The Gauntlet
Pricing

What a verdict is worth.

Nine board-level judges question your idea, score it across eight dimensions, and hand you a finished report. You can stop there, or walk the corridor and make it stronger. You pay for what you walk out with.

The person who named AI sycophancy in Forbes built the room where it doesn’t happen. The Gauntlet’s judges won’t flatter you — that’s the product.

The ladder.

Start free. Pay only as the idea earns the next step.

Step 0 · The Spark

Free

$0

Ms. Ivy’s three quick ideas, plus a Chamber teaser: your verdict and composite score. The critiques stay sealed.

Step 1 · SLR Gap-Finder

The real gap

$19

Ms. Ivy mines the gaps where new ideas actually live — a literature-grounded, defensible opening, not AI brainstorming.

Powered by SLR Studio · 270M+ papers
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The Verdict
Step 2 · The Chamber

Full panel run

$89

All nine judges question you live, score eight dimensions, and deliver the Routing Report (PDF + Word): composite score, every critique, the recommendation.

Nine board-level minds, one verdict — the price of renting one for a month
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Walk the corridor.

Each office turns your weakest score into a finished deliverable. $39 each.

Jules · Founder-Voice Rewritefixes a low Narrative score
Wren · Patent Assessmentlive prior-art search
Reid · Press & Launch Kitpositioning + release
Zara · Founder-POV Content Planaudience + posts
Arjun · Ops + Regulatory Planfixes a low Risk score
Ms. Ivy · Research Divefixes a low Evidence score → SLR Studio
Best value
The Full Walk

Idea to finished case

$199 save ~$45

SLR Gap-Finder + the Chamber run + any two corridor offices + one re-run. We track the delta; the next pass scores higher.

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Standalone Consult

Skip the panel

$249

One-on-one with a single judge or EP for a focused deep-dive when you already know which lens you need.

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The Gauntlet Pass

For founders who iterate

$39 / month

Unlimited Chamber runs and corridor access. Built for people testing many ideas — and the panel’s heckling makes it worth coming back.

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Cohorts · B2B

Accelerators & universities

Custom

Seat packs and program licenses to run a whole cohort through the Gauntlet. Your highest-value, longest-cycle lane.

The loop.

A low Evidence score doesn’t end the run — it walks you to Ms. Ivy’s Research Dive, which is SLR Studio. The Gauntlet’s weakest scores are earned upsells into your research platform. Price the Research Dive to open into an SLR Studio subscription, not as a one-off.

Pricing sheet.

OfferPriceWhat they get
The SparkFree3 ideas + verdict & composite score (critiques sealed)
SLR Gap-Finder$19Literature-grounded gap, powered by SLR Studio
The Chamber run$899 judges, 8 dimensions, full Routing Report (PDF/Word)
EP corridor office (each)$39Rewrite / patent / press / content / ops / research — a finished artifact
The Full Walk$199Gap-Finder + Chamber + 2 offices + 1 re-run
Standalone Consult$2491:1 deep-dive with a judge or EP
The Gauntlet Pass$39/moUnlimited runs + corridor
Cohorts (B2B)CustomSeat packs / program licenses for accelerators & universities
OPSEC GauntletInstitutional16 sector judges; gov/defense SKU (coming)

Free for the lab and enrolled students; the public pays.  ·  The Gauntlet · Emerging Technologies Laboratory · Dr. Terry L. Oroszi