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VC Answer Map

A review wall for the V2 and AV3 editorial charts. AV3 is the current direction. Click any image to inspect it at full size.

AV3 · current direction

Current chart library

The current editorial library. Each chart below is a normal HTML link to its full-resolution PNG, so browsers and non-JavaScript research tools can inspect it.

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How 2,000 model answers were produced
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How the test worked

The construction of the 2,000-answer dataset across closed-book, shared-retrieval and specificity experiments.

The remembered funding map
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The remembered funding map

The leading firm in each of the 10 funding-discovery categories, measured without search.

The operating canon
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The operating canon

How frequently the five most-mentioned firms appeared across 10 founder operating problems.

Eight models, one retrieval layer
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Eight models, one retrieval layer

Each model’s remembered first choice beside its first choice after receiving the same live search results.

How completely search rewrote the answer
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How completely search rewrote the answer

Matched-cell agreement between closed-book and retrieval-enabled answers for funding and operating prompts.

What specificity does to the shortlist
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What specificity does to the shortlist

How leading firms change as legitimate founder detail is added across three categories.

Retrieval still requires diligence
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Retrieval still requires diligence

The verification outcome for the 50 most-retrieved firm recommendations.

Ideas can survive while credit leaks
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Ideas can survive while credit leaks

Correct person and firm attribution when five named startup frameworks appeared.

The three-market synthesis
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The three-market synthesis

The editorial framework: be remembered, be retrieved and shape the reference frame.