A firm scorecard from the VC Agent-Readiness Census — 25 firms, five doors each, checked 2026-11-01. Official site: www.indexventures.com
open_api)Verdict: The best agent-native discovery surface in the census (live llms.txt + RSS + sitemap) — with no door behind it: the contact page is offices and a press email.
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 | open_api | llms.txt + sitemap + Perspectives RSS feed | llms.txt states thesis and coverage (seed to IPO; AI, fintech, security, data, business applications, healthcare, entertainment, open source; SF, NY, London, Geneva) and indexes every portfolio company and team member via the sitemap, with Companies page listing portfolio by stage backed | www.indexventures.com/llms.txt checked 2026-11-01 |
| Pitch | human_only | Contact Us page (offices, phone, press email) | Contact page lists only office addresses, phone numbers and a press email for general/media enquiries; neither it nor the llms.txt index lists any pitch form, application portal or founder submission route | www.indexventures.com/contact-us/ checked 2026-11-01 |
| Diligence | human_only | — | llms.txt indexes founder Handbooks (Rewarding Talent, Winning in the US, Scaling Through Chaos) which are operating guides, not diligence expectations; no published diligence checklist, required metrics, templates or data-room guidance found | www.indexventures.com/llms.txt checked 2026-11-01 |
| Schedule | human_only | Contact Us page (offices, phone, press email) | Only unstructured contact routes are published; no public self-serve route to office hours, events, intro calls or meetings found | www.indexventures.com/contact-us/ checked 2026-11-01 |
| Track | unverified NOT A VERIFIED ZERO | — | No application portal exists in the official evidence and no applicant status, dashboard or update mechanism is documented; state cannot be established without a submission route | www.indexventures.com/contact-us/ 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 | Yes — served at https://www.indexventures.com/llms.txt |
| MCP server | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Public API | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Structured data | llms.txt at https://www.indexventures.com/llms.txt (200) indexes About, Companies, Team, Perspectives, Contact and Handbooks with descriptions; no literal API or MCP documented |
| RSS / sitemap | Sitemap https://www.indexventures.com/sitemap.xml (200) and Perspectives RSS feed https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/feed/ both listed in llms.txt Optional section |
| Robots posture | robots.txt rechecked 2026-11-01 under browser, GPTBot and ClaudeBot user agents — identical file served to all: User-agent: * disallowing only *.pdf$ and two landing-page paths; no AI-crawler block |
Access gaps. Best agent-native discovery in this batch (live llms.txt, sitemap, RSS) but no pitch portal, diligence checklist, booking route or tracking mechanism behind it
Agent Outposts research, published 2026-11-01. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Index Ventures. 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.