Blaze Intelligence: The $50B Conviction Economy
The Opportunity
Professional sports is a $500B global industry where 90% of decisions are still made on gut feel dressed as statistics. The gap between what elite evaluators "know" and what they can prove costs teams hundreds of millions in mistaken contracts, missed talent, and lost games.
Blaze Intelligence bridges that gap by turning instinct into auditable signal.
Market Timing: Why Now
- Biosignal Ubiquity: Wearables penetration hit 78% in pro sports (2024)
- Computer Vision Maturity: Real-time pose/micro-expression at <50ms latency
- Decision Fatigue: Teams drowning in data but starving for conviction
- Cultural Shift: "Intangibles" no longer dismissed as unmeasurable
The Product: Champion Enigma Engine (CEE)
Multi-modal system that quantifies traditionally unmeasurable qualities:
- Inputs: Video, biosignals, game telemetry, historical patterns
- Processing: Visual cortex analysis + physiological decoding + psychological profiling
- Outputs: 8 Champion Dimensions with evidence trails and confidence bounds
Not another analytics dashboard. It's conviction infrastructure.
Go-to-Market: Land & Expand
Phase 1: MLB Proof (Months 1-6)
- Target: 1 innovative franchise (Cardinals pipeline built)
- Deliverable: +2 wins via CEE-driven decisions
- Price: $500K pilot → $2M annual
Phase 2: Sport Expansion (Months 7-18)
- NFL: 4 teams ($8M ARR)
- NBA: 3 teams ($6M ARR)
- NCAA Power 5: 10 programs ($5M ARR)
- Total Year 2 ARR: $20M
Phase 3: Platform Economy (Year 2+)
- API Marketplace: Third-party apps build on CEE
- Talent Graph: Global recruiting intelligence network
- Gaming Bridge: 100M gamers' telemetry → athletic insights
- Consumer Layer: Blaze Backyard app (10M downloads Year 3)
Revenue Model
Enterprise (Teams/Leagues)
- Pilot: $500K (12 weeks)
- Annual Platform: $2-5M/team
- Decision Room: $100K/event (draft, trade deadline)
- Custom Dimensions: $250K development
Platform (Ecosystem)
- API Access: $50K-500K/year
- Talent Graph: $25K/program
- Data Co-ops: Revenue share
Consumer
- Backyard App: $19.99/month
- Digital Combines: $99/report
- Camps: $500/athlete
Competitive Moat
- Multi-Modal Patent Portfolio: Visual+bio+behavioral fusion
- Evidence Requirement: Every score traceable (others can't follow)
- Network Effects: More teams = better patterns = higher accuracy
- Cultural Capital: "Blaze Score" becoming industry standard
Traction & Proof Points
- Infrastructure: Production Worker + Pages + Integration Hub live
- Data Pipeline: MLB/NFL/NCAA feeds integrated
- Competitive Validation: 67-80% cost savings vs. Hudl verified
- Technical Team: MCP server ecosystem battle-tested
- IP: QPEF™, Decision Velocity Model™, Champion Enigma™ trademarked
Financial Projections
Year 1
- Revenue: $2M (4 pilots)
- Burn: $3M
- Team: 8 people
Year 2
- Revenue: $20M (20 teams)
- Gross Margin: 75%
- Team: 25 people
Year 3
- Revenue: $75M (50 teams + platform)
- EBITDA Positive
- Team: 60 people
Year 5
- Revenue: $500M
- EBITDA: $200M (40%)
- Exit Multiple: 10x Revenue = $5B valuation
Use of Funds ($10M Series A)
- Product (40%): CEE hardening, mobile app, API platform
- GTM (30%): Enterprise sales, pilot subsidies
- Data (20%): Biosignal partnerships, compute infrastructure
- Team (10%): Technical leadership, sport-specific experts
Why We Win
- Timing: Intersection of biosignal ubiquity and decision fatigue
- Philosophy: Instinct as measurable substrate (paradigm shift)
- Product: Evidence-linked conviction (not black box)
- Team: Technical depth + sport credibility
- Network: Cardinals, Titans, Texas, Memphis partnerships
The Ask
$10M Series A at $40M pre-money valuation
- Lead: $5M (sports-focused or enterprise SaaS fund)
- Strategic: $3M (league, media, or gaming partner)
- Angels: $2M (athletes, coaches, executives)
Exit Scenarios
Strategic Acquisition (Years 3-5)
- Acquirers: Fanatics, DraftKings, Nike, Apple
- Multiple: 10-15x revenue
- Value: $5-7.5B
Growth Equity → IPO (Years 5-7)
- Comps: Palantir (conviction infrastructure), Toast (vertical SaaS)
- Multiple: 8-12x revenue
- Market Cap: $6-10B
Platform Roll-up (Years 4-6)
- Acquire: Adjacent tools (video, wearables, recruiting)
- Create: Sports intelligence conglomerate
- Value: $10B+
Why Now, Why Us
The old world treats conviction as mystique. The new world—our world—instruments it.
Every elite organization will need conviction infrastructure within 36 months. The only question is whether they build (impossible), buy from us (optimal), or lose to those who do.
Blaze Intelligence isn't just measuring performance. We're creating a new asset class: Conviction.
Contact: austin@blaze-intelligence.com
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