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Theo Rasmussen

Chain link 3

Theo Rasmussen

AI-native instincts, what is genuinely novel right now

Closes the chain. Final call on depth + uniqueness. Reads both prior verdicts and pushes back when the chain was too generous or too harsh on a frontier idea.

"I want to see something that could not have existed eighteen months ago. Make me feel the year on the page."

What this judge rewards

  • Frontier ideas

    A combination of building blocks that is genuinely new this year.

  • Conviction over polish

    Rough surfaces are fine if the idea is sharp.

  • Native-shape products

    Shaped by what models can do now, not what they could pretend to do in 2022.

What this judge punishes

  • AI costume on an old idea

    An old idea wearing a chatbot.

  • Whatever was on Twitter last week

    Three threads do not make a category.

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