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KUJOInvestor briefing / November 20261 / 18

Trust at the speed of AI.

The programming language and accountability infrastructure for agent-driven development.

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    KUJO / Investor briefing1
    KUJO02 / The accountability problem2 / 18

    Software production is outpacing verification.

    Agents can report completion. Teams still need a reviewable chain from requested work to release decision.

    1. 01

      The claim

      “Tests passed. Ready to merge.” An illustrative agent statement.

    2. 02

      The evidence

      Command, exit code, changed revision, environment and retained failure output.

    3. 03

      The gap

      Useful logs already exist. Connecting them across tools and review boundaries remains work.

    KUJO / Investor briefingThesis · existing agent controls acknowledged2
    KUJO03 / Structural shift3 / 18

    Greater autonomy requires stronger accountability.

    The cost of an unverified action grows as agents gain authority.

    1. 01

      Suggest code

      Human selects the change → diff review

    2. 02

      Complete a task

      Agent edits and runs commands → execution records

    3. 03

      Operate a workflow

      Retries and external effects → boundaries, recovery and approval

    KUJO / Investor briefingConceptual progression; not a measured adoption curve3
    KUJO04 / Why now4 / 18

    AI use is broad. Trust remains conditional.

    Adoption of AI assistance is not evidence of autonomous production deployment.

      use coding assistants or coding agents at work
      65.9%
      use AI agents or automated workflows at work
      26.2%
      trust AI when answers are easy to validate
      48%
      KUJO / Investor briefingM03–M04 · Stack Overflow Developer Survey 20264
      KUJO05 / The Kujo system5 / 18

      Build with clarity. Operate with control.

      The language is the long-term foundation. Existing tools offer an earlier route into engineering workflows.

      1. 01

        Clarity

        Kujo language / Spec / Eval: explicit intent and testable outcomes.

      2. 02

        Context

        MCP / CaseFile / RunLedger: useful inputs, debugging evidence and run records.

      3. 03

        Control

        Dispatch / Workcell / ShipCheck: orchestration, bounded execution and release checks.

      Existing repositories + coding agents explicit component contracts Kujo runtime + CLI
      Inspect the execution boundary

      Workcell owns supported container bounds. Dispatch owns workflow state. Neither confers enterprise certification.

      Inspect the evidence boundary

      CaseFile captures commands. Eval runs configured checks. RunLedger stores supplied outcomes. Artifacts remain separate.

      KUJO / Investor briefingT01–T14 · tool boundaries remain distinct5
      KUJO06 / Lifecycle6 / 18

      Accountability spans the whole task.

      Each component owns a specific responsibility. A reviewable workflow composes their artifacts explicitly.

      1. 01

        Instruction → Context

        Spec / PackWrite → MCP and repository context

      2. 02

        Execution → Evaluation

        Dispatch / Workcell → Eval result artifacts

      3. 03

        Evidence → Review → Release

        CaseFile / RunLedger → reviewer → ShipCheck gate

      Human authority remains explicit at the release decision.
      KUJO / Investor briefingComposition map; not automatic end-to-end enforcement6
      KUJO07 / Engineering proof7 / 18

      The foundation is already being built.

      Inspect the implementation and its limits, then reproduce the smallest useful proof.

      1. 01

        Language and VM

        Kujo 1.9.0 is documented; a local 1.9.0 binary executes the recorded fixture tooling.

      2. 02

        Bounded execution

        Workcell 1.3 documents Docker/Podman limits, explicit exports and receipt verification.

      3. 03

        Reviewable artifact

        This presentation uses the native Kujo builder. Its demo retains a failing command, correction and evaluation.

      KUJO / Investor briefingT01, T03, T08, T14 · release documentation ≠ all HEAD features7
      KUJO08 / Recorded demonstration8 / 18

      A claim becomes inspectable evidence.

      Recorded local coding fixture: correct a post-money ownership calculation. Inspect what failed, what changed and what passed.

      1. 01

        Request

        Return 20% for $6M raised at $30M post-money.

      2. 02

        Execution

        CaseFile captures real Node assertion failure and corrected execution.

      3. 03

        Decision

        Eval checks the correction. Accept this fixture; no production release.

      Inspect the correction
      − raise / (postMoney + raise) * 100
      + raise / postMoney * 100
      Open failure, commands & evaluation →
      KUJO / Investor briefingAssistant-authored seeded fixture · CaseFile + Eval · local host8
      KUJO09 / Adoption without migration9 / 18

      Adopt the ecosystem before the language.

      Keep application code in its existing language. Introduce accountability at the workflow boundary.

      1. 01

        Today: wrap the task

        Use CaseFile for command evidence and Eval for explicit repository checks.

      2. 02

        Then: control execution

        Adopt Dispatch or Workcell after validating the target environment and runtime pins.

      3. 03

        Over time: go deeper

        Choose Kujo for new agent tooling where native language integration adds value.

      KUJO / Investor briefingT02–T04, T08 · tools have their own runtime dependencies9
      KUJO10 / Initial customer10 / 18

      Start with teams already delegating engineering work.

      Proposed beachhead: agent-platform builders shipping repeatable engineering workflows.

      1. 01

        Buyer / user

        Platform engineering lead / engineers operating coding-agent harnesses.

      2. 02

        Immediate pain

        Failed runs are expensive to reconstruct. Review spans commits, logs and agent transcripts.

      3. 03

        Purchase hypothesis

        Pay for retained evidence, controlled execution and team review if they reduce investigation time.

      KUJO / Investor briefingProposed segment; no customer interviews or demand validation10
      KUJO11 / Business model11 / 18

      Open tooling can lead to a commercial operating layer.

      Earn developer trust through useful local tools. Charge for shared operational responsibilities.

      1. 01

        Available foundation

        Open repositories and local developer tooling.

      2. 02

        Proposed team service

        Hosted evidence, retention, shared review and execution capacity.

      3. 03

        Proposed enterprise tier

        Organization policy, deployment controls, support and governance.

      KUJO / Investor briefingHosted offerings and pricing are proposals, not available SKUs11
      KUJO12 / Market model12 / 18

      A focused entry market can support a meaningful business.

      Illustrative bottom-up model. Organization counts and annual contracts are assumptions to validate.

        initial target organizations × $24K ACV
        2,000
        illustrative annual serviceable revenue pool
        $48M
        100 customers × $24K; milestone scenario, not forecast
        $2.4M
        KUJO / Investor briefingPlanning only · editable assumptions in appendix12
        KUJO13 / Position and defensibility13 / 18

        Accountability requires more than generating code.

        Existing platforms are strong. Kujo must win on useful evidence and the cost of operating reliable workflows.

        1. 01

          Coding agents / GitHub

          Generation, repository context and review are already integrated into major developer surfaces.

        2. 02

          Orchestration / LangGraph

          Persistence, recovery and human review are established capabilities.

        3. 03

          Kujo opportunity

          Connect explicit contracts, bounded work and inspectable artifacts. Prove adoption before claiming a moat.

        KUJO / Investor briefingC01–C02, T01–T14 · no exclusivity or benchmark superiority13
        KUJO14 / Distribution14 / 18

        Meet developers inside their existing workflows.

        The planned December 2026 open-source campaign should produce repeat usage and customer learning.

        1. 01

          Discovery

          GitHub releases, technical demos, docs and reproducible fixtures → qualified visits.

        2. 02

          Activation

          Agent harness recipes and MCP tooling → first successful evidence run.

        3. 03

          Retention → revenue

          Repeat weekly runs → design-partner discussions → paid pilots and renewal evidence.

        KUJO / Investor briefingCampaign and partnerships planned; measure cohorts, not raw impressions14
        KUJO15 / Momentum15 / 18

        Execution is visible. Demand still needs proof.

        Engineering output, external adoption and commercial traction are different measures.

        1. 01

          Engineering output

          Public repositories, documented releases and the locally reproduced evidence fixture.

        2. 02

          External adoption

          Verified outside usage, retention and independent integrations: data not supplied.

        3. 03

          Commercial traction

          Design partners, paying customers and revenue: data not supplied. Complete before investor distribution.

        KUJO / Investor briefingUnavailable is not zero; no invented traction15
        KUJO16 / Founder and team16 / 18

        Built through sustained open-source engineering.

        Robert DeVore connects open-web product work with a growing language and developer-tooling ecosystem.

        1. 01

          Background

          Public biography describes years of WordPress, WooCommerce, plugins and publishing systems.

        2. 02

          Current work

          Language/runtime infrastructure, orchestration, evaluation, telemetry and evidence workflows.

        3. 03

          Team enabled by capital

          Proposed hires in runtime, execution reliability and developer experience; later customer engineering.

        KUJO / Investor briefingF01 · first-person source; no invented tenure, team or security credentials16
        KUJO17 / Investment and milestones17 / 18

        Capital turns a technical foundation into an adopted platform.

        Working seed scenario. Financing terms and hiring pace remain assumptions.

          target raise
          $6M
          post-money valuation or SAFE cap assumption
          $30M
          planned runway, including reserve
          24 mo
          0–6 mo
          Flagship evidence workflow
          6–12 mo
          External validation + pilots
          12–24 mo
          Paid retention + repeatability
          KUJO / Investor briefing20% simplified ownership before further dilution · $150K founder annual base17