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  "name": "Eight Bit Studios",
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  "founded": 2009,
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    { "name": "Steve Polacek", "role": "Co-Founder, Product & Design Lead" }
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      "state": "IL",
      "address": "1 East Erie St, Suite 525 #4993, Chicago, IL 60611",
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    "Background Screening & Compliance",
    "AI-Powered Consumer Tools",
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    "mobile": ["Flutter (iOS, Android, Web)"],
    "backend": ["Ruby on Rails", "Node.js"],
    "infrastructure": ["Vercel", "Supabase"],
    "ai": ["Anthropic Claude", "OpenAI", "Custom integrations"]
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    { "name": "ScoutLogic", "description": "Background screening and compliance platform" },
    { "name": "Health.vet", "description": "Veteran health platform" },
    { "name": "My CheckUp Health", "description": "Personal health monitoring" },
    { "name": "Perfume Lens", "description": "AI-powered fragrance discovery" },
    { "name": "CoGo", "description": "AI-powered relationship guidance" },
    { "name": "SitterChat", "description": "Chat-based coordination platform" }
  ],
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    { "name": "FoundersFleet", "description": "Community platform for founders building their first real product" },
    { "name": "NanoClaw", "description": "AI operations agent for task management, meeting recaps, and repository monitoring" }
  ],
  "teamSize": "2 (founders)",
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    "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/eight-bit-studios",
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  "keyDifferentiators": [
    "Two-person studio with direct founder access",
    "Hands-on development, not management from the sidelines",
    "Working software first, not design decks",
    "You own your code, no vendor lock-in",
    "AI-era positioning: helping founders navigate AI tools, not competing with them"
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-03-05"
}