# Claude for Startups — Application Package

**Program:** Claude for Startups (Anthropic)
**Owner:** `jschwefel@coldboreballisticsllc.com`
**Classification:** Internal — Confidential
**Prepared:** 2026-06-12
**Status:** ⬜ Not submitted

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## 1. Program Summary

| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| **Provider** | Anthropic |
| **Value** | $25,000 in Claude API credits + priority rate limits + technical support |
| **Application URL** | https://anthropic.com/startups *(verify the live form and current benefit terms at submission time)* |
| **Application type** | Rolling — no deadline |
| **VC required** | No — bootstrapped founders explicitly eligible |
| **Credit period** | 12 months from grant date (treat as non-extendable, non-refundable — confirm against current terms) |

> **Note on credits vs. subscription.** These are **Anthropic API** credits for use in CBB's *products* (the AI-powered B2B services below). They are separate from any Claude.ai subscription used for internal development work. The credits do not subsidize day-to-day coding assistance — they fund production inference in shipped CBB services.

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## 2. What Anthropic Evaluates

Anthropic weighs three signals. The submittable copy in §4 hits all three explicitly. Use this section as the rationale behind the narrative.

### Signal 1 — Traction (current, verified)

- **ScopeDOPE Android app:** in **internal testing on Google Play** (internal test track) on the `dev-0.9.7-beta.5` cycle; approaching public launch.
- **ScopeDOPE iOS app:** in **internal testing on Apple TestFlight**; KMP shared engine; simultaneous v1.0 public launch planned with Android.
- **Released open-source software on GitHub (today):** three Apache-2.0 projects published under the `ColdBoreBallistics` org — `bt-bridge-broker`, `bt-bridge-agent-android`, `bt-bridge-templates` (all v0.9.0, 2026-06-10). This is real shipped code, not roadmap.
- **Public `.dope` format specification:** open file-format standard for precision rifle ballistic data (`dope-format` repo, public).
- **Business infrastructure:** Cold Bore Ballistics LLC is a **formed and operating entity** (Articles filed, EIN issued, business bank account open). Toll-free business lines provisioned (ScopeDOPE 1-877-DOPE-707; CBB Corporate 1-855-COLD-390). Azure production infrastructure managed as Terraform IaC.
- **Documented product portfolio:** a multi-product platform roadmap (18 product/project briefs across three tiers), not a single-feature app.

### Signal 2 — AI-powered product (lead with these)

All three are genuine Claude API use cases — AI is core to the product, not adjacent. **Describe at category level only; engine internals and the DOPE-Blend™ methodology are trade secrets and stay out of the application.**

1. **Ballistic Data API** — a B2B API over an aggregated dataset of real-world, field-confirmed ballistic performance, queryable by cartridge, projectile, barrel, and atmospheric conditions. Claude powers the pattern-analysis layer that surfaces meaningful insight from the aggregate data. No comparable real-world dataset exists.
2. **White-Label Ballistic Engine** — CBB's ballistic engine, licensed to optics manufacturers, rangefinder makers, and software vendors who need validated ballistic capability without building it. Its differentiator is the ability to fold confirmed downrange impacts into the solution.
3. **Wind Call Trainer** — an AI-scored training tool that presents wind-reading scenarios and scores the user's call against known conditions; a structured way to train the highest-skill, least-trainable element of long-range shooting, with no existing equivalent.

### Signal 3 — Stage

- Pre-revenue, early-stage; bootstrapped founder; no Series A.
- Active development, approaching launch.
- Platform play (multiple products across adjacent markets), not a single-feature app.

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## 3. Why Claude Specifically

- The product work is **domain-dense** (exterior ballistics, precision rifle competition) and benefits from a model that reasons well over specialized technical context — a fit for Claude's strengths.
- The B2B data and engine-licensing products require **trustworthy, well-grounded outputs** for paying manufacturer customers; reliability and steerability matter more than raw novelty.
- **Priority rate limits** are the operationally significant benefit once the Data API has production traffic — arguably more valuable long-term than the credit dollar figure itself.

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## 4. Submittable Application Copy

> *Paste-ready. Edit only for any live form field constraints. Do not add trade-secret detail. "Ballistic Computer" is capitalized as a category claim; competitors are "calculators."*

**One-line description:**

> Cold Bore Ballistics LLC builds ScopeDOPE, the first precision-rifle Ballistic Computer for competitive shooters — and a portfolio of AI-powered B2B ballistic data and engine-licensing products built on the Claude API.

**Full description:**

> Cold Bore Ballistics LLC is building ScopeDOPE, the first precision rifle Ballistic Computer (not a calculator) for competitive shooters. Unlike existing ballistic calculators that rely purely on physics models, ScopeDOPE treats confirmed downrange impacts as the primary truth signal and uses physics to fill the gaps — producing meaningfully more accurate solutions for real-world field conditions.
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> The Claude API is central to our roadmap in three ways. First, a Ballistic Data API: an aggregated, real-world, field-confirmed ballistic performance dataset queryable by manufacturers and researchers, where Claude powers the pattern analysis that surfaces meaningful insight from the aggregate. No comparable real-world dataset exists. Second, a White-Label Ballistic Engine: we license our validated ballistic engine to optics manufacturers and app developers who need accurate ballistic capability without building it themselves. Third, a Wind Call Trainer: an AI-scored tool for training wind reading — the single highest-skill, least-trainable element of long-range shooting, with no existing training solution.
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> We are a pre-revenue, bootstrapped startup. Our Android app is in internal testing on Google Play and our iOS app is in internal testing on Apple TestFlight, both on a shared engine and approaching a simultaneous public launch. We have already published open-source software on GitHub (three Apache-2.0 projects), maintain a public open file-format specification for ballistic data, and run our production infrastructure as code on Azure. We operate in a niche — precision competitive rifle shooting — where we have deep domain expertise and a first-mover position on the confirmed-DOPE management and label-printing workflow.

**Founder / company facts (for form fields):**

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | Cold Bore Ballistics LLC |
| Entity status | Formed and operating (Articles filed, EIN issued) |
| Location | Village of Mukwonago, Wisconsin |
| Founder | Jason Schwefel |
| Stage | Pre-revenue, bootstrapped, no institutional funding |
| Primary product | ScopeDOPE (Android in internal testing on Google Play; iOS in internal testing on Apple TestFlight) |
| Website | `scope-dope.com` (product) / `coldboreballisticsllc.com` (company) |
| GitHub org | `ColdBoreBallistics` |
| Intended Claude use | Production inference in Ballistic Data API, White-Label Engine, Wind Call Trainer |

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## 5. Submission Checklist

- [ ] Review `anthropic.com/startups` for the current live form fields and benefit terms (the $25K figure and 12-month window are from the 2026-06-07 handoff — confirm current)
- [ ] Confirm both test tracks are live before submitting — ScopeDOPE on the Google Play internal test track **and** on Apple TestFlight (the copy states this as present-tense fact)
- [ ] Paste and adapt the §4 copy into the live form
- [ ] Confirm no trade-secret detail (DOPE-Blend internals, partner names, pricing tiers) appears anywhere in the submitted text
- [ ] Submit
- [ ] Log submission date: ____________
- [ ] Follow up if no response in 2 weeks
- [ ] Log decision: ____________
- [ ] If approved: record credit amount + expiration in `Financial_Records/` and note priority-rate-limit terms

## 6. If Rejected

Fallbacks, in order:
1. **Reapply in ~90 days** with more traction (installs, public launch, additional released OSS).
2. **Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub** — pursue regardless (separate package in this folder); Azure-aligned and the highest dollar value.
3. **AWS Activate** / **Google Cloud for Startups** — usable for dev/test environments; GCP Vertex AI also offers Claude access.

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## Document Control

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| **Document owner** | `jschwefel@coldboreballisticsllc.com` |
| **Classification** | Confidential (03_-_Confidential/) |
| **Location** | `OneDrive/CBB_Corporate/03_-_Confidential/Financial_Records/Startup_Programs/Claude_for_Startups_Application.md` |
| **Source** | Reconciled from `ANTHROPIC_PROGRAMS_HANDOFF.md` (2026-06-07) against current state |
| **Created** | 2026-06-12 |
