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Kernel

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Kernel

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Make Kernel responsible for data quality. Grow confidently with data you trust. observed

stale · evidence 6d ago 10 sources no confidence data
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Developer momentum
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Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings

Ecosystem

Derived connections from primary evidence — Form D officer rosters and shared lead investors. A shared name is a lead, not proof of identity.

officer schuster tanger → Deep Cogito

New infrastructure surfaces

Subdomains appearing in public certificate-transparency logs — infrastructure standing up, dated at detection. Intent labels are deterministic (token map), not guessed.

beta.kernel.ai launch prep 09-12 dev.kernel.ai 09-12 app.kernel.ai product surface 09-12 staging.kernel.ai launch prep 09-12 internal.kernel.ai 09-12 api.kernel.ai product surface 09-12

Traction

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Current round

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Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

9 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
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  3. SEC · primary SEC D/A filed ↗
  4. SEC · primary SEC D filed ↗

Narrative vs. reality SEC filings beyond reported funding

Reported narrative · Tier 2
No reported round on record.
Filed reality · Tier 0 · SEC
4 Form D
latest filed 2019-07-18 · none near the reported round

The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.

Regulatory filings SEC EDGAR · primary source

Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 4 filings, latest 2019-07-18.

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk low · 0.13

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 3025 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 3025 “They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” 2021-04-21 ↗

Raw observations 25 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
common_name Kernel observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
common_name Kernel observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.60
community.hn.max_points 3025 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [] observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-16 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670", "title": "“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”", "points": 3025, "created_at": "2021-04-21"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-04-21 normalized 0.20
description Used to pick up and reposition brain airports after psilocybin use. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.60
description Make Kernel responsible for data quality. Grow confidently with data you trust. observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.70
domain www.kernel.ai observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
index.ai_tie AI_ADJACENT observed classify 2026-07-25 derived 0.60
sec.cik 0001680217 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.count 4 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.filings [{"cik": "0001680217", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2019-07-18", "accession": "0001680217-19-000002", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680217/000168021719000002/0001680217-19-000002- observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.latest_filed 2019-07-18 observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-18 normalized 0.99
sec.form_d.related_persons {"filed": "2019-07-18", "persons": [{"last_name": "Tanger", "first_name": "Schuster", "clarification": null, "relationships": ["Executive Officer"]}, {"last_name": "Gomez", "first_name": "Anna", "clar observed url 2019-07-18 normalized 0.99
sector emerging derived calc 2026-08-08 normalized 0.50
signal.commentary {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KZQ0S1KEX9SP4EFD83MPW1WT", "signals": [{"quote": "company called kernel also um was started started around that time each of these entities put a huge what what at the observed artifact ↗ 2023-02-22 promoted 0.50
source.document.reference {"kind": "video", "title": "Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682 — kernel", "source_id": "01KXRSPEBYK6NE99HTWC0XJVM6-m-6923dd1bc0460082", " observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-10 normalized 0.95
website_url https://www.kernel.ai observed enrichment 2026-07-24 normalized 0.75
website_url https://www.kernel.ai observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.95
website.homepage.has_pricing_link false observed artifact ↗ 2026-07-24 normalized 0.80