Ink Foundry

Current theses · Live Oak Labs

Cohort theses

Working theses from Live Oak Labs cohorts. Each company enters as a Genesis Studio thesis with a Week 0–12 programme, product sequencing, and evidence artifacts.

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Q3 2026

Cohort 0 — Genesis Studio

2 companies

The Genesis Studio cohort. Founder-lineage recombination of bank primitives into UK-ready bank-infrastructure startups. Every week produces buyer, regulatory, diligence, or pilot evidence.

AI Receipt Trust Infrastructure

Genesis

Bankabil AI Trust Fund

Bankabil AI Trust Fund, powered by Live Oak.

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Authority Receipts for AI-Assisted Insurance

Genesis

MAND8

MAND8 generates Authority Receipts that make AI-assisted insurance actions provable, reviewable, and insurable.

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