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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.
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.
↗ Strongest signal: funding_magnitude (30% of the score).
↓ Scored on 2 of 4 components — adoption, developer had no computable metric.
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The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.
Crusoe was one of only five that made the gold tier. Semi analysis found that gold tier providers like Crusoe had a total cost of ownership that was five to 15% lower than silver tier ones, even when they had identical GPU pricing. This makes sense because total cost of ownership is downstream of a bunch of different things that don't necessarily show up in the sticker price, but that Crusoe has optimized. Things like how well you detect faults and how quickly you replace failed nodes. For examp
Crusoe gave us early access to their serverless fine-tuning product, which lets you fine-tune open models without having to deal with infra or provisioning. I thought it'd be cool to try fine-tuning a question generator using the transcripts of my old interviews. But the models have gotten so good that if they had all my research and prep and they could look at a conversation so far, they could ask a next question better than I would. Crusoe made the implementation super straightforward. I just
VentureSignalScore 82.4/100 for crusoe, composed from 2 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage
| Component | Weight | Normalized | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| funding_recency | 0.2 | 0.9248 | |
| funding_magnitude | 0.3 | 1 |
funding.round.announced_on 2026-09-17 artifact ↗ funding.round.amount_usd 2026-09-17 artifact ↗ An evidence gap, not proof of falsity: Form D is not always required (foreign offerings, certain exemptions) or may not be filed yet.
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.
A reported round dated 2026-09-17 by its own source.
| Attribute | Value | Kind | Source | Observed | State | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ai.technical.assessment | {"council": {"dissent": true, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.5, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_doc | derived | council | 2026-09-28 | superseded | 0.15 |
ai.technical.assessment | {"council": {"dissent": false, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.2, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_do | derived | council | 2026-10-08 | promoted | 0.13 |
common_name | Crusoe | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-28 | normalized | 0.90 |
community.hn.max_points | 126 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-28 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.max_points | 0 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | normalized | 0.20 |
community.hn.mentions | 50 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-28 | 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=42399567", "title": "Crusoe Closes $600M in Series D", "points": 1, "created_at": "2024-12-12", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif | observed | artifact ↗ | 2025-12-17 | 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=23510372", "title": "Transmeta Crusoe", "points": 126, "created_at": "2020-06-13"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2020-06-13 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-08 | normalized | 0.20 |
description | Build massive data centers and small modular AI factories | observed | derived | 2026-10-01 | normalized | 0.60 |
funding.round.amount_usd | 3900000000 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-17 | normalized | 0.90 |
funding.round.announced_on | 2026-09-17 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-17 | normalized | 0.90 |
funding.round.lead_investors | [] | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-17 | normalized | 0.90 |
funding.round.source_url | https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/crusoe-raises-3-9b-to-build-massive-data-centers-and-small-modular-ai-factories/ | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-17 | normalized | 0.90 |
funding.round.stage | unknown | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-09-17 | normalized | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_amount_usd | 3900000000 | derived | calc | 2026-09-28 | derived | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 11.9753 | derived | calc | 2026-09-28 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 11.9783 | derived | calc | 2026-09-28 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 13.6493 | derived | calc | 2026-09-30 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 13.9245 | derived | calc | 2026-09-30 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 13.9351 | derived | calc | 2026-09-30 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.287 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.3827 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.4449 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.5915 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.6738 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.6795 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.6846 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.7445 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 14.7546 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 21.7112 | derived | calc | 2026-10-08 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 21.7127 | derived | calc | 2026-10-08 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 21.8891 | derived | calc | 2026-10-08 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.0765 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.2603 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.2641 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.2675 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.4048 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.4595 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.4801 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.7235 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.7388 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 22.9228 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.0103 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.0984 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.1855 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.2791 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.3845 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.4779 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.5754 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.6628 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.7515 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.8931 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.9815 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 23.9924 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.0806 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.1081 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.1086 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.1108 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.1926 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2251 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2285 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.244 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2465 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2592 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2647 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2675 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2829 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2878 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2917 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.2937 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.3342 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.3472 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.3494 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.3869 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.3897 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.4789 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.5689 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.6582 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.7484 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.8319 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.8401 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 24.9296 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0193 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0314 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0358 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0402 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0423 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.0638 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.102 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.1072 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.1792 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.9282 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 25.9532 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 26.0108 | derived | calc | 2026-10-13 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 26.0649 | derived | calc | 2026-10-13 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 26.1549 | derived | calc | 2026-10-13 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 26.245 | derived | calc | 2026-10-13 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.2579 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.3488 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.4391 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.5485 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.6435 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.7387 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.8358 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 27.931 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 28.0281 | derived | calc | 2026-10-15 | superseded | 0.90 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 28.1235 | derived | calc | 2026-10-15 | derived | 0.90 |
score.venture_signal | 83.9 | derived | calc | 2026-09-28 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 83.7 | derived | calc | 2026-09-30 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 83.6 | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 83 | derived | calc | 2026-10-08 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.9 | derived | calc | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.8 | derived | calc | 2026-10-10 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.7 | derived | calc | 2026-10-11 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.6 | derived | calc | 2026-10-12 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.5 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | superseded | 0.60 |
score.venture_signal | 82.4 | derived | calc | 2026-10-14 | derived | 0.60 |
sector | emerging | derived | calc | 2026-10-01 | normalized | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M4FMKKNNTV4F06EFBB6WSX4E", "signals": [{"quote": "Crusoe gave us early access to their serverless fine-tuning product, which lets you fine-tune open models without havi | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-10 | promoted | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M4G0J14YQXWA55Q9FRZBKGKE", "signals": [{"quote": "Crusoe was one of only five that made the gold tier. Semi analysis found that gold tier providers like Crusoe had a to | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-05-22 | promoted | 0.50 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thetwentyminutevc/20Growth__Chase_Lochmiller__Crusoe.mp3 — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4ENAWTSJYR7PF5JS3H3JFVG-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thetwentyminutevc/20Growth__Chase_Lochmiller__Crusoe.mp3 — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4ENAWTSJYR7PF5JS3H3JFVG-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-03 | superseded | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4FGSSFXYASDPV0R2ZJ911FZ-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": "artifact:sh | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thetwentyminutevc/20Growth__Chase_Lochmiller__Crusoe.mp3 — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4ENAWTSJYR7PF5JS3H3JFVG-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-03 | normalized | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Reiner Pope – Chip design from the bottom up — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4FYH7QF8C8K0XERTDAYSNYS-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:c55617013c338867e15c | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Jensen Huang – TPU competition, why we should sell chips to China, & Nvidia’s supply chain moat — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4G1Z47FD7HXSJ72KXGGJ41S-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", " | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-10-09 | superseded | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4FGSSFXYASDPV0R2ZJ911FZ-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": "artifact:sh | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-10 | normalized | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Reiner Pope – Chip design from the bottom up — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4FYH7QF8C8K0XERTDAYSNYS-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:c55617013c338867e15c | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-05-22 | normalized | 0.95 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "podcast", "title": "Jensen Huang – TPU competition, why we should sell chips to China, & Nvidia’s supply chain moat — crusoe", "source_id": "01M4G1Z47FD7HXSJ72KXGGJ41S-m-d41ebd9f02722fc8", " | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-04-15 | normalized | 0.95 |