Focus first on all the internal knowledge, the vision, the team and the achievements to date:

• existing APIs
• models and feedback from prospective developer users
• team profile (Tech especially)
• …

Together with whole Team develop an assumption tree to

• Clarify the investment thesis
• Structure approach to validate key assumptions
• Capture priority Investigation areas
  • Level of certainty and impact
  • Focus the work for cycle 1
  • Select most effective tests to develop insights on the focus assumptions

Engage in discussion with key experts from the organic / internal network (founders, Investor, mine, my partners’) to gather preliminary answers

• Recruit experts and hold interviews
• Monitor progress, update assumptions and capture options to go further

Facilitate a collaborative workshop where we can align quickly on a new assumption list, prioritisation

• Agree on status based on all discussions to date
• Develop ideas to de-risk / validate the technology
• Propose approach with external experts and specific assets that could be produced to gather further insights in a second cycle