Track: temporary soft-raise bridge (micro-check, residency, first institutional believer).
Not the institutional $1.0M / 12 mo deck — keep that for angels/micro-VCs after commercial proof.
Portable pack: soft raise is open, but external dataroom invites stay locked until incorporation — use this MDX + Lab/methodology links for intros (e.g. warm → Brickyard when visa gate is real).
Always state both layers: closing a program-sized tranche now; round target remains $1.0M.
1. Title — bridge objective
Haga
Independent verification for physical AI
Bridge objective: Turn working verification evidence into live customer proof.
Wedge: Fast, private, sim-first physics verification for robot policies and generative world-model outputs — not a public leaderboard, not a sim platform, not a training loop.
Tagline: Stress-test. Break. Report.
Bridge prep · July 2026
2. Problem + narrow wedge
- Simulated manipulation success does not survive deployment. Stanford HAI 2026 AI Index: 89.4% sim (RLBench) vs 12% on real household tasks — different evaluation contexts, not one controlled system degrading 89→12. Use as urgency signal, not a single-run story.
- Labs self-report sim scores; synthetic worlds rarely get independent physics checks.
- Institutional real-robot eval (RoboArena / Robocurve-class) exists at the top — small teams still lack a fast, private, sim-first pre-check.
Wedge (say out loud): sim-first private stress before expensive hardware evaluation — complementary, not a substitute.
3. What is already built
| Layer | Shipped |
|---|---|
| Pillar 1 | Lift / Stack / PickPlaceCan / Door stress tiers (n=50/condition, Wilson CIs) |
| Pillar 2 | Checker calibration + CogVideoX discovery n=6 (post-hoc) + held-out v1 n=9 (flag 1.000, Wilson [0.701, 1.000], all static_hover) |
| Trust | Public methodology + Lab + article + /methodology |
| Product | Intake → scope → branded partner report workflow + 7 Priority A scopes Ready |
This bridge funds commercial proof, not an idea.
Charts: Evidence · Methods: Methodology report
4. One visual proof slide
Primary (equal weight):
| Task | Nominal → severe | Story |
|---|---|---|
| Lift | 1.00 → 0.26 | Grasp slip under stress |
| Stack | 0.96 → 0.20 | Grasp fail under stress |
| PickPlaceCan | 1.00 → 0.24 | Grasp slip under stress |
Boundaries (smaller box — not equal headlines):
- Door: 0.60 → 0.52 (weak curve; CIs overlap) — show honesty, not hype
- CogVideoX discovery: n=6, seeds 0–1,
static_hoverpost-hoc — do not cite as held-out - CogVideoX held-out v1: n=9, seeds 2–4, flag 1.000, Wilson [0.701, 1.000], all
static_hover; real control 0.000 - Pillar 1 today = scripted OSC baselines in sim — not external learned policies, not RoboArena
5. Commercial readiness vs commercial proof
| Ready (shipped) | Still to prove (bridge buys this) |
|---|---|
| Public funnel + methodology | Live partner reports delivered |
| 7 Priority A scopes drafted | Willingness to pay / LOI / pricing signal |
| Intake SOP + branded reports | External artifact ingestion (customer policy / WM) |
| Reproducible harness + dry-runs | Second-model / external held-out beyond CogVideoX v1 |
Demand today (honest): Priority A all Introduced; artifact-first wave Introduced; demand-counting conversations = 0. Do not invent LOIs. Progress is tracked on the pipeline.
Outbound bridge re-engage: gated on evidence triggers (external artifact, substantive dialogue, multi-model held-out, grant award, or soft commit) — details shared in direct program conversations, not in this room. Inbound from submitted programs: always reply.
6. Bridge milestones (8–16 weeks)
- Delaware C-Corp (Stripe Atlas) + confirmatory IP into the company
- Deliver 2–3 live design-partner evaluations (not dry-runs)
- Obtain ≥1 paid pilot, LOI, or documented pricing signal
- Validate ≥1 partner-supplied or external learned artifact
- Held-out Pillar 2 expansion beyond CogVideoX held-out v1 (second model and/or external artifacts)
- Continuous-scoring design doc or customer-backed spec (stretch)
Horizon is weeks, not the 12-month institutional operating plan.
7. Bridge budget posture
Do not reuse the $1.0M percentage allocation for micro-checks.
Frame spend as milestone cost + short runway:
| Bucket | Intent (bridge) |
|---|---|
| Entity / legal | Atlas + counsel for SAFE / confirmatory IP |
| Founder runway | Months of full-time focus through live reports |
| Compute | Targeted Pillar 2 batches — not $250k institutional GPU plan |
| GTM | Narrow travel / partner calls only after reply heat |
| Buffer | Diligence spikes |
Exact dollars = program-specific (see ask variants below). Monthly cash need stated verbally to match check size.
8. Why this unlocks the later $1.0M
Bridge converts technical proof into customer and pricing proof. The $1.0M pre-seed then funds repeatable delivery, first ML/eval hire, continuous-scoring productization, and expansion beyond founder-led services.
Institutional milestones remain locked: 2 partner reports ≤4 mo · Pillar 2 n≥30 ≤6 mo · continuous-scoring design doc ≤6 mo · first hire/co-founder offer ≤9 mo — Milestone model.
9. Team + constraints
Sole founder: Mushood Hanif — shipped dual-pillar harness, public Lab, intake→report product.
- Cap table intent at incorporation: 90% founder / 10% option pool — Founder equity & IP (Gate A signed; entity still pending)
- Hire / co-founder search on written scorecard — join via new grants, not placeholder roster
- Location / work auth (one line): Building from Pakistan; willing to relocate for the right program; US work authorization is a planned step after entity + capital — Delaware incorporation ≠ visa
- Close path: soft commit → Atlas Delaware → SAFE / wire into company bank — Formation
10. Ask — bridge (structure only)
Rule: state both layers — closing a program-sized tranche now; round target remains $1.0M.
Generic bridge framing (angels / micro-VCs / first believer):
- Instrument: post-money SAFE into Delaware C-Corp after Atlas
- Size: match investor (typically $25k–$250k tranche; residencies vary)
- Use: entity + short runway + compute for live partner reports + held-out Pillar 2
- Institutional target unchanged: $1.0M / ~12 months
Program-specific variants (Unshackled, residencies, regional accelerators, Brickyard-class leads) are not published in this room — they signal application status and weaken parallel conversations. Share tailored slides in direct meetings when the program or intro is real. Rationale: Disclosure policy.
Appendix — claim boundaries (say out loud)
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No live customers, completed customer evals, LOIs, revenue, or validated pricing yet
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Pillar 1 = scripted OSC baselines in sim — not external learned policies; not a RoboArena substitute
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CogVideoX discovery = n=6 post-hoc; held-out v1 = n=9 separate (
static_hover); not multi-model yet -
Gate A signed ≠ Delaware company owns perfected IP title yet
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Soft raise materials ready ≠ outbound re-engage unlocked (evidence-trigger gate) · dataroom auth still locked pre-incorporation
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Delaware incorporation ≠ US residency / work authorization
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Competition claim: fast, private, sim-first dual-artifact eval — not “nobody checks physics”
Institutional deck (later): Pitch deck · Disclosure: Disclosure policy