Hack-Nation · Challenge 02 · Maschmeyer Group
VC Brain
Distribution gravity
Same check size. Different pull.
Teaching diagram with fixed scores (89 vs 27) — not your workspace. Open Gravity compare for live founders after Identify or Apply + GitHub.
Cold-start founder
89
Small audience · high velocity
Pedigree · quiet
27
Large audience · low pull
Pipeline
Four stages, one funnel
Live sources only. Axes stay separate. Trust surfaces contradictions before the memo.
Sourcing
Identify live: GitHub · Hacker News · arXiv. Hackathons / Product Hunt / accelerators: coming soon (never fabricated). Activate → Converge into one funnel with inbound.
Screening
First-pass gate · 3 axes never averaged (Founder / Market / Idea-vs-Market) · thesis lens · persistent Founder Score with cold-start mode.
Diligence
Per-claim Trust Score · contradiction flags · URL verify when evidence links exist · validator before the memo.
Decision
Evidence memo + gaps + $100K yes/no/watch (decision-support, not an investment offer) · full agent traces.
How to start
Three clicks to signal
- Open radar — Identify · refresh for live GitHub + HN + arXiv signals
- Gravity compare — cold-start distribution vs quiet pedigree on the same thesis
- Diligence probe claim → Screen → evidence memo for a $100K decision-support check (not an investment offer)
Shared spine
Same engine as the marketing fleet
vibemarketer manufactures distribution. VC Brain measures it to source founders. Shared spine: ingest → memory → reason → trace.