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Crusoe

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Crusoe

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Build massive data centers and small modular AI factories observed

fresh · evidence 9d ago 11 sources no confidence data
82.4/100
Venture signal
scored above 97% 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
$3.9B
2026-09-17
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 (30% of the score).

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

7 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

Evaluation

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Platform score derived
82/100
Founder self-assessment claimed
8/100
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VIX signals 5 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 2 signals from 0 voices ▾
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 ▾
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Market & funding stage 1 of 3 signals present ▾
Funding stage
not provided
Lifecycle stage
not provided
Latest round stage
unknown observed
Timeline 1 events ▾
  1. 2026-09-17 unknown · $3.9B

Evidence & scoring

Why this score? none_required ▾

VentureSignalScore 82.4/100 for crusoe, composed from 2 of 4 components (emerging formula), discounted ×0.85 for 50% signal coverage

ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
funding_recency 0.2 0.9248 0.185
funding_magnitude 0.3 1 0.3

Evidence this score rests on

Narrative vs. reality No SEC filing found for this round

Reported narrative · Tier 2
$3.9B unknown
announced 2026-09-17 · 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
2026-09-17
Money moved on or after
2026-09-17
Total reported by
not established
Basis
reported round

A reported round dated 2026-09-17 by its own source.

Raw observations 132 records ▾
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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
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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
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