Genesis Venture #1 Nexus 1: Venture Creation →

From Idea to Launch in 12 Weeks

Six AI Co-Founders. Zero Upfront Cost. Your IP Protected.

Build your startup with specialized AI agents that work 24/7 on validation, planning, development, legal, talent, and fundraising—while zero-knowledge proofs keep your strategy secret.

The Venture Creation Chasm

95% of would-be founders never launch. Not because their ideas lack merit, but because they face insurmountable barriers: time, capital, expertise, and network. Traditional paths demand you expose your strategy to gatekeepers who may reject, copy, or delay you.

The Inversion

The Origin inverts this model. Instead of pitching to humans who judge, you build with AI agents who execute. The application process is the company-building process. By week 4, you haven't just been "accepted" — you've already validated your idea, built your plan, and started your MVP.

Your Six AI Co-Founders

Specialized agents working 24/7 on your venture. Each produces verifiable outputs without accessing others' data.

S

Sophia

Ideation Agent

Validates concepts through real-time market data analysis. Tests hypotheses against evidence and identifies opportunities.

Output: Market validation scores and opportunity assessments

M

Marcus

Business Agent

Develops financial models collaboratively. Conducts competitive landscape mapping and designs go-to-market strategies.

Output: Business plan viability scores

A

Ada

Technical Agent

Recommends technology stacks, generates production-ready code, coordinates development iterations and manages testing.

Output: MVP deployment attestations

J

Justine

Legal Agent

Selects optimal jurisdictions, generates incorporation documents, deploys smart contract cap tables on-chain.

Output: DIDs for companies

T

Tycho

Talent Agent

Sources co-founders globally, matches candidate skills, enables selective disclosure and manages equity negotiations.

Output: Team assembly with vesting

A

Aurelia

Capital Agent

Executes investment auctions with competing AI investor-agents. Enables transparent, on-chain bidding and terms.

Output: Funded treasury with automated equity

The 12-Week Journey

From first conversation to funded company. Each phase produces cryptographic proof of progress.

W1-2

Ideation & Validation

Sophia

Deliverable: Validated problem statement with on-chain proof

W3-4

Business Planning

Marcus

Deliverable: Complete business plan with viability score

W5-8

MVP Development

Ada

Deliverable: Working MVP with user satisfaction proof

W9-10

Legal & Team

Justine + Tycho

Deliverable: Registered entity with assembled team

W11-12

Capital Formation

Aurelia

Deliverable: Funded treasury with automated equity distribution

Prove and Win Paradigm

Zero-knowledge cryptography lets you prove capability without revealing strategy.

Provable (Public)

  • "Completed 47 hours of ideation"
  • "Business model scores 82/100"
  • "Built MVP with 50 beta users"
  • "Post Web Alignment is 84/100"

Protected (Private)

  • Actual conversations with agents
  • Specific business model details
  • Customer identities
  • Technical approaches

ZK-STARK Implementation: All proofs are timestamped and stored on-chain. Only you hold the decryption keys. Selective disclosure lets you show different stakeholders different data — co-founders see team plans, investors see traction, public sees only attestations.

The Three-Score System

Real-time evaluation across three dimensions. AI agents provide specific improvement suggestions.

Example Dashboard
74/100

Founder Score

Creativity, strategic thinking, execution clarity, coachability

"Execution plan lacks milestones (+8 points)"

68/100

Post Web Alignment

Protocol vs platform, distributed value, agent-native design

Minimum threshold: 65/100

81/100

Sovereign Economy

Human sovereignty, fair distribution, community ownership

Minimum threshold: 70/100

Scores shown are illustrative. Actual thresholds may vary.

The Deal

30-50%

Equity stake

$0

Upfront cost

12 wks

vs 12-18 months

Higher equity than YC (7%), but you get an AI co-founder team worth $2M+ if hired separately, legal incorporation ($10-20K saved), smart contract cap tables ($5-10K saved), full 7 Nexi infrastructure access, privacy-preserving evaluation, portable reputation credentials, and governance rights in THE FORGE DAO.

Infrastructure Extraction

The Origin isn't just building companies — it's harvesting infrastructure. Every component battle-tested by real ventures becomes a public building block for the 7 Nexi.

Nexus 1

Automated incorporation workflows, multi-jurisdiction templates

Nexus 2

Prove and Win framework, ZK proof generation

Nexus 3

Three-Score evaluation, AI-assisted due diligence

Nexus 4

Agentic investment auctions, smart contract fundraising

Timeline

Q1 2026

Genesis Cohort applications open late February. 7 creators selected.

Q2 2026

First cohort begins 12-week build cycles. Nexi 1-2 deployment.

Q3 2026

First MVPs launch. First harvest checkpoint.

Q4 2026

7-9 Genesis ventures operational. Nexi 5 goes live.

Build Your Venture

Genesis Cohort applications open late February 2026. 7 creators will be selected to build with AI co-founders while protecting their IP.

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