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Kernel

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Make Kernel responsible for data quality. Grow confidently with data you trust. observed

fresh · evidence 14d ago 11 sources no confidence data
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Developer momentum
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Yes

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is published and listed. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
2 ▲+2
eng openings
Commercial
sales-led
homepage

Engineering openings 0 → 2 over 10d

Counted from the company's own job board — each point a dated observation.

09-20 009-26 109-30 2

Ecosystem

Derived connections from primary evidence — Form D officer rosters and shared lead investors. A shared name is a lead, not proof of identity.

officer schuster tanger → Deep Cogito

New infrastructure surfaces

Subdomains appearing in public certificate-transparency logs — infrastructure standing up, dated at detection. Intent labels are deterministic (token map), not guessed.

api.kernel.ai product surface 09-12 internal.kernel.ai 09-12 beta.kernel.ai launch prep 09-12 staging.kernel.ai launch prep 09-12 dev.kernel.ai 09-12 app.kernel.ai product surface 09-12

Traction

Current round

No fundraising data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

10 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
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11/100
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VIX signals 7 hard signals across 2 sources ▾

The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.

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What people are saying 1 signal from 1 voice ▾
Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Team & hiring 2 of 3 signals present ▾
Team size (reported)
not provided
Open eng roles
2 observed
Total open roles
10 observed
Market & funding stage No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

Why this score? Score breakdown ▾
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Raw observations 35 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Kernel observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
common_name Kernel observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 3025 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {} observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
description Used to pick up and reposition brain airports after psilocybin use. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
description Make Kernel responsible for data quality. Grow confidently with data you trust. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.70
domain www.kernel.ai observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
jobs.board_url https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kernel observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.85
jobs.postings.engineering 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.engineering 1 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.engineering 2 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-30 normalized 0.85
jobs.postings.total 4 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.total 5 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-22 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.total 8 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.total 11 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-30 superseded 0.85
jobs.postings.total 10 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-10 normalized 0.85
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZQ0S1KEX9SP4EFD83MPW1WT", "signals": [{"quote": "company called kernel also um was started started around that time each of these entities put a huge what what at the observed artifact ↗ 2023-02-22 promoted 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682 — kernel", "source_id": "01KXRSPEBYK6NE99HTWC0XJVM6-m-6923dd1bc0460082", " observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-10 normalized 0.95
website_url https://www.kernel.ai observed enrichment 2026-07-24 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.kernel.ai observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.80