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Posture med
expanding-but-regulatory-constrained 3 src →
Capital · available high
$93M cumulative VC raised across three tranches (Aug-2024 $30M led by a16z; further close by Jan-2025 bringing cumulative to $40M; Jul-2025 $53M co-led by Radical Ventures + Forerunner … 4 src →
Capital · operating med
no revenue disclosed anywhere found; Ash is a free consumer app (iOS/Android), so no confirmed monetization/operating-revenue figure exists as of this pass 1 src →
Capital · deployed med
capital deployed into: (1) an 18-month model build (proprietary 'foundation model for psychology' trained on real therapist sessions) preceding the Jul-2025 launch, (2) a 50,000-user beta … 2 src →
Capital · in high
pure VC equity, three tranches: a16z-led ($30M, Aug-2024) -> a16z-led extension (cumulative $40M, Jan-2025) -> Radical Ventures + Forerunner Ventures co-led ($53M, Jul-2025, cumulative … 2 src →
Capital · out low
no disclosed multi-year spend commitment or capex figure found; outflows are inferred from the model-build + beta-program + UK launch/withdrawal narrative above, not from any disclosed … 1 src →
Optionality med
constrained 3 src →
Gravity med
~$0.05-0.3B/yr (point estimate ~$0.1B/yr), LOW CONFIDENCE, estimate uncited for scale -- no 2026 active-user, revenue, or clinical-outcome figure was found in any source. The only hard … 3 src →

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· The Reckoning authority claim — developing · last seen 2026-07-28 · 7 entries

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