Venture foundry

Prove it before you build.

ProofForge is the workspace between a messy idea and a defensible decision. Map assumptions, run grounded research, design the cheapest test, and pass a gate only you control.

  • Find the killer assumption

    Rank what fails first

  • Run the cheapest test

    Falsify before you build

  • Own the decision

    Continue, pivot, or stop

The proof map

Four zones turn uncertainty into structure. AI proposes cards — you Confirm what counts as evidence.

AI proposesYou confirm

Plant → Map → Test → Decide

Know

Confirmed

  • Person
  • Problem
  • Evidence

Believe

Hypotheses

  • Assumptions
  • Outcome

Learn

Open

  • Gaps
  • Tensions

Next

Action

  • Experiment
  • Decision
Nothing becomes evidence until you Confirm it on the map.
  • 8Validation phases
  • 0AI final decisions
  • 100%Human-owned gate
  • 1Clearest next test

Why it exists

Most founders fail by building the wrong belief first — without a map, a test, or a decision they can defend.

Proof you can show

  • Clarity fast

    Named user, problem, outcome, and ranked risks after Plant.

  • Test this week

    Cheapest behavioral experiment — not a roadmap you cannot afford.

  • Decision receipt

    What you learned, what remains uncertain, what you chose.

Idea to proof, end to end

Phase gates, deterministic risk scoring, pilot tracking, and exportable artifacts — not a chat thread with a logo.

  • Proof Map

    Person, problem, outcome, assumptions — every AI card needs your Confirm.

  • Reality Scan

    Cited research with weak-signal labels until behavior confirms.

  • Risk Engine

    Impact × uncertainty × cost-if-wrong. Transparent scoring.

  • Proof Lab

    Interviews, pilots, or pricing tests ranked for your budget.

  • AI Assistant

    GraphRAG on your corpus. Suggests — never decides for you.

  • Human gates

    Decision Gate and approval flows on every project.

  • Founder Pack

    Export map, protocol, observations, and decision receipt.

  • Memory & Vault

    Semantic search across learnings and research.

  • Page coach

    Guidance tied to your live phase and blockers.

Every project exports

  • Proof map export
  • Experiment protocol
  • Reality Scan sources
  • Risk matrix
  • Pilot observation log
  • Decision receipt
  • 30 / 60 / 90 plan
  • AI guardrail doc

Eight phases, one system

01

Plant

Idea + constraints

02

Map

Four proof zones

03

Reality

Know vs assume

04

Arena

Risk ranking

05

Proof Lab

Pick a test

06

Pilot

Log behavior

07

Decision

Human gate

08

Export

Founder Pack

AI proposes structure. You own the evidence call.

Gemini extracts and researches. TypeScript rules score risk and enforce gates. The Decision Gate never auto-picks Continue, Pivot, or Stop.

  • Zod-validated structured outputs
  • Weak-signal labels on web research
  • Confirm before evidence counts
  • Per-idea AI guardrail on overview
  • GraphRAG assistant on your project
  • Founder-owned decision gate
CapabilityProofForgeChat AISheet
Proof map canvas
Assumption risk ranking
Grounded reality scan
Experiment protocol
Human decision gate
Pilot tracking
Founder Pack export
Project memory search

Start with one messy idea

Plant, confirm your map, run the cheapest test, record your decision. Free to start.