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 "_": "FOUNDING ARM — US business applications (IRS EIN filings) by industry and year, from Census BFS.",
 "_whyNotFormD": "Form D sees only companies that RAISE. This sees every new business that applied for an EIN, funded or not, which is the population the post-AI founder argument is actually about.",
 "_caveat": "⛔ An EIN application is an INTENT to operate, not a going concern. NAICS 541 is broad and holds consultancies and agencies alongside software firms. Never label these \"startups founded\" or \"software companies\".",
 "_finding": "Two independent federal sources point opposite ways: business applications up sharply, companies raising disclosed capital down. The boom is real and it is unfunded.",
 "source": "https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/csv/naics3.csv",
 "generatedAt": "2026-09-04T22:58:04.461Z",
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