Questions, by audience
Answers below are drawn from how TACTIC works today, grouped by who is asking. TACTIC's scoring is its own proprietary methodology and rubrics, not a general language model. Questions still being finalized with our team are marked as pending.
General
Investors & VCs
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingHow reproducible are scores - would the same deck score the same twice?
- PendingCan the score be gamed by a polished deck that's light on substance?
- PendingIf I upload a founder's confidential deck, how is it protected and what are my obligations?
- PendingWhere is data hosted (relevant for LP / regulatory reasons)?
- PendingHow was the methodology validated - does a high TACTIC score correlate with venture success?
- PendingIs there an API to pipe assessments into our deal-flow tools?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Research Teams
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingI'm a scientist, not a businessperson - can I complete this without business expertise?
- PendingWill uploading unpublished results jeopardise publication or patents?
- PendingIs it free for academics / researchers?
- PendingWhere does my data go?
- PendingCan I re-run after revising my proposal to see if my score improved?
- PendingWho do I contact if I disagree with my score or want a human review?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Technology Transfer Offices
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingCan TACTIC assess a venture pre-spinout - an invention disclosure rather than a formed company?
- PendingDoes uploading unpublished disclosures risk patentability or breach confidentiality?
- PendingWhat does 'SAIP-aligned IP scoring' actually mean for our patent strategy?
- PendingCan non-technical licensing staff run an assessment, or must the inventor be involved?
- PendingCan we white-label reports for our institution or share them with industry partners?
- PendingWhere is our data stored and processed, and does it leave the country during processing?
- PendingCan TACTIC integrate with our IP / tech-transfer management system?
- PendingDo you provide onboarding or training for a TTO team?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Universities
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingHow would a university license TACTIC across multiple departments?
- PendingIs there team / role-based access for managing many users?
- PendingCan data be kept within our jurisdiction for sovereignty / regulatory reasons?
- PendingWill you sign a Data Processing Agreement and provide a sub-processor list?
- PendingHow do we know scores are unbiased across disciplines and demographics?
- PendingFor procurement - will you complete security questionnaires and share a SOC 2 report?
- PendingCan TACTIC integrate with our research-management / grants systems?
- PendingWhat training / onboarding do you provide for staff?
- PendingWho owns the assessment outputs and reports - us or TACTIC?
- PendingWhat SLA / uptime do you commit to for institutional use?
- PendingCan we get aggregate analytics across all assessments our institution runs?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Corporates
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingCan we assess external startups for partnership / acquisition, not just internal projects?
- PendingHow do you handle a startup's confidential deck we're evaluating under NDA?
- PendingWhere is data processed - relevant for our infosec policy?
- PendingCan you complete our vendor security assessment - SOC 2, pen-test results?
- PendingCan we white-label or embed TACTIC in our innovation portal?
- PendingIs there an API for integration with our deal / innovation pipeline tools?
- PendingHow do you stop the assessment penalising genuinely novel tech with few comparables?
- PendingWhat support / SLA do enterprise customers get?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Accelerators & Incubators
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingCan founders self-assess as part of our application process?
- PendingCan we benchmark cohort companies against each other?
- PendingCan mentors and partners view assessments with appropriate access levels?
- PendingHow early-stage can a venture be and still get a useful score?
- PendingWhere is data stored?
- PendingCan we white-label TACTIC for our programme brand?
- PendingDoes a re-assessment at demo day show measurable improvement?
- PendingIs there an API to integrate with our application platform?
- PendingDo you provide onboarding for our programme team?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.
Government & Economic Development
Questions we are finalizing
- PendingCan data be hosted in-country to meet data-sovereignty requirements?
- PendingHow does TACTIC align with PDPL / SDAIA requirements?
- PendingCan the rubric be calibrated to national priority sectors beyond the defaults?
- PendingCan we deploy at national scale across many programmes / agencies?
- PendingDo you meet government information-security and hosting standards?
- PendingIs on-premise or private-cloud deployment available?
- PendingProcurement: can you support framework agreements, a local entity and invoicing?
- PendingWhat bias / fairness safeguards exist for public allocation decisions?
We are confirming these with our team. For anything urgent, email hello@tactic.science.