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Bolt

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Bolt

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A fintech startup that raised $450 million at a $14 billion valuation, which was perplexing to the speakers due to its financials and market position. observed

fresh · evidence 9d ago 8 sources no confidence data
66.6/100
Venture signal
scored above 58% of unstaged peers stage unparsed
Outlook Stable
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
2026-08-31
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
not checked
homepage

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.iam.prelive.bolt.eu product surface 09-20 api.iam.bolt.eu product surface 09-20

Traction

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

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

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (18% of the score).

↓ Scored on 1 of 4 components — funding_magnitude, adoption, developer had no computable metric.

5 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
67/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
11/100
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VIX signals 2 hard signals across 1 source ▾

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 No signals collected yet ▾
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Market & funding stage No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 66.6/100 for bolt, composed from 1 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.76 for 20% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.8769 0.1754

Evidence this score rests on

  • funding.round.announced_on 2026-09-19 https

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
Undisclosed
announced 2026-08-31 · source ↗
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
No SEC Form D on record.

An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.

Financing events four different events, four different dates

A first sale, a filing, an amendment and a public announcement are not the same event, and one date may not stand in for another. Where the latest financing date cannot be established from what we hold, this says unknown rather than substituting a date we do have.

Latest established financing date
2026-08-31
Money moved on or after
2026-08-31
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-08-31 by its own source.

Raw observations 196 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Bolt observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 1165 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31507599", "title": "Bolt announces layoffs", "points": 394, "created_at": "2022-05-25", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"}] observed artifact ↗ 2022-05-25 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31507599", "title": "Bolt announces layoffs", "points": 394, "created_at": "2022-05-25", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverified"}] observed artifact ↗ 2022-05-25 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30066969", "title": "Bolt founder on Stripe/YC", "points": 1165, "created_at": "2022-01-25"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-01-25 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30066969", "title": "Bolt founder on Stripe/YC", "points": 1165, "created_at": "2022-01-25"} observed artifact ↗ 2022-01-25 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {} observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
description A fintech startup that raised $450 million at a $14 billion valuation, which was perplexing to the speakers due to its financials and market position. observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-19 normalized 0.60
funding.round.announced_on 2026-08-31 observed https 2026-09-19 normalized 0.80
funding.round.source_url https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/ryan-breslow-is-raising-up-to-27m-in-pay-to-play-bridge-funding-to-save-bolt/ observed https 2026-09-19 normalized 0.80
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