Nobody checked whether the customers exist, because there aren't any yet.
“Astromech raised $20 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, a roughly 90% markup in five months, and was reported across a dozen outlets as a $3.8B AI company while remaining pre-revenue with no announced customers and no prospectively tested forecast.”
Astromech (Ben Lamm and George Church, co-founders; round led by Bob Nelsen), 20 August 2026
Recorded 25 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.
First membership: 30 days free, then A$89 a year. One introductory trial per customer. Card required; renews annually until cancelled. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid the first charge.
Free · one story a night
Don't take the AI industry's word for it.
“AI is dramatically accelerating AI research at Anthropic right now, roughly doubling the pace of capabilities progress.”
TRUE, BUTLab Not FieldAjeya Cotra on Planned Obsolescence, reading METR's assessment and Anthropic's S-1 statement that it may imminently meet its own threshold
That's the latest lead check. One a day, receipts attached, in your inbox before someone repeats it at you. Free.
No spam. Unsubscribe in one click. Receipts or it didn't happen.
Pranjal Gupta writes every check himself. Former enterprise architect, from the implementation side. Not a team of anonymous raters.
