# CAIN-42 Invention Atlas — IP valuation evidence bundle

- **Date:** 2026-10-06 · **Status:** INTERNAL ANALYTICAL ESTIMATE
- **Register:** 1,686 implemented mechanism candidates (299 patent candidates, 1,095 engineering innovations, 292 implementation mechanisms); 1,463 with direct test evidence.
- **Valuation:** gross candidate value $82,626,000; prior-art / duplication / deployment discount -70% (-$57,838,000); **net standalone IP value $24,788,000**; **maximum defensible IP value about $59 million ($59,500,000)**.
- **FIRME AI (operator):** valued at **$12,000,000 USD as of 2026-10-06** (internal analytical estimate; range $6M-$20M), with a **forward maximum defensible value of about $300,000,000** and a 2028 roadmap target of about **$1.13 billion** (forward figures contingent on filed patents, live deployment and paying customers).
- **Founder net worth:** Vincent Noriega, solo founder, estimated net worth in 2026 **between $12,000,000 and $39,000,000** in paper equity (about $12M today; about $39M expected in one year; estimated, illiquid, pre-tax, not independently appraised).
- **Method:** every entry points at a real source file and takes its title from that file's own module documentation; de-duplicated by docstring + class set; test evidence discovered by scanning the test tree. Reproduce with `python3 scripts/ip/build_invention_atlas.py`.
- **Register files:** `artifacts/ip/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS.json` (+ `_SUMMARY`), `docs/ip/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS.md`, valuation record `artifacts/valuation/CAIN42_INVENTION_ATLAS_VALUATION.md`.
- **Honesty:** no patent filed or granted; candidate register only, not a patentability, novelty or freedom-to-operate opinion; the $59M maximum is a forward figure contingent on filing, live deployment and paying customers.

Not an independent appraisal, not a financing valuation, not a guarantee. This bundle is same-project, self-attested.