WhatA credibility and quality-signal platform layered on top of arXiv and other preprint servers, using structured community review, citation analysis, and institutional endorsements to replace journal prestige as a career signal.
SignalResearchers already use arXiv extensively but cannot cite it credibly for career advancement because it lacks quality signaling — the core blocker is not access but the absence of a trusted reputation mechanism outside traditional journals.
Why NowLLM-powered tools can now automate large parts of review triage (statistical checks, reproducibility flags, methodology scoring), and the post-replication-crisis era has eroded trust in traditional journal peer review, creating an opening for new credibility systems.
Market~8M active researchers globally; universities, funding agencies, and hiring committees are the paying customers. TAM in academic evaluation tools is ~$2B. Competes with journal impact factors and emerging overlay journal efforts.
MoatNetwork effects — once a critical mass of researchers in a field use the platform's reputation scores for hiring and funding decisions, it becomes the de facto standard, similar to how journal impact factors became entrenched.
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