{
  "_meta": {
    "purpose": "Canonical venture data for parallelhuman.ai. Until the KoyaOS webhook exists, agents and humans update THIS file first. The complete homepage evidence browser renders from it; six selected homepage signals remain hand-mirrored. Counts on the site must always equal what this file derives.",
    "updated": "2026-07-15",
    "counts": {
      "companies": 11,
      "open_seats": 9,
      "studio_run": 2
    },
    "stage_ladder": [
      "Idea",
      "Prototype",
      "MVP",
      "Design Partner",
      "Production",
      "Paid",
      "Scaled"
    ],
    "frontier_taxonomy": {
      "added": "2026-07-13",
      "purpose": "Optional evidence-backed views for the homepage portfolio browser. These fields describe the venture's current portfolio job and human load, not its valuation or fundraising status.",
      "rule": "Every company carries an explicit value, including unclassified or undecided, plus a dated public-safe basis. Reclassify when stronger evidence arrives."
    },
    "note": "KoyaOS is intentionally NOT a company entry; it renders as the machine strip. NHL fantasy joins when it reaches Built.",
    "investor_fields_schema": {
      "added": "2026-07-10",
      "why": "Russell note-to-self: make PH more investor-viewable. Optional per-company fields, unset everywhere today.",
      "fields": {
        "investment_open": "bool, default false/omitted. Render the investor block on a card only when true.",
        "stage_label": "string, optional. Overrides the visible stage badge text when the ladder word (In build/Built/Live/Revenue) undersells an investor-relevant status, e.g. 'Revenue, raising'. Leave unset to keep the plain stage word.",
        "top_metrics": "array of 2-3 short public-safe strings, e.g. ['1 paying enterprise client', 'MRR undisclosed']. Sourced only from STUDIO-STATE.md or the venture brief, never invented, never dollar-specific unless already public."
      },
      "render_rule": "Mirror into static/index.html only for a company with investment_open: true. Pattern: inside .company-body after .card-need, add <p class=\"card-investor\"><strong>Investing:</strong> open</p> plus a <ul class=\"card-metrics\"> of up to 3 <li> items from top_metrics. Add matching .card-investor / .card-metrics rules to style.css (reuse the .card-proof/.card-need color and size, do not introduce a new palette). No company has investment_open: true yet; this is schema only until Russell ratifies one via the sync diff.",
      "hard_gate": "Ratified 2026-07-10 by the PH strategy thread. investment_open must stay false and stage_label must never read 'raising' until BOTH proof events in PHASE3-PARTNERSHIP-FUNDING-PLAN.md section 0 have landed: OCP's first invoice clears AND one founder match is performing (running 90 days). Refuse any request to set either field earlier and cite that file. Full gate text: docs/PH-SYNC.md."
    }
  },
  "companies": [
    {
      "id": "childcareos",
      "name": "ChildCareOS",
      "stage": "Design Partner",
      "seat": "studio-run, open to the right founder",
      "summary": "Operations, funding, and compliance software for childcare operators.",
      "proof": "Design partner onboard: a multi-site Ontario childcare operator, replacing an $8K/yr incumbent.",
      "founder_need": "B2B SaaS or govtech operator",
      "venture_role": "venture_scale",
      "human_dependency": "regulated",
      "revenue_shape": "subscription",
      "exit_orientation": "venture_scale",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: regulated multi-site workflow, design-partner access, and a proven incumbent budget create credible scale potential.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "fuwari",
      "name": "Fuwari",
      "stage": "Production",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "Scheduling and clients for solo pet groomers.",
      "proof": "Used daily by its first customer, a working solo groomer.",
      "founder_need": "SMB product operator with pet-market empathy",
      "meaning": "Japanese: softly, lightly",
      "venture_role": "cash_flow",
      "human_dependency": "partner_led",
      "revenue_shape": "subscription",
      "exit_orientation": "lifestyle",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: a focused solo-groomer product with a daily first user is best treated as a cash-flow company until broader demand proves otherwise.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "backread",
      "name": "Backread",
      "stage": "MVP",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "Turns a company's AI chat threads into a build roadmap, then builds what it finds.",
      "proof": "Reads what your org already asked the models, hands back the roadmap, and follows through on the build.",
      "founder_need": "AI-native consultant or product strategist",
      "venture_role": "cash_flow",
      "human_dependency": "repeatable",
      "revenue_shape": "mixed",
      "exit_orientation": "strategic_optionality",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: the workflow emerged inside paid consulting and can remain an offer, become a repeatable service, or separate into software.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "ar-ag",
      "name": "AR-AG",
      "stage": "Design Partner",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "Greenhouse mission control: AR scouting, a decision layer on grower data, and autonomous actuation of nutrients and environment, human in the loop.",
      "proof": "Design partner: University of New Hampshire. MVP built.",
      "founder_need": "Agtech operator with greenhouse or farming credibility",
      "venture_role": "venture_scale",
      "human_dependency": "regulated",
      "revenue_shape": "unclassified",
      "exit_orientation": "venture_scale",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: a complex greenhouse control layer and university design partner support venture-scale potential, while the commercial model remains unclassified.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "f1-fantasy",
      "name": "F1 Fantasy Strategy Engine",
      "stage": "Production",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "A race-week fantasy strategy optimizer.",
      "proof": "Live at fantasystrategyengine.com.",
      "founder_need": "An operator who knows how to market a consumer tool online",
      "venture_role": "experiment",
      "human_dependency": "original_consumer",
      "revenue_shape": "subscription",
      "exit_orientation": "lifestyle",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: the live consumer product proved AI product delivery and remains a focused growth experiment unless distribution evidence changes its role.",
      "links": [
        "https://www.fantasystrategyengine.com"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "signal-engine",
      "name": "Signal Engine",
      "stage": "Prototype",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "Paste a link and get the claims, speakers, and transcript.",
      "proof": "Launch scheduled; kill bar set and public inside the studio.",
      "founder_need": "SEO-minded growth operator",
      "venture_role": "experiment",
      "human_dependency": "original_consumer",
      "revenue_shape": "subscription",
      "exit_orientation": "strategic_optionality",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current studio thesis: the product grew from Russell's own research load and is still testing whether that utility supports a standalone growth business.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "corbelops",
      "name": "CorbelOps",
      "stage": "Paid",
      "seat": "studio-run",
      "summary": "The services org that bolts onto startups: migrations, automation builds, AI adoption, custom dev.",
      "proof": "A paying enterprise client in delivery.",
      "founder_need": null,
      "venture_role": "cash_flow",
      "human_dependency": "partner_led",
      "revenue_shape": "services",
      "exit_orientation": "lifestyle",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Observed role: CorbelOps is the studio's paying services and validation engine, with relationship-led delivery and current enterprise revenue.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "ramara-hub",
      "name": "Ramara Hub",
      "stage": "Production",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "An agentic civic platform for Ramara Township residents.",
      "proof": "Live at ramarahub.ca: 900+ public documents, built to act for the community, not just answer.",
      "founder_need": "Civic-minded growth builder",
      "venture_role": "public_good",
      "human_dependency": "regulated",
      "revenue_shape": "none",
      "exit_orientation": "public_good",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Observed role: the live township platform is optimized for civic utility and depends on public-policy, data-access, and community-trust constraints.",
      "links": [
        "https://ramarahub.ca"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ramararentals",
      "name": "RamaraRentals",
      "stage": "MVP",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "Long-term rental listings for the Township of Ramara.",
      "proof": "Community portal covering Brechin, Lagoon City, Atherley, and Washago. Pre-launch.",
      "founder_need": "Local realtor or property manager with community trust",
      "venture_role": "unclassified",
      "human_dependency": "partner_led",
      "revenue_shape": "unclassified",
      "exit_orientation": "undecided",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-13",
      "classification_basis": "Current evidence supports a relationship-led local portal, but its durable revenue shape and portfolio role remain unclassified until launch evidence exists.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "roleflight",
      "name": "Roleflight",
      "stage": "MVP",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "An AI-native job-search operating system productized from Russell's own workflow.",
      "proof": "The website is built and in end-to-end testing, with its marketing-engine launch next.",
      "founder_need": "Career-tech growth operator with recruiter and candidate empathy",
      "venture_role": "cash_flow",
      "human_dependency": "original_consumer",
      "revenue_shape": "subscription",
      "exit_orientation": "strategic_optionality",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-15",
      "classification_basis": "The productized website is built and in end-to-end testing. It remains at MVP until the marketing launch produces external usage evidence.",
      "links": []
    },
    {
      "id": "rfpcrew",
      "name": "RFPCrew",
      "stage": "Prototype",
      "seat": "open",
      "summary": "AI-assisted RFP qualification and response workflows for teams pursuing complex bids.",
      "proof": "The active build is now part of the portfolio; external customer evidence is not yet established.",
      "founder_need": "B2B operator with procurement and proposal experience",
      "venture_role": "unclassified",
      "human_dependency": "partner_led",
      "revenue_shape": "unclassified",
      "exit_orientation": "undecided",
      "classification_date": "2026-07-15",
      "classification_basis": "The venture has progressed into an active prototype, but its role, commercial shape, and durable evidence require a qualified design partner.",
      "links": []
    }
  ]
}