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/* ─── MCKINSEY EDITORIAL & INSTITUTIONAL THEME ─── */
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a:focus-visible, button:focus-visible, input:focus-visible, select:focus-visible {
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/* ─── STICKY NAVIGATION ─── */
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   don't read as separate pages. Real destinations (SalesBook,
   For Startups, Tools) render at full weight. */
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.nav-links .nav-cta {
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/* ─── MAIN CONTAINER ─── */
.page {
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 4.5rem 2rem 2rem;
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/* ─── HERO ─── */
.hero-badge {
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  gap: 0.6rem;
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  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
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  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  max-width: 840px;
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.hero-purpose {
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.founder-line a:hover { border-color: var(--navy); }

/* ─── STATS / TELEMETRY BAND ─── */
.telemetry-band {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  max-width: 640px;
  gap: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
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}
.telemetry-cell .t-label {
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  color: var(--fg45);
}

/* ─── SECTION STYLING ─── */
.section {
  margin-top: 6.5rem;
  scroll-margin-top: 80px;
}
.section-label {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  color: var(--navy);
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
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  align-items: center;
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  line-height: 1.25;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  color: var(--fg);
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
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  color: var(--fg60);
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  max-width: 780px;
  margin-bottom: 2.75rem;
}

/* ─── PRODUCT SURFACE CROSS-LINKS ─── */
.surface-links {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 0.75rem 2rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding-top: 1.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.surface-links a {
  color: var(--navy);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}
.surface-links a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* ─── VENTURE CLIENT MODEL ─── */
.model-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
}
.model-card {
  background: var(--surface);
  padding: 2.25rem 1.75rem;
}
.model-step {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
  color: var(--navy);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.model-title {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--fg);
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
  line-height: 1.3;
}
.model-body {
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  color: var(--fg60);
  line-height: 1.65;
}

/* ─── DEPLOYMENTS ─── */
.deployments-list {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1.25rem;
}
.deployment-card {
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: 2rem;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
  transition: border-color 0.2s, box-shadow 0.2s;
}
.deployment-card:hover {
  border-color: var(--line-strong);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
}
.dep-header {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.25rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
}
.dep-logo {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: var(--surface-raised);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.dep-logo img {
  max-width: 85%;
  max-height: 85%;
  object-fit: contain;
}
.dep-meta { flex: 1; }
.dep-name {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--fg);
}
.dep-name a {
  color: var(--fg);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
  transition: border-color 0.2s;
}
.dep-name a:hover { border-color: var(--navy); color: var(--navy); }
.dep-sub {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--fg45);
  margin-top: 0.15rem;
}
.dep-badge {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  color: var(--navy);
  background: var(--navy-dim);
  border: 1px solid var(--navy-border);
  padding: 0.3rem 0.65rem;
  border-radius: 2px;
}
.dep-body {
  color: var(--fg80);
  font-size: 0.94rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.dep-status {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.5rem;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--navy);
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* ─── SECTOR DEPTH ─── */
.sectors-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  background: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
}
.sector-cell {
  background: var(--surface);
  padding: 1.75rem 1.5rem;
}
.sector-cell h4 {
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--fg);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}
.sector-cell p {
  color: var(--fg60);
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

/* ─── LEADERSHIP (PUNEET SHARMA) ─── */
.leader-card {
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: 2.75rem 2.25rem;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  align-items: start;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
}
.leader-photo-wrap {
  width: 140px;
  height: 140px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
  background: var(--surface-raised);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
}
.leader-photo-wrap img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center top;
  display: block;
}
.leader-name {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--fg);
  margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
}
.leader-role {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  color: var(--navy);
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}
.leader-bio p {
  color: var(--fg80);
  font-size: 0.94rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  margin-bottom: 1rem;
}
.leader-bio p strong {
  color: var(--fg);
  font-weight: 600;
}
.leader-pedigree {
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  color: var(--fg45);
  margin-top: 1.25rem;
  padding-top: 1rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}
.leader-socials {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  margin-left: auto;
}
.leader-socials a {
  color: var(--navy);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 600;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-border);
  transition: all 0.2s;
}
.leader-socials a:hover {
  border-color: var(--navy);
}

/* ─── CONTACT SECTION ─── */
.contact-wrap {
  background: var(--surface);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: 3rem 2.5rem;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.03);
}
form {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 1.25rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
}
form label {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-size: 0.7rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  color: var(--fg60);
  margin-bottom: 0.45rem;
  font-weight: 600;
}
form input, form select, form textarea {
  width: 100%;
  background: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
  color: var(--fg);
  padding: 0.85rem 1rem;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  border-radius: 2px;
  transition: border-color 0.2s;
}
form input:focus, form select:focus, form textarea:focus {
  border-color: var(--navy);
  outline: none;
}
form .full { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
form button {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  justify-self: start;
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid var(--navy);
  padding: 0.85rem 2rem;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  border-radius: 2px;
  cursor: pointer;
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
  transition: all 0.2s;
}
form button:hover {
  background: #001f4d;
}

/* ─── FOOTER ─── */
footer {
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 7rem auto 0;
  padding: 2.5rem 2rem 3.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  color: var(--fg45);
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-family: var(--font-mono);
}
footer a {
  color: var(--fg60);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color 0.2s;
}
footer a:hover { color: var(--navy); }


/* Shared site footer */
.site-footer { max-width: 960px; margin: 6rem auto 0; padding: 2.25rem 2rem 3.25rem; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.08); display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1rem 1.5rem; color: #7b8290; font-size: 0.8rem; font-family: 'Inter', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; }
.site-footer .fl { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.75rem 1.5rem; }
.site-footer a { color: #525866; text-decoration: none; }
.site-footer a:hover { color: #002b66; }
@media (max-width: 860px) { .site-footer { padding: 2rem 1.25rem 3rem; } }


/* ─── THESIS: why now, layers, direction ─── */
.why-body { max-width: 780px; }
.why-body p { color: var(--fg80); font-size: 1.02rem; line-height: 1.75; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; }
.why-quote { margin: 2rem 0; padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-left: 2px solid var(--navy); max-width: 780px; }
.why-quote p { font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 600; color: var(--fg); line-height: 1.45; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; }
.why-quote cite { font-style: normal; font-size: 0.85rem; color: var(--fg60); }
.why-quote cite a { color: var(--navy); text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-border); }
.layer-card { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.layer-card .model-body { flex: 1; }
.layer-link { display: inline-block; margin-top: 1.25rem; color: var(--navy); font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.88rem; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-border); align-self: flex-start; }
.layer-link:hover { border-color: var(--navy); }
.layer-arrow { color: var(--fg25); margin: 0 0.35rem; }
.desk-detail { margin-top: 1.5rem; background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 1.5rem 1.75rem; }
.desk-detail h3 { font-size: 0.78rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; color: var(--navy); margin-bottom: 0.6rem; }
.desk-detail p { color: var(--fg60); font-size: 0.92rem; line-height: 1.7; }
.direction { max-width: 780px; color: var(--fg80); font-size: 1.02rem; line-height: 1.75; }
.leadership-line { font-size: 0.95rem; color: var(--fg60); line-height: 1.6; max-width: 780px; }
.leadership-line a { color: var(--navy); font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--navy-border); white-space: nowrap; }
.section#leadership { margin-top: 3rem; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
.leadership-line a:hover { border-color: var(--navy); }
.telemetry-band.four { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); max-width: 960px; margin-bottom: 0; }
@media(max-width: 720px) { .telemetry-band.four { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }


/* ─── HERO BRIEF + EVIDENCE ─── */
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<nav class="nav">
  <div class="nav-inner">
    <a href="/" class="nav-logo" aria-label="MaxedS home">
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  <div class="home-hero"><div class="in">
  <div class="hero-badge">The trust layer for agentic B2B commerce</div>

  <h1 class="hero-title">B2B commerce is going agentic. <em>Startups will lead it.</em> We are building the trust layer.</h1>

  <p class="hero-sub">
    AI agents will soon research, shortlist and deploy on behalf of the enterprise. MaxedS connects venture-backed AI startups to enterprise buyers through a curated <strong>Decision Desk</strong>, agentic <strong>Trust Rails</strong>, and dedicated <strong>AI &amp; Compute Infrastructure (MaxC)</strong>—delivering high-throughput model inference, GPU clusters (NVIDIA B200 / H100), and zero-retention foundation model serving.
  </p>
  </div></div>

  <div class="brief">
    <div class="brief-cell">
      <div class="brief-k">Why now</div>
      <p>Gartner expects 90% of B2B buying to be AI agent intermediated by 2028; most buyers already prefer to skip the sales rep. Outreach floods their inboxes, and nothing in the middle is neutral and verifiable. <a href="#why-now">The evidence</a></p>
    </div>
    
    <div class="brief-cell">
      <div class="brief-k">Our bet</div>
      <p>Startups will lead agentic B2B. They adopt AI first and rebuild around it, yet they have the least access to enterprise buyers. Closing that gap, with trust on both sides, is what MaxedS is for. <a href="#bet">Why startups</a></p>
    </div>
    <div class="brief-cell">
      <div class="brief-k">Why us</div>
      <p>Three startup platforms taken into production at large US enterprises: an ITAR-regulated aerospace manufacturer, a HIPAA-regulated healthcare provider and a Fortune 500 manufacturer. <a href="#deployments">See the deployments</a></p>
    </div>
    <div class="brief-cell">
      <div class="brief-k">Our Infra</div>
      <p>Dedicated enterprise AI compute &amp; inference clusters: NVIDIA B200 and H100 capacity running vLLM, zero-retention model serving, and live provider gateways. <a href="/infra">Launch console</a></p>
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  </div>

  <div class="telemetry-band four" style="grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);">
    <div class="telemetry-cell">
      <div class="t-num">500</div>
      <div class="t-label">Companies ranked in SalesBook</div>
    </div>
    <div class="telemetry-cell">
      <div class="t-num">4,448</div>
      <div class="t-label">Startups indexed</div>
    </div>
    <div class="telemetry-cell">
      <div class="t-num">131K</div>
      <div class="t-label">MaxC context window</div>
    </div>
    <div class="telemetry-cell">
      <div class="t-num">3</div>
      <div class="t-label">Enterprise deployments in production</div>
    </div>
    <div class="telemetry-cell">
      <div class="t-num">0 Ret</div>
      <div class="t-label">Zero-retention compute SLA</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <!-- ─── ACCELERATOR & ECOSYSTEM MEMBERSHIPS ─── -->
  <div class="ecosystem-strip" aria-label="Accelerator and Ecosystem Memberships">
    <div class="eco-header">
      <span class="eco-kicker">Startup Acceleration &amp; Frontier AI Ecosystems</span>
      <span class="eco-divider"></span>
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    <div class="eco-grid">
      <a class="eco-badge eco-nvidia" href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
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      </a>
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        <div class="eco-conn-label">Live Agent Registries</div>
        <div class="eco-conn-links">
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      </div>
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  </div>

  <section class="section" id="why-now">
    <div class="section-label">Why now</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">B2B commerce is going agentic. Trust has not caught up.</h2>
    <div class="why-body">
      <p>Buyers are moving research and shortlisting to AI, and away from sales reps. Sellers are using the same AI to send outreach at any scale. Both point to one need: a source that buyers, and the agents acting for them, can trust and check.</p>
    </div>

    <h3 class="why-h3">Agents are entering the buying process</h3>
    <div class="evidence">
      <blockquote class="ev">
        <p>&ldquo;By 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be AI agent intermediated.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>Gartner, <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/strategic-predictions-for-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;AI&rsquo;s Influence Runs Deeper Than You Think &mdash; 2026 Gartner Strategic Predictions Explain Why&rdquo;</a>, November 14, 2025</cite>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote class="ev">
        <p>&ldquo;In 2026, people will start interfacing with the web through their agents.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>Stephenie Zhang, Andreessen Horowitz, <a href="https://a16z.com/newsletter/big-ideas-2026-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;Big Ideas 2026: Part 1&rdquo;</a>, December 9, 2025</cite>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote class="ev">
        <p>&ldquo;A copilot sells the tool. An autopilot sells the work.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>Julien Bek, Sequoia Capital, <a href="https://sequoiacap.com/article/services-the-new-software/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;Services: The New Software&rdquo;</a>, March 5, 2026</cite>
      </blockquote>
    </div>

    <h3 class="why-h3">Buyers want to self-serve, and do not trust what they find</h3>
    <div class="evidence">
      <blockquote class="ev">
        <p>67% of B2B buyers say they prefer to buy without a sales rep; 45% used AI during a recent purchase.</p>
        <cite>Gartner, <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-09-gartner-sales-survey-finds-67-percent-of-b2b-buyers-prefer-a-rep-free-experience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;Gartner Sales Survey Finds 67% of B2B Buyers Prefer a Rep-Free Experience&rdquo;</a>, March 9, 2026</cite>
      </blockquote>
      <blockquote class="ev">
        <p>AI answers &ldquo;often deliver incomplete or unreliable information, creating mistrust,&rdquo; so vendors must ensure &ldquo;their claims can be validated through trusted external voices.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>Forrester, <a href="https://www.forrester.com/press-newsroom/forrester-2026-the-state-of-business-buying/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;Forrester&rsquo;s 2026 Buyer Insights: GenAI Is Upending B2B Buying&rdquo;</a>, January 21, 2026</cite>
      </blockquote>
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    <div class="why-body">
      <p>Today the places a buyer, or a buyer&rsquo;s agent, can look are vendor claims, pay-to-play directories and rankings, and data locked behind seat licences. Outreach tools optimize for volume. No one in the middle is neutral, sourced and open to checking. That is the layer MaxedS is building: the honest broker in B2B, holding both threads, buyer and seller, for people now and for their agents next.</p>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="section" id="bet">
    <div class="section-label">Our bet</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">Startups will lead agentic B2B.</h2>
    <div class="why-body">
      <p>Every platform shift is led by the companies born inside it. AI-native startups put agents to work first, rebuild whole workflows around them, and ship in months what incumbents plan in years. They are the ones selling the work, not the tool.</p>
      <p>Enterprises want that speed, but they cannot find, vet and trust young companies at scale, and agents will widen the gap: an agent shortlists what it can verify. Startups have the most to gain from agentic buying and the least access to the buyers who matter.</p>
      <p>That is why we chose this side of the market. We help the startups leading the shift become findable, checkable and trusted by enterprise buyers and their agents, and we give those buyers a short, evidenced path to them.</p>
      <p>We build MaxedS the same way: software first, with AI doing the work and people where judgment matters. Sequoia&rsquo;s <a href="https://sequoiacap.com/article/services-the-new-software/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&ldquo;Services: The New Software&rdquo;</a> maps where AI autopilots will take over services budgets, from consulting to procurement to staffing. Selling is not on the list. We think it belongs near the top, and that it is the hardest to automate without trust.</p>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="section" id="origin">
    <div class="section-label">Why we built it</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">We built it because we didn&rsquo;t find it.</h2>
    <div class="why-body">
      <p>Our founder spent his formative years selling technology to Fortune 500 companies. Since 2021, MaxedS has brought younger technology companies to large enterprise buyers. We kept looking for an honest, verifiable way for the two to find each other, and could not find one.</p>
      <p>The data sat behind seat licences and paywalls. Directories and rankings were pay-to-play. Outreach tools were built for volume, not trust. Buyers had no neutral place to check a vendor&rsquo;s claims, and strong companies had no credible way to be found by the people who own the problem.</p>
      <p>So we built the layer ourselves: a ranking built on sourced evidence, with each source shown, a connector that agents can query, and a desk where the buyer sets the terms. We run our own Decision Desk on it first.</p>
    </div>
    <p class="hero-purpose">
      MaxedS exists to help the startups leading the AI shift succeed with the enterprises that need them.
    </p>
  </section>

  <section class="section" id="system">
    <div class="section-label">The system</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">Four tiers. One trust &amp; compute layer.</h2>
    <p class="section-subtitle">
      From a desk we run by hand to rails that agents use on their own. Every tier runs on the same foundation: SalesBook, the SalesBook connector, the MaxedS app (GTM and Deliver) and our Trust Graph. One rule throughout: mutual or nothing, no cold outreach, ever.
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    <div class="model-grid">
      <div class="model-card layer-card">
        <div class="model-step">01 &middot; Curated</div>
        <h3 class="model-title">Decision Desk</h3>
        <p class="model-body">
          A standing review seat inside an enterprise buyer. The buyer sets the brief, criteria and panel; we bring a short, evidenced slate; every review ends in a written decision. Three have led to deployments now in production.
        </p>
        <a class="layer-link" href="#deployments">See the deployments</a>
      </div>
      <div class="model-card layer-card">
        <div class="model-step">02 &middot; Self-serve</div>
        <h3 class="model-title">Mutual Match</h3>
        <p class="model-body">
          Startups and executives tell us who they want to meet. When qualified demand builds around a buyer, we bring one evidenced brief, and introduce only when both sides opt in. In private beta.
        </p>
        <a class="layer-link" href="/tools">Request access</a>
      </div>
      <div class="model-card layer-card">
        <div class="model-step">03 &middot; Agentic</div>
        <h3 class="model-title">Trust Rails</h3>
        <p class="model-body">
          Buyer and seller agents find, vet, meet and transact through MaxedS, on verified identity, sourced claims and recorded consent. In private beta. SalesBook is already queryable by agents at <a href="/tools/salesbook/docs#use-it">mcp.maxeds.org</a>.
        </p>
        <a class="layer-link" href="/tools">See all tools</a>
      </div>
      <div class="model-card layer-card" style="border-top: 3px solid #0284c7;">
        <div class="model-step" style="color: #0284c7;">04 &middot; Compute &amp; Inference</div>
        <h3 class="model-title">MaxC Infrastructure</h3>
        <p class="model-body">
          Dedicated high-throughput GPU clusters (NVIDIA B200 / H100) running optimized vLLM runtimes for venture-backed AI startups and enterprise workloads. Sub-15ms routing overhead, zero prompt retention, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints integrated with OpenRouter and Hugging Face provider networks.
        </p>
        <a class="layer-link" href="/infra" style="color: #0284c7; font-weight: 700;">Launch Infra Console &rarr;</a>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="desks">
      <div class="desk-h">Two standing desks. Four sectors.</div>
      <div class="desk-grid">
        <div class="desk"><div class="desk-k">Desk 1</div><b>Retail, Consumer Products &amp; Manufacturing</b><p>A standing monthly review with an enterprise innovation team.</p><div class="desk-s"><span>Retail &amp; CPG</span><span>Manufacturing</span></div></div>
        <div class="desk"><div class="desk-k">Desk 2</div><b>Healthcare &amp; Education</b><p>A standing monthly review with an enterprise procurement team.</p><div class="desk-s"><span>Healthcare</span><span>Education</span></div></div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <div class="desk-detail">
      <h3>How a Decision Desk review runs</h3>
      <p>The enterprise sponsor sets the brief, the evaluation criteria and the decision panel, and engages the company as a client for a defined evaluation or pilot, not as an investor. Companies are screened against those criteria, independent of any single fund&rsquo;s portfolio. A standard technical pre-read replaces the sales demo. Each review ends in a written decision record the enterprise owns: proceed to pilot, proceed with defined security conditions, or close.</p>
    </div>
  </section>

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  <section class="section" id="infrastructure">
    <div class="section-label">AI &amp; Compute Infrastructure</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">Dedicated GPU Clusters &amp; Enterprise Inference</h2>
    <p class="section-subtitle">
      Enterprise AI agents require high-throughput, low-latency, zero-retention compute. MaxedS Infrastructure (MaxC) operates dedicated inference clusters for open-weight foundation models, powering autonomous B2B workflows, high-volume token distribution, and portfolio startup acceleration.
    </p>

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        <div class="model-step" style="color: #0284c7;">Compute Clusters</div>
        <h4 style="font-size: 1.15rem; margin: 0.4rem 0 0.6rem; color: var(--fg); font-weight: 700;">NVIDIA B200 &amp; H100 Hardware</h4>
        <p style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--fg80); line-height: 1.55;">
          High-throughput continuous batching using vLLM and TensorRT-LLM runtimes. Serving Llama 3.3 70B at market-leading token economics with guaranteed compute availability and sub-15ms gateway overhead.
        </p>
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      <div class="model-card" style="background: var(--surface);">
        <div class="model-step" style="color: #10b981;">Security &amp; Compliance</div>
        <h4 style="font-size: 1.15rem; margin: 0.4rem 0 0.6rem; color: var(--fg); font-weight: 700;">Zero-Retention Privacy</h4>
        <p style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--fg80); line-height: 1.55;">
          Prompts and completions exist strictly in GPU volatile memory. Zero logging, zero training on client prompts, and SOC-2 / HIPAA-ready US datacenter tenancy for defense, healthcare, and finance buyers.
        </p>
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        <div class="model-step" style="color: #0284c7;">Ecosystem &amp; Distribution</div>
        <h4 style="font-size: 1.15rem; margin: 0.4rem 0 0.6rem; color: var(--fg); font-weight: 700;">Global Provider Gateway</h4>
        <p style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--fg80); line-height: 1.55;">
          Full OpenAI-compatible API base (<code>https://maxc.maxeds.org/v1</code>) validated for OpenRouter Schema 2.4 and Hugging Face provider network distribution. Automated regional failover and live token streaming.
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        <div style="font-size: 1.15rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--fg);">Live Cluster Playground &amp; Model Explorer</div>
        <div style="font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--fg60); margin-top: 4px;">Run real-time inference on Meta Llama 3.3 70B, inspect streaming latency telemetry, and query OpenAPI specifications directly in your browser.</div>
      </div>
      <a href="/infra" class="nav-cta" style="padding: 0.65rem 1.4rem; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; background: var(--navy); color: #fff; font-size: 0.9rem;">Launch Infra Console &rarr;</a>
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  <section class="section" id="direction">
    <div class="section-label">Where it&rsquo;s going</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">Trust rails as smooth as Stripe made payments.</h2>
    <p class="direction">
      Every introduction and every decision feeds an outcome record, so the system keeps learning who actually delivers. The endgame is trust rails for B2B commerce, for executives and for the agents that act for them, with startups first in line.
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  <section class="section" id="deployments">
    <div class="section-label">Deployments</div>
    <h2 class="section-title">Three enterprise deployments.</h2>
    <p class="section-subtitle">
      Startup platforms taken through a MaxedS-run evaluation into production at large US enterprises. Vendors are named; clients are described, not named.
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        <div class="dep-header">
          <div class="dep-logo"><img src="/assets/logo-e42.png" alt="E42"></div>
          <div class="dep-meta">
            <div class="dep-name"><a href="https://e42.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E42.ai</a></div>
            <div class="dep-sub">Cognitive process automation and AI co-workers</div>
          </div>
          <div class="dep-badge">Aerospace &amp; Defense</div>
        </div>
        <p class="dep-body">
          An ITAR-regulated US aerospace manufacturer needed automated accounts-payable processing within strict compliance boundaries. MaxedS structured the technical evaluation and integration path. E42&rsquo;s platform handles invoice data extraction, three-way matching, and Oracle ERP writeback.
        </p>
        <div class="dep-status">Live in production in an ITAR-governed environment.</div>
      </div>

      <div class="deployment-card">
        <div class="dep-header">
          <div class="dep-logo"><img src="/assets/logo-e42.png" alt="E42"></div>
          <div class="dep-meta">
            <div class="dep-name"><a href="https://e42.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">E42.ai</a></div>
            <div class="dep-sub">Document intelligence and clinical analysis</div>
          </div>
          <div class="dep-badge">Healthcare</div>
        </div>
        <p class="dep-body">
          A US healthcare supplies provider needed automated analysis of sensitive patient documentation. MaxedS facilitated the enterprise review with clinical and security stakeholders. The result was an AI Medical Notes Analyst that operates within HIPAA requirements and cut processing cycle time by more than 80%.
        </p>
        <div class="dep-status">Live in production in a HIPAA-regulated clinical environment.</div>
      </div>

      <div class="deployment-card">
        <div class="dep-header">
          <div class="dep-logo"><img src="/assets/logo-payex.png" alt="Global PayEX"></div>
          <div class="dep-meta">
            <div class="dep-name"><a href="https://globalpayex.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Global PayEX</a></div>
            <div class="dep-sub">B2B payments and working-capital automation</div>
          </div>
          <div class="dep-badge">Industrial Manufacturing</div>
        </div>
        <p class="dep-body">
          A Fortune 500 manufacturer needed to modernize B2B payment reconciliation, dispute workflows, and invoicing across several ERP instances. MaxedS ran the client-designed review that led to a master services agreement in 2023 and rollout.
        </p>
        <div class="dep-status">Live in production across multiple manufacturing divisions.</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="section" id="where">
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    <h2 class="section-title">The United States and India.</h2>
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      The United States is our market; it is where the buyers are. India is where many of the companies we represent are built. We expect to add regions over time.
    </p>
    <p class="section-subtitle" style="margin-top:-1.5rem;">
      Priority verticals: Retail &amp; CPG, Manufacturing, Healthcare and Education, plus cross-industry platforms. We go deep in these rather than wide.
    </p>
  </section>

  <section class="section" id="leadership">
    <p class="leadership-line">Led by Puneet Sharma, former Vice President and Head of Sales for Manufacturing at Infosys. <a href="/about#leadership">Leadership</a></p>
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