hallucination.

1. The 5-Minute Merchant Veto Window

When Zola draft-publishes marketing campaigns, discount offers, or custom social updates, vendors get a 5-minute SMS & app notification window to review, edit, or veto before live dispatch.

2. Zero Price Hallucination Guardrails

Zola operates within vendor-defined price envelopes. Zola cannot promise discounts or quote rates outside your pre-approved service matrix.

3. POPIA & SA Privacy Compliance

Customer home addresses, gate codes, and DB board photos are encrypted in Home Memory. Data is never sold or used to train external LLMs.

4. 1-Tap Human Escalation

Customers or vendors can bypass AI instantly with 1 tap to speak with a human support agent or direct contractor phone line.

Safety Timeline Example

How the 5-Minute Veto Loop Operates

Minute 0:00

Zola Prepares Campaign

Zola detects high weekend rain and drafts a "Geyser Inspection" promo.

Minute 0:01 – 5:00

Merchant Push Alert

Vendor receives alert: "Tap to edit or cancel promo before launch."

Minute 5:01

Auto-Dispatch (if approved)

If no veto is triggered, campaign publishes to nearby customers.