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PicoJool

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PicoJool

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PicoJool provides high-performance, energy-efficient data transmission solutions for AI and machine learning applications. Explore how they are pushing the boundaries of what's possible. observed

fresh · evidence 9d ago 9 sources no confidence data
51.2/100
Venture signal
scored above 54% of early 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
$27.5M
2026-09-24
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
sales-led
homepage

Traction

Current round

Opportunity & risk

↗ Strongest signal: funding_recency (19% of the score).

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

6 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

The skeptic's read what this company has said, judged against what happened

8 claims on record 1 verified 0 contradicted 7 still unproven

Unproven ≠ false — it means the deadline or the evidence hasn't arrived. Nothing here is editorial: every count is a ledger row you can open on the Proof page.

Evaluation

How it's evaluated Four independent layers ▾

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Platform score derived
51/100
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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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_a observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-09-24 series_a · $27.5M · Led by Socratic Partners

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 51.2/100 for picojool, composed from 2 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.9436 0.1887
funding_magnitude 0.3 0.3757 0.1127

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$27.5M series a
announced 2026-09-24 · 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
2026-09-24
Money moved on or after
2026-09-24
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-09-24 by its own source.

Raw observations 92 records ▾
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description PicoJool provides high-performance, energy-efficient data transmission solutions for AI and machine learning applications. Explore how they are pushing the boundaries of what's possible. observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-30 normalized 0.70
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