Pre-prototype
Concept stage. No working hardware exists.
Kore · Master Build Log
The development record, kept honest.
Fourteen linked records covering the Kore Vision from concept to commercial readiness: the dated build history, an executive dashboard, product and decision registers, risks, costs, and funding requirements. Built to survive due diligence. Every claim traceable; everything unverified marked as such.
Status: In development
Stage: Pre-prototype
Raise: $30,000
Records: 14
Pre-prototype. Concept stage.
Read this first
Kore is pre-prototype. There is no finished hardware yet and no revenue. What exists: a defined architecture, a hardware path, university engineering conversations, a live website, product concept renders, and a crowdfunding campaign for the first build. This log distinguishes what is built from what is planned. Fact marks verified events, Estimate marks third-party figures and projections, and Not yet measured marks what does not exist yet. Nothing here is a partnership until both sides say so.
Record 01
Master Build Log
The chronological record of every meaningful development activity, from origin through today. Newest entries are added at the end of the timeline, above Planned.
December 2025
OriginThe work begins
Kore starts as a vision: homes that protect the people inside them. Early development runs on two tracks, the sensing hardware vision and a sustainable-manufacturing track exploring upcycled materials, community micro-factories, and a circular material economy.
September 2026
ArchitectureThe system gets its shape
The Kore architecture is locked: Root (the hub), Seeds (modular sensors), and the expanding vision built on top. "Keeping Our Roots Enriched" becomes the working name and mission.
- Hardware path defined around the ESP32: CO2, particulate matter, VOC, temperature, humidity, pressure, and moisture sensing, with WiFi connectivity.
- Kore Intelligence framed as six capabilities: Sense, Learn, Detect, Connect, Protect, Insight.
- Personal Intelligence defined as the individual layer: each person owns a private file of sensed rhythms, shared with doctors or family only by explicit opt-in.
- Brand identity created: forest green and warm cream.
September 24 – 26, 2026
OutreachUniversity engineering conversations open
First contact with university capstone programs about a Kore build partnership:
- Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Capstone
- UGA College of Engineering Capstone (2027–2028 cycle opens January 2027)
- Kennesaw State, Georgia Southern (senior-design sponsorship quoted at $2,500/semester)
- RPI Design Lab, Purdue, Cal Poly
First version of the website goes live. The Kore brand asset library is created.
October 1 – 2, 2026
DesignProduct renders and visual language
Concept product renders produced for the Root hub and Seed sensor family, plus the Kore Pixel Style for concept films. A $18,000 full-build quote is received from a product design firm; the decision is made to pursue the leaner university-partnership path instead.
October 4, 2026
ProposalsCapstone proposals submitted
- RPI capstone sponsorship form submitted for Spring 2027.
- Purdue Spring sponsorship package sent.
- Joules Accelerator Cohort 18 application submitted.
October 5, 2026
PivotUltra-surveillance positioning
The positioning sharpens: Kore is a full ultra-surveillance safety system, cameras included, for unmatched safety and documentation. A camera-free option remains for schools, churches, and senior living. First Seed Presence concept render completed.
October 6 – 7, 2026
FundingThe $30,000 raise opens
The GoFundMe campaign launches: "Building Kore: A Home That Senses Danger Before It Strikes," goal $30,000, to fund the V0.1 prototype build. The Kore Vision statement is written: "Mind, body, and money are one system. The room is the interface."
Penn State Learning Factory fit call scheduled for October 6; Freeside Atlanta open house planned for October 6. Outcomes to be logged here.
October 8, 2026
Launchthekorevision.com goes live
- Domain registered; full site deployed with 30-section luxury overhaul: the problem, verified statistics, the five-step Kore Loop, technology specs, roadmap, and funding.
- Working email signup forms wired to the site.
- 60+ tailored outreach emails sent to pilot partners, press, podcasters, and funders.
- Auburn University Engineering proposes a meeting (Oct 16).
- Embedded.fm (podcast) asks for proof of work, which is why this log exists.
October 10, 2026
MediaHospital safety commercial produced
43-second concept commercial: patients in a hospital ward, what the room hides (stale air, unwitnessed falls, unheard distress at night), Kore sensing and documenting, the alert reaching doctors in time, then the change: safer patients, stronger staff, better economics. Rendered in widescreen and vertical cuts; the widescreen version is self-hosted below.
- All statistics cited on screen: indoor air 2 to 5x worse (EPA), 1 in 4 seniors falling each year (CDC), 400+ CO deaths a year (CDC).
- Founder fact pop-ups pause each section; sensor scenes are labeled as concept visualization. This is pre-prototype work, not a product.
- Published as a Reel on Instagram at @thekorevision; a video update on the GoFundMe campaign points there (GoFundMe updates accept photos or YouTube video, not direct uploads); YouTube uploads of both cuts are in progress.
Concept film
October 11, 2026
LaunchSite rebuilt: five pages, new media, marketing engine
The single long homepage was restructured into five focused pages: Home, How it works, System, Compare, and FAQ. The email signup moved to the top of the homepage, the five-step Kore loop appears once, and the funding ask repeats.
- Six cinematic concept videos generated (hero plus fall, fire, break-in, air quality, and morning scenes) and nine new images, all labeled concept, pre-prototype.
- New homepage sections: "How Smart Is Your Home?" quiz lead magnet, "One founder. One laptop. Zero quit." founder story, and the Founding 500 referral ladder with milestone rewards.
- Site icon added to all pages; search engines pick it up on their next crawl.
- Technical round: security headers, sitemap.xml, robots.txt, Schema.org structured data, social sharing previews, canonical URLs, and faster font loading.
- Research published: 50 website features reverse-engineered from the top smart-home sites, and 50 media marketing tactics from top brands, each with a Kore adaptation.
- Investor-grade Master Build Log created: 14 linked records with an honest baseline. No prototypes, no test results, no team beyond the founder; everything unverified is marked as such.
October 11, 2026
MediaDaily Double episode 1: "The 40-second burglary"
First episode of "31 Nights of Safer Homes": a 48-second vertical Short on what a break-in really looks like, with the cited FBI burglary figure and concept-visualization labels on tech scenes.
- Published to TikTok; flagged under review on upload, visible after review clears.
- Instagram upload rate-limited; YouTube upload blocked by the channel's daily limit. Both to be completed when limits reset.
October 11, 2026
LaunchKoreBoard and Kore Structures product pages published
Published KoreBoard and Kore Structures product pages. KoreBoard page transcribes the founder's spec sheet (Kore Design Team, rev 1.0): upcycled multi-layer building panel, concept stage. Structures page documents the 8-step airform dome method from upcycled plastic, rubber, and fiber; no structures built. Both pages labeled concept, pre-prototype.
October 11, 2026
LaunchThe Kore Family page: five product lines, one closed loop
Published the Kore Family page (/family): a layered scroll experience presenting the five product lines in founder-set order, KoreBoard first, KoreBin second, then Kore Structures, Kore Root + Seeds, and Kore Intelligence. Includes the material-flow strip (Waste to KoreBin to Ore to KoreBoard to Structures to Sensors) and a grant-funder band on circular economy, waste diversion, affordable sustainable housing, and local manufacturing potential, all in designed-to language with concept stage, pre-prototype, pre-revenue explicit. Homepage gained a five-card family teaser. No invented metrics anywhere on the page.
Next
PlannedWhat happens from here
- October 14: Decatur Makers visit, scouting a build night for the first prototype.
- October 16: Auburn Engineering meeting on the capstone proposal.
- V0.1 prototype: the smallest one-room proof of the Kore loop, sense, compare to baseline, apply one countermeasure, verify, record. Parts list and wiring plan in progress.
- Funding: $30,000 GoFundMe active; grant and fellowship applications in flight (D-Prize, Activate Fellowship, MIT Solve).
October 11, 2026
NarrativeWhy the world needs the Kore Vision
New page /why-kore lays out the founder's narrative in order: the ore (KoreBin waste-to-ore feedstock), Kore credit (concept-only internal unit, $1.00 face value target, not real currency), the catalog (3-wheel EV, Kore Recovery, utility spine, Kore Air monitor, all concept renders), and Personal Intelligence shaping products. Homepage teaser added. All concept stage, pre-prototype, pre-revenue.
Record 02
Executive Investor Dashboard
Reporting date: October 11, 2026. Every metric below is traceable to the dated log or a cited source. Zeros are real zeros, not omissions.
0
No prototype has been constructed.
Not yet measured
No hardware tests have been run.
$0
Pre-revenue. No customers, no pilots, no LOIs.
$30,000
GoFundMe: "Building Kore for Safer Homes." Funds the V0.1 prototype.
Not yet confirmed
Figure not verified as of Oct 11, 2026. Never invented.
9
Joules, CTAN, Galaxy, Marshalls, MIT Solve, Coach K, Verizon/LISC, Voqal, RPI capstone.
0
No IP filings. Invention register is empty.
0
Conversations active with RPI, Purdue, Auburn, Penn State, and others. None confirmed.
1
Founder only. All other roles unassigned.
8
Tracked in Record 08 with owners and mitigations.
V0.1 prototype
One-room proof of the Kore loop, funded by the $30K campaign.
Record 03
Product and Subsystem Registers
Every product and subsystem is at concept stage. Nothing below has been built or tested. V0.1 scope is Root plus Seed Sense and Seed Air.
| Product / subsystem | Type | Stage | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kore Root | Foundation hub | Concept | Proposed hub coordinating local sensing and device communication. Architecture defined Sep 2026. |
| Seed Sense | Sensor module (V0.1) | Concept | Temperature, humidity, light, sound, vibration. Sensor set under evaluation: BME280, PIR motion. |
| Seed Air | Sensor module (V0.1) | Concept | Particles, VOCs, CO2, temperature, humidity. SGP30 under evaluation. |
| Seed Presence | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Occupancy and posture via WiFi CSI plus camera corroboration. Concept render completed Oct 5, 2026. |
| Seed Water | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Leak and moisture sensing. Roadmap concept only. |
| Seed Motion | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Roadmap concept only. |
| Seed Sound | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Roadmap concept only. |
| Seed Contact | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Roadmap concept only. |
| Seed Link | Sensor module (roadmap) | Concept | Roadmap concept only. |
| Kore Intelligence | Software layer | Concept | Sense, Learn, Detect, Connect, Protect, Insight. Framed Sep 2026. No code written. |
| Kore Sentinel | Protection product line | Concept | Monitoring, alerting, emergency-response technologies. Concept only. |
| Kore Air | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Water | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Plumbing | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| KoreBin | Product product line | Concept | Waste recovery into labeled material blocks. Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Cycle | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Garden | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Home | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
| Kore Wear | Product product line | Concept | Concept product line. No development started. |
Hardware path: ESP32 platform. Sensors under evaluation include BME280, SGP30, MAX30102, PIR motion, and WiFi CSI presence. No parts purchased; no bill of materials finalized.
Record 04
Engineering Decisions Log
Only decisions actually made, with the rationale recorded at the time. Alternatives considered are noted where they were weighed.
| Date | Decision | Rationale | Approved by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Root, Seeds, and Growth architecture; ESP32 hardware path | Modular ecosystem where one hub coordinates many sensors. ESP32: low-cost, proven silicon with WiFi and Bluetooth. | Fact Founder |
| Oct 1, 2026 | University-partnership build path instead of the $18,000 firm quote | Capital efficiency at pre-revenue stage; capstone programs provide engineering labor. | Fact Founder |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Ultra-surveillance positioning as flagship; camera-free option for sensitive settings | Unmatched safety and documentation as the product; schools, churches, and senior living keep a different privacy boundary. | Fact Founder |
| Oct 2026 | Static site on Cloudflare Pages; Formspree for email capture | Near-zero operating cost and no backend to maintain for a pre-revenue marketing site. | Fact Founder |
| Oct 2026 | No tree-root visual motif in any Kore materials | Founder rejected it. Retired from videos, site, and brand. | Fact Founder |
Record 05
Prototype and Revision Register
No prototype has been built. The ten development gates below define what "done" means before any product advances. A gate is passed only on objective evidence plus an explicit approval, never on documentation alone.
| Gate | What it requires | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Concept definition | Problem, customer, solution, requirements, competing approaches | Concept Architecture defined; requirements not yet formalized |
| 2. Feasibility | Technical research, calculations, critical assumptions, cost estimates | Not started |
| 3. Architecture | System diagrams, interfaces, subsystem definitions, component specs | Not started |
| 4. Prototype planning | Bill of materials, tools, methods, software dependencies, test plan | Not started |
| 5. Prototype development | Build activities, revisions, failures, photographs | Not started |
| 6. Verification | Tests against predefined engineering requirements | Not started |
| 7. Validation | Evidence the product solves the user problem under realistic conditions | Not started |
| 8. Design refinement | Corrective actions, reliability, usability, cost optimization | Not started |
| 9. Manufacturing readiness | Supplier review, design for manufacture, quality controls, production economics | Not started |
| 10. Commercial readiness | Customer evidence, pricing, distribution, support, regulatory review, launch plan | Not started |
Record 06
Test and Validation Register
No tests have been run on hardware. This register opens with the first V0.1 test plan.
| Test ID | Scope | Date | Result | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not yet measured No measurements recorded. No test reports exist. | ||||
Record 07
Team Responsibilities and Action Tracker
Kore is a solo-founder project. Every role without a name is unassigned. No employees, advisors, or partners are invented here.
| Role | Person | Status | Current focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder and CEO | Kristian Brown | Fact Active | Architecture, fundraising, partnerships, content, this log |
| CTO / Systems architect | Unassigned | Open | Founder covering at concept level |
| Electrical engineering | Unassigned | Open | Target: university capstone partnership |
| Mechanical engineering | Unassigned | Open | Target: university capstone partnership |
| Software engineering | Unassigned | Open | Founder covering site and content tooling |
| Product design | Unassigned | Open | Concept renders produced by founder with AI tooling |
| Project management | Unassigned | Open | Founder covering via this build log |
| Commercial strategy | Unassigned | Open | Founder covering: applications, outreach, pricing TBD |
Record 08
Risk, Issue, and Dependency Register
Active record of what could stop or slow the work. Each item has an owner and a mitigation. Updated as items resolve.
| Risk / issue | Severity | Owner | Mitigation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-founder execution risk: all work depends on one person | High | Kristian Brown | University capstone partnerships for engineering labor; disciplined build log for continuity | Open |
| Funding gap: $30,000 V0.1 prototype unfunded | High | Kristian Brown | GoFundMe active; 9 grant, fellowship, and accelerator applications submitted | Open |
| No prototype: every product claim is unvalidated | High | Kristian Brown | V0.1 one-room loop is the next measurable milestone; no validation claims made before it | Open |
| LinkedIn founder account restricted (Oct 10, 2026) | Medium | Kristian Brown | Founder completing LinkedIn's own verification; support campaign paused meanwhile | Open |
| Sheldon Hurst $18,000 build quote awaiting reply | Medium | Kristian Brown | University-partnership path runs in parallel; no dependency on this quote | Open |
| Decatur Makers visit (Oct 14) and Auburn meeting (Oct 16) outcomes unknown | Medium | Kristian Brown | Both scheduled; outcomes to be logged here | Upcoming |
| YouTube daily upload limit blocking content publishing | Low | Kristian Brown | One-time phone verification or wait 24 hours for reset | Open |
| Instagram rate limiting (HTTP 429) on uploads | Low | Kristian Brown | Attempts paused to avoid worsening; retry after cooldown | Monitoring |
Record 09
Bill of Materials and Cost Register
Only verified figures appear with amounts. Everything else is marked, never estimated silently. Basis and date stated for each line.
| Item | Basis and date | Amount | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|
| V0.1 prototype build, labor and assembly | Third-party quote, Sheldon Hurst, Oct 2026 | ~$18,000 plus components | Estimate Awaiting reply |
| Components and parts | Not yet quoted | Not yet measured | No BOM finalized |
| Development expenditure to date (hardware) | Founder records, Oct 2026 | $0 tracked | Fact |
| GoFundMe campaign goal | Campaign page, Oct 2026 | $30,000 | Fact |
| Amount raised (GoFundMe) | Not verified as of Oct 11, 2026 | Not yet confirmed | Never invented |
Record 10
Supplier and Manufacturing Register
No suppliers engaged beyond the single quote below. No manufacturing activity of any kind.
| Supplier | Category | Engagement | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Hurst | Prototype build services | Quoted ~$18,000 plus components, Oct 2026 | Awaiting reply; no engagement beyond the quote |
| Unassigned | Component suppliers | None contacted | Not yet measured |
| Unassigned | Manufacturing partners | None contacted | Not yet measured |
Record 11
Invention and Intellectual Property Register
The register is empty and shown empty. No concept is described as protected.
| Invention | Contributors | Dates | Evidence | Legal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No filings No patents filed, no invention disclosures recorded, no prior-art searches commissioned. The register opens with the first documented design. | ||||
Record 12
Customer Discovery and Commercial Validation Register
Verifiable commercial activity only: submitted applications and documented conversations. No customers, no pilots, no LOIs, no revenue. Nothing here is a partnership until both sides say so.
| Activity | Type | Date | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joules Accelerator Cohort 18 | Accelerator application | Oct 4, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| RPI Spring 2027 capstone proposal | University partnership | Oct 4, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| CTAN: $30K pre-seed SAFE, $1.5M cap, 20% discount | Angel network application | Oct 8, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Galaxy Grant ($2,500) | Grant application | Oct 8, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Marshalls Good Stuff Accelerator | Accelerator application | Oct 8, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| MIT Solve, solution 117672 | Competition application | Oct 8, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Coach K Legacy Grant ($1,000) | Grant application | Oct 9, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Verizon / LISC Small Business Grant ($10,000) | Grant application | Oct 9, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Voqal Fellowship ($30,000) | Fellowship application | Oct 9, 2026 | Fact Submitted |
| Purdue University | University capstone | 2026 | Spring sponsorship package sent; four-question reply sent Oct 9 |
| Auburn Engineering | University capstone | 2026 | Meeting offered Fri Oct 16 after 11 AM; unconfirmed |
| Penn State Learning Factory | University capstone | 2026 | Fit call scheduled Oct 6; no outcome reported |
| Georgia Southern | University senior design | 2026 | Sponsorship quoted at $2,500 per semester |
| Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, UGA, Cal Poly | University outreach | 2026 | Contact made; UGA 2027-28 cycle opens January 2027 |
| thekorevision.com | Owned channel | Oct 8, 2026 | Live; email list building, count not yet measured |
| TikTok, Instagram, YouTube | Owned channels | Oct 2026 | Active; audience metrics not yet measured |
Record 13
Milestone and Development Roadmap
Each milestone states its acceptance criteria. A milestone is met only when the criteria are evidenced, never on documentation alone.
| Milestone | Target | Acceptance criteria | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $30,000 prototype campaign funded | TBD | $30,000 raised via GoFundMe | In progress; raised amount not yet confirmed |
| Decatur Makers visit | Oct 14, 2026 | Build night scouted for first prototype | Scheduled |
| Auburn Engineering meeting | Oct 16, 2026 | Capstone proposal discussion held | Offered; unconfirmed |
| V0.1 prototype: one-room Kore loop | After funding | Sense, compare, act, verify, record demonstrated and published on video | Not started |
| Pilot programs | After prototype proof | Real rooms tested with documented feedback | Not started |
Record 14
Investor Updates and Funding Requirements
What the project needs, what it enables, and the basis for every figure. Updated each reporting period.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Funding required | $30,000. Basis: founder estimate; third-party build quote of ~$18,000 plus components (Sheldon Hurst, Oct 2026). |
| Use of funds | Parts, assembly, and the first working Kore loop: sense, compare, act, verify, record. Documented in the open. |
| Active raise | GoFundMe: "Building Kore for Safer Homes." Amount raised not yet confirmed. |
| Applications in flight | 9 submitted (see Record 12): Joules, CTAN, Galaxy, Marshalls, MIT Solve, Coach K, Verizon/LISC, Voqal, RPI capstone. |
| What $30K enables | The first measurable milestone: a working one-room loop, demonstrated on video, which unlocks pilot programs. |
| What is NOT needed yet | Manufacturing capital, team hiring, or paid marketing. Those follow prototype proof. |
| Contact | Kristian Brown, Founder and CEO. thekorevision.com |
Reporting period: October 11, 2026. Progress since last update: site rebuilt into five pages, Daily Double episode 1 produced, Master Build Log published. Nothing invented; see Record 01 for the dated history.
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This log is maintained by Mr. Kristian Brown, Founder & CEO of Kore. Last updated October 11, 2026.
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