A firm scorecard from the VC Agent-Readiness Census — 25 firms, five doors each, checked 2026-11-01. Official site: www.benchmark.com
open_api)Verdict: A one-page website: two office addresses and a Twitter handle. Research exists only via third parties (aggregator_only).
Each intent is scored with one door-state, assessed from public official sources on 2026-11-01. Scoring: open_api 4 · partner_gated 2 · aggregator_only 1 · human_only 0 · unverified 0 (flagged).
| Intent | State | Route | Note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | aggregator_only | Third-party: PrivateEquityList / PitchBook / Crunchbase profiles (third-party, not firm-sanctioned) | Third-party profile states early-stage focus on consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure and enterprise software and a $425M fund of equal general partners; the official homepage itself publishes none of this, only addresses and @benchmark | privateequitylist.com/investors/benchmark checked 2026-11-01 |
| Pitch | human_only | — | Official homepage lists only San Francisco and Woodside addresses and a Twitter handle; no firm-owned pitch portal, form or application found | www.benchmark.com checked 2026-11-01 |
| Diligence | human_only | — | No diligence checklist, template, metrics or data-room guidance on the official site; preparation is partner-discretion/human-route only on the evidence fetched | www.benchmark.com checked 2026-11-01 |
| Schedule | human_only | — | No public self-serve office-hours, event or intro-call booking on the official site; only addresses and a Twitter handle are published | www.benchmark.com checked 2026-11-01 |
| Track | unverified NOT A VERIFIED ZERO | — | No application portal exists on the official site from which to infer tracking, and no status/update mechanism is publicly documented | www.benchmark.com checked 2026-11-01 |
Unverified means the state could not be established from public documentation — for most firms that is the track door, where firms rarely publish post-submission mechanics. It is reported as a documentation gap, not as proof that no door exists, and it is never presented as a verified closed door.
| Signal | What the census recorded |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | No — none found (checked 2026-11-01) |
| MCP server | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Public API | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Structured data | None recorded |
| RSS / sitemap | Not recorded |
| Robots posture | Not recorded |
Access gaps. Official homepage is a single minimalist page with only two office addresses and a Twitter handle - no portfolio, team, thesis, application, booking or status routes on the official site fetched
Agent Outposts research, published 2026-11-01. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Benchmark. This is a published census scorecard, not an Outpost: Agent Outposts operates no demand registry for venture firms and collects no intents on this page. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state above links its evidence and carries its check date. Methodology, rubric and scoring formula: the VC Agent-Readiness Census. Companion research: the Agent Readiness Census of 43 consumer brands.
Agent Outposts — the agent-readiness registry. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with the firms listed in this census. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state links its source and carries its assessment date.