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The founder-facing control and evidence layer for AI-built software.

FounderGate is designed to translate code changes, tests, blockers, sensitive areas, and evidence into approval-ready decisions — so non-developer founders can make real approval choices without reading code.

AI builders create. FounderGate is designed to verify. Accepted gate runs are designed to produce structured evidence packets showing what changed, what is safe to continue, what is risky, what is blocked, and what the Approval Authority must decide.

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Roadmap Tracker v7
Headline stages6 of 9 done
V8-AAccepted
Suite82/82 green
V8-BEndurance qualified

V8-A whole product accepted on stranger evidence. VB1 run layer accepted and endurance-qualified — 8h and 24h passed and ledgered. Integrated evidence-storage acceptance pending. Not commercial-ready or production-ready. Not a security audit.

Control Architecture

How work converges into the control gate.

FounderGate is not a single straight step. Builder lanes, checker review, protected-file rules, evidence assembly, and gate rules all converge at the control gate — which checks, blocks, holds, or packages evidence into a decision package before any approval request is created. Nothing proceeds without gate evidence.

How work converges into the control gate

Illustrative

Work lanes converge ↓

Builder work

AI lanes

Checker review

independent

Protected areas

locked zones

Evidence assembly

what / safe / risky

Gate rules

policy / schema

FounderGate · Control Gate

CheckBlockHoldEvidenceReview

Blocked work is returned to build

Decision package ↓

Approval Authority

Authorized review

Builder, checker, protected-area, evidence, and rule lanes converge at the control gate. Nothing proceeds without gate evidence — one decision package reaches the Approval Authority; unproven work is blocked and returned. Illustrative.

Proof Status

Roadmap Tracker v7July 14, 2026

V8-A accepted on stranger evidence. V8-B real controls in progress.

V8-A whole product is accepted on recorded stranger evidence. The VB1 run layer is accepted and endurance-qualified — 8h and 24h passed and ledgered. Integrated evidence-storage acceptance is pending. Nothing beyond the recorded state is claimed.

How a gate run moves through FounderGate

Illustrative

  1. Request

    lane opened

  2. Builder

    AI implements

  3. Checker

    independent review

  4. Evidence

    packet assembled

  5. Approval review

    authorized review

  6. Gate outcome

    e.g. continue · hold · stop

Accepted

V8-A · Whole product

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7/7 PASS · recorded

Stranger Test Run 7

July 11, 2026

Accepted

V8-B VB0 · Attached Projects Registry

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Signed & accepted

Shared Host Workload Lease

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82/82 green

Test suite

Passed · ledgered

VB1 run layer · endurance

NOT-PASSED → 8h → 24h

Audit pending

Integrated evidence-storage acceptance

pending

V8-A is accepted on recorded stranger evidence; the VB1 run layer is accepted and endurance-qualified. Integrated evidence-storage acceptance and the VB3 Witness Engine are not yet claimed. Merged does not equal accepted. FounderGate is not commercial-ready or production-ready. No security or compliance certification claimed. External operator proof not yet complete.

What FounderGate Shows the Reviewer

Seven founder-readable signals from accepted gate runs.

Accepted FounderGate gate runs are designed to translate AI builder output into seven structured signals that a non-developer founder can act on — without reading code.

What changed

live

Plain-English summary — no founder code reading required.

What is safe

live

Clear indicators backed by evidence from the checker.

What is risky

live

Auth, payments, secrets, database — highlighted.

What is blocked

live

Explicitly prevented. Reason logged. Gate held.

What evidence exists

live

Test results, constraint references, open gaps.

What must not be touched

live

Protected zones locked from change. FounderGate is designed to flag them before approval review.

Whether to continue

live

Continue · Hold · Review · Stop · Ship Later — in plain language.

Interpretation layer

Approval decision view

The seven signals roll up into one founder-readable summary — not an eighth signal.

7 signals → 1 decision

Differentiators

What FounderGate brings to the table

Proof, witness, memory, and control for AI-built software — separated into what is proven today and what is planned.

AI builders make software faster. FounderGate focuses on the accountable owner’s missing layer: durable evidence, independent checks, honest limits, and approval records a human can understand before risk moves forward.

PN1

Endurance Evidence

PROVEN TODAY — INTERNAL HARNESS QUALIFICATION

FounderGate proved its own harness discipline through sealed endurance evidence: an honest NOT-PASSED run, an 8h PASS, and a 24h PASS kept on the ledger.

Customer value

Answers: “My AI-built app worked in the demo — will it survive Tuesday?”

Honest limit

Internal proof only today. Customer endurance reports are planned after VB3 and isolated customer intake. Endurance proves the tested probe over time, not every feature, load capacity, security, or production readiness.

PN2

Witness Engine

PLANNED — VB3 / ROADMAP

The planned Witness Engine records what the software actually did before real action is accepted, binding observed behavior to evidence and approval.

Customer value

Answers: “How do I know it actually did the thing?”

Honest limit

Not live today. Act edge remains held until VB3 acceptance. Do not imply witnessed live customer actions exist now.

PN3

Panic Card / Pause & Get Help

PROVEN TODAY — HUMAN USABILITY

The founder-facing surface includes a visible pause-and-help path. A first-time non-developer found it unaided in the Stranger Test.

Customer value

Gives non-technical users a safe stop path instead of forcing them to improvise when they feel lost.

Honest limit

Today this is proven on the read-only accepted surface. Do not imply it currently halts live customer systems.

PN4

Failure-Mode Honesty

PROVEN TODAY — ACCEPTED SURFACE + OPERATING HISTORY

FounderGate tells the owner what other tools often hide: green CI does not mean product works; a demo does not mean production; a screenshot is not disk proof; merged does not mean usable.

Customer value

Reduces false confidence and helps founders make decisions at the honest evidence level.

Honest limit

The wording is easy to copy. The defense is the ledgered history behind the wording, not the words alone.

PN5

Evidence Ledger as Institutional Memory

PROVEN MECHANISM / PLANNED CUSTOMER LAYER

FounderGate keeps approvals, refusals, signatures, and evidence bound to exact versions. The mechanism exists internally today; the customer-facing ledger is the planned retention layer.

Customer value

Creates receipts for disputes, diligence, contractor accountability, and future review.

Honest limit

Customer ledger retention is planned because customers do not exist yet. Keep this split visible.

PN6

Spending Honesty

PROVEN TODAY — DISPLAY-ONLY

FounderGate surfaces spend awareness as part of the founder dashboard instead of hiding cost anxiety.

Customer value

Addresses bill-shock fear directly and keeps spend visible next to project truth.

Honest limit

Display-only today. No real billing integration, budget enforcement, or metering claim yet.

The stack in one sentence

PN1 proves endurance. PN2 plans witnessed action. PN5 turns evidence into memory. PN3, PN4, and PN6 address the real fears of non-technical owners: losing control, trusting false green lights, and getting surprised by cost.

Proven today

  • Internal endurance qualification: honest NOT-PASSED → 8h PASS → 24h PASS
  • Panic / pause-and-help found unaided in Stranger Test
  • Failure-mode honesty on the accepted surface
  • Evidence ledger mechanism in daily governing use
  • Display-only spend honesty

Planned / gated

  • Witness Engine after VB3 acceptance
  • Customer endurance reports after VB3 and isolated intake
  • Customer ledger as subscription retention layer
  • Real spend metering / enforcement later

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Gate Decisions

Five possible gate outcomes — expressed in plain language.

When a gate run is accepted, FounderGate is designed to produce one of five approval-ready decisions. Each is expressed in plain language the authorized reviewer can act on without a technical interpreter.

Decision engine

Illustrative
Gate runEVALUATEContinueHoldReviewStopShip Later
Outcome detail
Continue

Evidence passes. The authorized reviewer can approve continuation.

Hold

Something needs an approval decision before going further.

Review

Expert or authorized review required. Work paused.

Stop

Critical issue. Work stopped pending resolution.

Ship Later

Approved for future deployment after further steps.

FounderGate Safety Check

First narrow wedgeIn build

Is this AI-built app safe enough to continue?

The FounderGate Safety Check is the first narrow wedge product. It checks whether an AI-built app is safe enough to continue, review, or ship — focused on non-sensitive projects, fake/demo data only, protected-file rules, and evidence packets.

The Safety Check is designed for early design partners with non-sensitive, early-stage AI-built projects. It is not a security audit, compliance check, or production-readiness guarantee.

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Scope and boundaries

No production secrets in pilots
No real customer data in early work
Non-sensitive projects first
Expert escalation when needed
Not a security auditLimitation
Not a production-readiness guaranteeLimitation

Design partner intake only. Non-sensitive projects, fake/demo data only. Not a current commercial product.

Non-sensitive pilot flow

Illustrative

  1. Intake

    design partner

  2. Scope check

    sensitivity level

  3. Protected-file rules

    locked zones

  4. Evidence packet

    what/safe/risky

  5. Approval decision

    e.g. continue · hold · stop

Pre-launch

FounderGate is seeking design partners and qualified investors.

We are building the trust layer for AI-built software. If you are a non-developer founder with a current AI-built demo or project, or a qualified investor, request a private brief.

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