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Rio

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The Rio was an investment that ended up being a bad one due to the loss of a loyalty program. observed

fresh · evidence 25d ago 7 sources no confidence data
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  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

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momentum / 100
Hiring
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Raw observations 37 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Rio observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 738 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.max_points 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.mentions 0 observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528371", "title": "Rio de Janeiro's \"homegrown\" LLM appears to be a merge of an existing model", "points": 403, "created_at": "2026-06-14", "evidence observed artifact ↗ 2026-06-14 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16933736", "title": "Matrix and Riot Confirmed as the Basis for France’s Secure Instant Messenger App", "points": 738, "created_at": "2018-04-26"} observed artifact ↗ 2018-04-26 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {} observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-08 normalized 0.20
description The Rio was an investment that ended up being a bad one due to the loss of a loyalty program. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
index.ai_tie NOT_AI observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
metric.venture.funding_amount_usd 300000000 derived calc 2026-07-18 superseded 0.50
metric.venture.funding_amount_usd null derived calc 2026-10-11 derived 0.00
platform.index_excluded true derived calc 2026-09-28 normalized 0.99
score.venture_signal 62.5 derived calc 2026-07-18 superseded 0.26
score.venture_signal 40.3 derived calc 2026-07-25 superseded 0.34
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2ZRVGMVN1BG9N04W4Q0FZ46", "signals": [{"quote": "local da who com sure it's um it's kind of the one of the leading local destination sites in the web sure it's a very observed artifact ↗ 2010-06-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2ZRVGMVN1BG9N04W4Q0FZ46", "signals": [{"quote": "the local search business is really dominated by Google and Yahoo because we have to know in search engines right so w observed artifact ↗ 2010-06-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2ZRVGMVN1BG9N04W4Q0FZ46", "signals": [{"quote": "having a search engine as part of an asset and the company is huge and I think that's that's a thing and an asset real observed artifact ↗ 2010-06-29 promoted 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01M2ZRVGMVN1BG9N04W4Q0FZ46", "signals": [{"quote": "we totally differentiate between algo results and what's Yahoo content module right and we don't obviously we don't re observed artifact ↗ 2010-06-29 promoted 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "All-In — Best Ideas Pitch Competition — rio", "source_id": "01KXRPBDZ2FE2BHN1CAREA46SJ-m-682f158037ed29e3", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:d620f51be2974e329f6969a697d1c42d observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.95
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "This Week in Startups - Atif Rafiq, Head of Global Product Marketing/Strategy at Yahoo! Local — rio", "source_id": "01KXRSQ3TWKENM5WXMV5D3JNWK-m-682f158037ed29e3", "extract observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-20 normalized 0.95