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CORE Sponsorship & Capitalization Manifesto
Provisional Patent Filed: U.S. 64/080,054
Research Program: CORE — Coherent Operational Reasoning Engine
Operator: AssetOverflow LLC · Joshua Matthew-Catudio Shay
Contact: github.com/AssetOverflow
What CORE Is
CORE is a deterministic AI architecture for inspectable, replayable, evidence-governed cognition. It is not a wrapper around a large language model. It is an independent cognitive substrate built on:
- Zero-allocation execution paths in Rust and Zig
- Algebraic coherence as a hard structural invariant — not a monitored metric
- Versor-based geometric algebra replacing tensor pipelines for spatial reasoning
- Vault-based recall that is exact and auditable, not probabilistic
- Claim-lifecycle governance with a formal teach → verify → promote sequence
Coherence is algebraic by construction — not monitored, not corrected.
Why This Matters
The dominant paradigm — stochastic sampling over opaque weights — produces systems that cannot audit their own reasoning, cannot guarantee replay, and cannot formally bound their failure modes. CORE is the alternative: a system where every cognitive step is a structured propagation through a field with a well-defined inverse.
This is not an incremental improvement. It is a different computational geometry.
Capitalization Tiers
Sponsors gain direct access to the research program, milestone ledgers, technical briefings, and attribution rights according to the tier below.
| Tier | Monthly | Access & Rights |
|---|---|---|
| Supporter | $5 | Early access to public experiment results; welcome message in the CORE verification system |
| Research Backer | $25 | Monthly experiment ledger and milestone updates |
| Project Sponsor | $100 | Technical release log with named attribution; priority issue queue |
| Institutional Sponsor | $500 | Quarterly technical briefings; co-authorship consideration on applied research outputs |
| Founding Sponsor | $1,500 | Enterprise roadmapping access; bimonthly briefings; named in provisional patent continuation filings |
Operational Paths
Two parallel capitalization paths are active:
Path A — Organic Sponsorship (Live Now)
GitHub Sponsors on AssetOverflow/core accepts recurring monthly commitments at any tier. All funds route directly to:
- Compute and API access for CORE evaluation runs (GSM8K, NIAH, CORE-native benchmarks)
- Rust/Zig toolchain development and zero-allocation kernel hardening
- Patent continuation filings and IP maintenance
- Open-source infrastructure and documentation
Path B — Institutional Grant & Contract Path (Active Outreach)
Parallel outreach is underway to:
- NSF SBIR Phase I — deterministic AI safety architecture
- DARPA — inspectable cognition for embodied systems
- AI safety foundations — alignment-by-construction research
Institutional sponsors at the $500+ tier receive briefing materials formatted for co-submission on these instruments.
Capital Efficiency Metrics
| Milestone | Estimated Cost | Unlocked By |
|---|---|---|
| Full Rust zero-allocation kernel (v1) | $18,000 | Path A accumulation or single Founding Sponsor |
| CORE-native benchmark suite publication | $4,500 | Research Backer cohort (6 months) |
| Provisional → non-provisional patent conversion | $8,000 | Institutional Sponsor (14 months) |
| Embodied robotics pilot (sensor integration) | $32,000 | NSF SBIR Phase I or enterprise contract |
Sponsor Now
- GitHub Sponsors: github.com/sponsors/AssetOverflow
- Primary Research Repository: AssetOverflow/core
- Open Collective: opencollective.com/assetoverflow-core
For institutional inquiries, technical briefing requests, or co-research proposals, open a discussion in AssetOverflow/core or reach out directly through GitHub.
Provisional Patent No. 64/080,054 · Filed under U.S. Patent and Trademark Office · All architecture descriptions herein are covered under provisional filing.