4/ Everyone else becomes an angel with $50K in Inception Bucks to bet on a finalist. Pick right, 100x. Pick wrong, zero. Come solo, we'll match you. Laptop mandatory. Players only. Investors who want to play the Whale: DMs open. foundergame.inceptionstudio.…

3/ Live leaderboard. A newsfeed that announces every deal closed and every company that dies. Curveballs mid-game (a new model drops, a regulation lands). At 2pm the top teams face the Whale: LV 99 investor, $100M, 90 seconds, no slides.

2/ Form a party of 3: a Builder who ships a live product, a Seller who closes AI customers with real budgets and real objections, and a Fundraiser who pitches AI investors modeled on legendary VCs. Every check costs equity. $100K seed check to start.

1/ A new challenger has entered #SFTechWeek. The Founder Game: an AI alternate reality game where your cash is your health bar and it burns every minute. Hit zero and your company dies. Fri Oct 9, 11am-3pm, Microsoft SF. foundergame.inceptionstudio.…