Research observatory

Evidence before automation.

Seven bounded SOTA scouts map what is known, what remains uncertain, and which founder decisions the research can responsibly support.

The scout bundles

Research with a declared decision boundary.

Each bundle is a source base for synthesis. It is not itself an operating skill, and it does not erase disagreement or gaps in the evidence.

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high-coverage, effort-bounded; not saturated

Market intelligence

Maps evidence-native market definition, sizing, competitor comparison, ecosystem mapping, and signal monitoring for founder decisions.

Coverage: High-coverage map as of 2026-07-29; the remaining positive tail is same-class and the search does not claim saturation.
Decision supported: Build a thin Founder Hub orchestration and evidence layer around specialist mechanisms instead of adopting one monolithic industry-analyst agent.

Evidence bundle resources/01-founder-market-intelligence/

high-coverage, effort-bounded; not saturated

Decision analytics

Maps reproducible intake, metric contracts, funnel and cohort analysis, transparent forecasting, and decision-memo workflows.

Coverage: High-coverage map as of 2026-07-29; the v1 core is build-sufficient while advanced pricing, segmentation, causal, and hosted-auto-insight lanes remain open.
Decision supported: Build a governed set of small analytical methods rather than a universal autonomous analyst.

Evidence bundle resources/02-founder-decision-analytics/

qualified working plateau

Narrative and fundraising

Maps evidence-grounded narrative, venture-plan assembly, fundraising readiness, and multilingual claim-fidelity needs.

Coverage: Qualified working plateau as of 2026-07-29; no saturation claim is made.
Decision supported: Build one shared evidence-bearing venture record with three bounded consumers: narrative, plan assembly, and fundraising readiness.

Evidence bundle resources/03-startup-narrative-fundraising/

qualified working plateau; open frontiers disclosed

Customer discovery

Maps ethical study planning, consent-aware collection, qualitative synthesis, experiments, and assumption-to-decision lineage.

Coverage: Qualified working plateau as of 2026-07-29; unretried topic and Chinese-language frontiers remain explicitly disclosed.
Decision supported: Use a modular research stack and build Founder Hub's own evidence and decision layer.

Evidence bundle resources/04-customer-discovery-validation/

high-coverage, effort-bounded; not saturated

Website and launch

Maps a constrained, code-owned website workflow with browser, accessibility, performance, metadata, launch, and rollback checks.

Coverage: High-coverage map as of 2026-07-29; the campaign reached its work ceiling with a positive same-class tail.
Decision supported: Use an approved brief and information architecture, a constrained build, browser and human QA, then an approved launch package.

Evidence bundle resources/05-founder-website-launch/

qualified working plateau

Sales and CRM

Maps small-CRM foundations, staged data quality, permission-gated sales operations, receipts, and reversible writes.

Coverage: Qualified working plateau as of 2026-07-29; accepted within the frozen sources, languages, and resource ceiling.
Decision supported: Keep a small CRM as the system of record and place a permission-gated founder sales operator above it.

Evidence bundle resources/06-founder-sales-crm/

qualified working plateau

Demo and promo video

Maps real-product capture, composition, audio, captions, localization, rights, provenance, and publication QA.

Coverage: Qualified working plateau as of 2026-07-29; no claim extends beyond the frozen sources, languages, and resource ceiling.
Decision supported: Build a small policy and artifact control plane while keeping capture, rendering, audio, caption, provenance, and QA tools replaceable.

Evidence bundle resources/07-startup-promo-demo-video/

Research-derived registry

Patterns awaiting implementation and field review.

These planned records make the intended translation visible: from a research question to a bounded founder practice.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Market intelligence

Industry Landscape

A planned evidence-bearing workflow for defining a market, reconciling actors, sizing ranges, and mapping competitive and ecosystem structure.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Decision analytics

Founder Data Analyst

A planned set of small, governed analytical workflows for auditing data, defining metrics, analyzing cohorts, forecasting, and recording decisions.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Narrative and fundraising

Startup Narrative

A planned drafting workflow that turns approved venture facts and assumptions into audience-specific narratives without silent claim drift.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Narrative and fundraising

Venture Plan Assembler

A planned assembly workflow for reconciling source artifacts, repeated numbers, open questions, and contradictions into a reviewable venture plan.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Narrative and fundraising

Fundraise Readiness

A planned final-stage check for evidence completeness, consistency, diligence ownership, and unresolved fundraising blockers.

Scout-derived Planned

Scout roadmap · Customer discovery

Customer Discovery

A planned consent-aware workflow for choosing a consequential uncertainty and designing the least burdensome ethical study that can change a decision.

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Research-to-skill path

No silent leap from paper to practice.

01Bound
State the question, corpus, period, and exclusions.
02Trace
Keep claims attached to sources and declared inference.
03Translate
Name the founder job and operational assumptions.
04Test
Run the practice against cases and failure modes.
05Review
Advance status only with published evidence.

Coverage is not certainty.

SOTA scouts are bounded snapshots. New evidence, missing access, construct differences, and context shifts can change the responsible interpretation. Each bundle should be read with its explicit gaps and date.