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Boost brands' visibility in AI services observed

fresh · evidence 9d ago 6 sources no confidence data
67/100
Venture signal
scored above 67% of late peers
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
$180M
2026-09-15
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
not checked
homepage

Traction

Current round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_magnitude (21% of the score).

↓ Scored on 2 of 4 components — adoption, developer had no computable metric.

3 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
67/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
8/100
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Technology No signals collected yet ▾
No technology data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.
Team & hiring No signals collected yet ▾
No team & hiring data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.
Market & funding stage 1 of 3 signals present ▾
Funding stage
not provided
Lifecycle stage
not provided
Latest round stage
series_d observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-09-15 series_d · $180M

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 67/100 for profound, composed from 2 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.9187 0.1837
funding_magnitude 0.3 0.7021 0.2106

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$180M series d
announced 2026-09-15 · 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
2026-09-15
Money moved on or after
2026-09-15
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-09-15 by its own source.

Raw observations 87 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Profound observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-28 normalized 0.90
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community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23275293", "title": "Scientists find brain center that 'profoundly' shuts down pain", "points": 17, "created_at": "2020-05-22", "evidence_type": "rumor", observed artifact ↗ 2020-05-22 superseded 0.20
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community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689648", "title": "ML promises to be profoundly weird", "points": 615, "created_at": "2026-04-08"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-04-08 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {} observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
description Boost brands' visibility in AI services observed derived 2026-10-01 normalized 0.60
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