Artifact 2026
MINDS AI INVESTMENT
PREDICTIONS.
An experiment using AI investor clones to predict which Artifact 2026 startups are most likely to succeed. Each company is evaluated independently by two verified AI personas. Updated weekly.
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Furqan Rydhan
CEO & Founder
Hubert Thieblot
Tech Entrepreneur & Investor
Demo Day Countdown
5
Unanimous Picks
5/5 by both investors
131
Companies Evaluated
Artifact 2026 cohort
100%
Historical Accuracy
2024 cohort backtest
10⁻⁴⁴
p-value
917M× over random
TOP 10 INVESTMENT PREDICTIONS
#
Team
Company
Scores
Check
Prob.
Δ
1
Marketday Unanimous
Food/Ag · Michael & Jason
F
H
$200K
100%
2
Devol Robots Inc. Unanimous
Robotics · Sze & Yi
F
H
$200K
100%
3
Avea Robotics Unanimous
Robotics · Vikram & Aryan
F
H
$200K
100%
4
Synthrails Unanimous
Robotics/Industrial · Luella & Abhinav
F
H
$200K
100%
5
?
ProjectX Unanimous
Developer Tools · Bishal, Sourya & 1 more
F
H
$200K
100%
6
Bergerac, Inc.
AI/Security · Soorya
F
H
$175K
90%
7
Browzer
Developer Tools · Rahul
F
H
$150K
80%
8
Medoc AI
Healthcare/AI · Anton
F
H
$150K
80%
9
MeadowCX Inc. New
AI/CX · Chetan
F
H
$100K
60%
10
World Intelligence
Robotics · He & Yanyu
F
H
$75K
50%
METHODOLOGY
1
Dual AI Investor Clones
Furqan Rydhan (AppLovin, F.inc) & Hubert Thieblot (Curse→Amazon, F.inc) personas with real knowledge bases
2
5 Independent Evaluations Each
10 total investment decisions on 131 companies, selecting 10-13 per run with $2M deployment
3
Cross-Spark Consensus
Only companies picked ≥4/5 times by BOTH investors make the high-confidence list
STATISTICAL VALIDATION
Cross-spark p-value4.01 × 10⁻⁴⁴
Over-representation vs random917,000,000×
Individual consistency50% both
Historical backtest (2024)100% accuracy
HISTORICAL VALIDATION (2024 COHORTS)
Boxtree
Only funded company ($50K+)
✓ Picked 6/6 runs
Seleste
170 customers, recurring revenue
✓ Picked 6/6 runs
Avatour
Enterprise clients (Thermo Fisher, FAA)
✓ Picked 6/6 runs
4 other companies with no traction → Correctly avoided (0/6 picks)
KEY INVESTMENT THEMES DETECTED
Robotics & Foundation Models
Devol, Synthrails, Avea - physical automation meets AI
Real Revenue, Not Vibes
Marketday - $2M Driscoll's contract as concrete validation
Developer Infrastructure
ProjectX, Browzer - platform shifts in compute/automation
Defense & Security
Bergerac - gov-scale AI deployments
Updated weekly · 10 independent evaluations × 2 verified AI investor personas
Rising Falling StableNEW
Sparks: Furqan (bf47e560) · Hubert (9c62af0c)