# About us ### Vision Metera is set to transform traditional finance by making powerful financial tools accessible to everyone. By simplifying blockchain investing, we help fund managers and investors take confident, bold steps toward a complete Cardano portfolio management strategy. ### Mission Empower investors and fund managers by providing market-leading, auto-rebalanced token indexes on the Cardano blockchain. ### Why Cardano? Metera Protocol is being built on Cardano due to its high level of security and decentralization. Cardano's unique architecture, which utilizes a proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, ensures that the network remains secure while also being energy-efficient. Additionally, Cardano's commitment to rigorous academic research and peer review makes it a reliable and trustworthy choice for building decentralized applications. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://metera-protocol.gitbook.io/documentation/content/what-is-metera/about-us.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.