Company + product

Q3–Q8: sector, stage, and product

Sector and stage options are fixed. The MVP answer carries both honesty limits verbatim — keep them visible.

4 open input slots in this group
Q3

What sector(s) and sub-sector(s) does your company operate in? Select One

Option to pick: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) 
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML). Proteus is a multi-agent AI operating layer: six AI roles (Director, Researcher, Architect, Designer (UX), Builder (Coder), Reviewer (QA)) that research, plan, design, build, and review work under human direction, with local-first deployment options.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q3
Q4

Stage of Startup — Select One

Option to pick: Pre-revenue, unless the owner confirms paying customers (see input note). 
Pre-revenue to our knowledge — no revenue figures are documented. Published service pricing exists (one-time setup plus a monthly service). [NEEDS INPUT: has ASKA collected any payment from any customer? If yes, switch the option to Post-revenue and state the facts in Q15.]
  • has ASKA collected any payment from any customer? If yes, switch the option to Post-revenue and state the facts in Q15.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q4
Q5

Do you have a working prototype or an MVP at the moment? When was it launched? Please answer with a yes or no, and the date if applicable.

Yes. Proteus open-core v1.6.0 is public. The kit is open source under Apache-2.0 at https://github.com/aska-digital/protean-kit
It is described on the product page at https://askaconsult.com/proteus/
The page title is "Proteus by ASKA · Bring your curiosity". Related live deployments: the Workforce Proposal Platform at https://workforce.askaconsult.com
ACC Training at https://acctraining.askaconsult.com
And the Typejoy live demo at https://typejoy.askaconsult.com/demo.html
[NEEDS INPUT: public launch date of the Proteus kit, to complete the "when" part of this answer.]
Two limits stay visible, as the product page states them. The conversational setup agent and a one-command installer are not shipped.
And the public kit has not yet been independently demonstrated to deliver a real product end to end.
  • public launch date of the Proteus kit, to complete the "when" part of this answer.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q5
Q6

How long have you been working on your solution?

[NEEDS INPUT: when did work on Proteus start? Give month and year. No start date is documented, so nothing is stated here until the owner supplies it.]
  • when did work on Proteus start? Give month and year. No start date is documented, so nothing is stated here until the owner supplies it.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q6
Q7

How many technical employees do you have in your team (i.e. developers or engineers)?

[NEEDS INPUT: number of developers or engineers on staff today. No headcount figure is documented. The public team page lists AI personas, not human staff, so it cannot be used as a count.]
  • number of developers or engineers on staff today. No headcount figure is documented. The public team page lists AI personas, not human staff, so it cannot be used as a count.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q7
Q8

Is your company's technology built in-house?

Yes. Proteus-kit is released by ASKA as an ASKA portfolio project under Apache-2.0. The older repo path under the founder account is a historical name only. Setup, deployment, training, and ongoing service around the kit are delivered by ASKA directly.
Source: application-draft.md ## Q8