Your market and your evidence, scored separately. They correct each other.
AI companies took 86% of US venture dollars in the first half of 2026, $355.9 billion out of $412.7 billion. Roughly nine in ten US venture dollars went to rounds of $100 million or more. That doesn't mean every AI startup is fundable. It means capital is loud at the top and quiet in the middle. This tells you which end you're at. Four minutes.
Step 1
Which market are you actually in?
Pick the closest one. Capital is not spread evenly across these, and the gap is the point.
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Which of these is true of your team today?
This lane prices entry in technical standing, not in the idea.
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What is your access to the buyer?
A defense deck without operator validation is worth nothing.
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What do you have beyond the pitch?
This lane is measured in megawatts and signed agreements.
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Where does your system run today?
A polished lab demo does not clear this bar.
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Does anyone on the team carry security credibility a CISO would recognize?
Security buyers do not take a chance on strangers.
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What is your access to the system you are automating?
Healthcare rewards relationships more than it rewards software.
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What is your regulatory and banking position?
Without a banking partner or a license, you cannot move money.
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What does user behavior look like today?
Consumer is the one lane where a story cannot stand in for behavior.
Question 1 of 10
What does your product actually do in the customer's workflow?
Owning the central job is what separates a company from a feature.
Question 2 of 10
What is the strongest proof you have today?
Non-revenue proof counts. Waitlists do not.
Question 3 of 10
What is your team's relationship to this problem?
Domain access beats generic AI credentials in every lane on this list.
Question 4 of 10
Whose budget does this come out of?
Software budgets are small. Labor budgets are not.
Question 5 of 10
What stops a well-funded team from copying this in six months?
This is the question the partner asks after the associate leaves the room.
Question 6 of 10
How narrow is what you sell today?
Narrow and painful beats broad and reasonable.
Question 7 of 10
Why is this happening now, in one line?
"AI for X" stopped working as a narrative on its own.
Question 8 of 10
Where does this go after the wedge?
Investors buy the second and third act, not the first.
Question 9 of 10
Can an associate repeat your pitch to a partner without notes?
They get about sixty seconds and a memo. That is the whole channel.
Question 10 of 10
What changed recently that makes this possible now?
A problem that has been solvable for a decade has no urgency.
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Built by Farzad Khosravi, who has worked with 500+ founders and was fractional COO at Humoniq through an $8.5M seed round. Market ratings researched July 2026 from PitchBook data and published theses at Sequoia, a16z, Bessemer and General Catalyst.
