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PROBE
On top of a SAFE or J-KISS, add one ledger-verifiable layer that doesn't break the speed founders and investors already rely on.
[ Why PROBE ]
SAFE and J-KISS are good tools. They save investors and founders a lot of time talking things through and checking each other. But over time, good tools also turn into something people abuse and work around. PROBE isn't trying to change how people work. It just does the small bit needed to make life hard for the ones who game the system and hide the facts on purpose.
Anyone can use it and change it. The hope is that people pick up the PROBE idea and build on it, so the industry takes an honest look at the problems that are already here and starts fixing them together.
[ Three indicators. Nothing else. ]
Revenue achievement rate
Recognized revenue this period ÷ the revenue the founder signed up to. 100% = on plan.
Substantive customer count
How many unique, actually-paying customers this period. Affiliates and refunds don't count.
Burn rate
Net operating cash burned this period. Financing inflows are excluded, so raising a round doesn't hide burn.
What the probe can't see
The probe is read-only and reads only the fields needed for those three numbers. It never sees the full ledger, per-transaction flows, customer identities (it counts via a one-way token), salaries, or banking credentials. Raw data is discarded after the report.
The AI rating is for reference only. Every contract trigger is tied to the plain numbers, never to the AI.
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