{
  "title": "ProvenStartups research asset manifest",
  "version": "2026-09-18",
  "source_record_count": 406,
  "source_files": "data/en/*.json in the private ProvenStartups repository",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-18T09:20:00Z",
  "assets": [
    {
      "slug": "startup-revenue-evidence-by-tier",
      "rows": 12
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-startup-category-benchmark",
      "rows": 13
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-startup-difficulty-by-category",
      "rows": 13
    },
    {
      "slug": "startup-acquisition-channel-signals",
      "rows": 8
    },
    {
      "slug": "public-cautionary-startup-cases",
      "rows": 22
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "The 406-record index is a curated convenience sample, not a representative sample of all startups.",
    "Most revenue claims are unaudited founder or creator reports.",
    "Channel labels are normalized with the documented regular-expression taxonomy in site/scripts/build-research-assets.mjs.",
    "The row-level cautionary-case file includes only 22 public non-Pro cases; aggregate category counts use all 406 records."
  ]
}