:root {
  --ink: #0b0f11;
  --ink-2: #111719;
  --paper: #f7f5f0;
  --muted: #aeb6b2;
  --line: rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.16);
  --yellow: #ffc928;
  --green: #00a269;
  --mist: #deefe5;
  --mono: "DM Mono", "SFMono-Regular", Consolas, monospace;
  --sans: "Manrope", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
}
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-padding-top: 90px;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
a {
  color: inherit;
}
.skip-link {
  position: fixed;
  z-index: 30;
  left: 12px;
  top: 8px;
  transform: translateY(-150%);
  padding: 12px 16px;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-weight: 800;
}
.skip-link:focus {
  transform: none;
}
.investor-nav {
  position: sticky;
  z-index: 20;
  top: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 80px;
  padding: 0 clamp(22px, 6vw, 110px);
  background: rgba(11, 15, 17, 0.94);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
}
.investor-nav > a:first-child {
  width: max-content;
}
.investor-nav img {
  display: block;
  width: 150px;
  height: auto;
}
.investor-nav nav {
  display: flex;
  gap: 34px;
}
.investor-nav nav a,
.nav-action {
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  font-weight: 750;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.nav-action {
  justify-self: end;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.55);
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 12px 19px;
  color: var(--yellow);
}
main > section,
footer {
  padding-inline: clamp(24px, 7vw, 120px);
}
.investor-hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 760px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.15fr) minmax(320px, 0.85fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6vw;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 78% 48%, rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.2), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(145deg, #0b0f11, #0c1513);
}
.investor-hero:after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: -180px;
  top: 120px;
  width: 700px;
  height: 700px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.22);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 110px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.06),
    0 0 0 220px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.035);
}
.hero-copy,
.signal-steward {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
}
.eyebrow {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: #77d7ad;
  font: 700 0.76rem/1.2 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.eyebrow span {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 30px;
  height: 1px;
  margin: 0 14px 4px 0;
  background: currentColor;
}
.eyebrow.yellow {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
h1,
h2,
h3,
p {
  margin-top: 0;
}
h1 {
  max-width: 850px;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 6.4vw, 7.2rem);
  line-height: 0.88;
  letter-spacing: -0.07em;
}
h1 em,
h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-style: normal;
}
h1 em {
  margin-top: 0.12em;
}
.lede {
  max-width: 740px;
  color: #cbd1cd;
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.7vw, 1.5rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.hero-actions {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
  margin: 34px 0 28px;
}
.button {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  min-height: 52px;
  padding: 14px 22px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 800;
}
.button.primary {
  background: var(--yellow);
  color: var(--ink);
}
.button.secondary {
  border: 1px solid rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.3);
}
.status,
.location {
  font: 650 0.75rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
}
.status {
  max-width: 760px;
  color: #aab6b0;
}
.status i {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--green);
  box-shadow: 0 0 16px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.9);
}
.location {
  margin-top: 10px;
  color: #7e8984;
}
.signal-steward {
  align-self: end;
  min-height: 620px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  justify-content: center;
}
.signal-steward img {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: min(390px, 80%);
  height: auto;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 34px 42px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6));
}
.signal-steward .threshold {
  position: absolute;
  left: 14%;
  right: 5%;
  top: 18%;
  bottom: 0;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.25);
  border-bottom: 0;
  border-radius: 260px 260px 0 0;
  background: linear-gradient(
    180deg,
    rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.035),
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.1)
  );
}
.signal-steward p {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 62px;
  width: 260px;
  padding: 20px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.5);
  border-radius: 18px;
  background: #0a0e10;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
}
.signal-steward b {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 700 0.65rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
}
.signal-steward span {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 760;
}
.gap-section {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.08fr) minmax(340px, 0.62fr);
  column-gap: clamp(56px, 7vw, 118px);
  row-gap: clamp(42px, 5vw, 72px);
  align-items: center;
  padding-block: 130px;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
}
.gap-argument {
  min-width: 0;
  max-width: 1080px;
}
h2 {
  font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 5.2vw, 6.3rem);
  line-height: 0.94;
  letter-spacing: -0.065em;
}
.gap-section h2 {
  max-width: 12ch;
  font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 5vw, 6.3rem);
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.gap-section h2 em {
  color: var(--green);
}
.gap-section .section-copy {
  max-width: 63ch;
  margin-top: clamp(32px, 3vw, 48px);
  color: #27322e;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.15vw, 1.18rem);
  line-height: 1.62;
}
.gap-section .section-copy p:first-child {
  max-width: 60ch;
}
.gap-section .section-copy p:last-child {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 55ch;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  padding: 18px 0 0 24px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14);
  font-size: 1.08em;
}
.gap-section .section-copy p:last-child::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 18px;
  bottom: 2px;
  left: 0;
  width: 3px;
  background: var(--green);
  content: "";
}
.gap-section .section-copy strong {
  color: var(--ink);
}
.gap-signal {
  min-width: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: clamp(34px, 4vw, 64px);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.16);
}
.gap-signal figcaption {
  display: grid;
  gap: 12px;
}
.gap-signal figcaption small,
.gap-signal-outcome small {
  color: #006c48;
  font: 750 0.68rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.13em;
}
.gap-signal figcaption strong {
  max-width: 9ch;
  font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 2.8vw, 3.6rem);
  line-height: 0.96;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
}
.gap-signal-field {
  position: relative;
  height: 260px;
  margin: 36px 0 30px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.13);
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 34px 34px;
}
.gap-signal-field::before {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  top: -15%;
  bottom: -15%;
  left: 8%;
  width: 28%;
  transform: skewX(-13deg);
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent,
    rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.13),
    transparent
  );
  content: "";
  animation: gap-signal-scan 4.8s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.directory-node {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 24px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.38);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 11px rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.035);
}
.directory-node::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 8px;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background: rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.38);
  content: "";
}
.node-one {
  top: 30%;
  left: 8%;
}
.node-two {
  top: 66%;
  left: 25%;
}
.node-three {
  top: 20%;
  left: 42%;
}
.node-four {
  top: 56%;
  left: 55%;
}
.signal-path {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  top: 49%;
  right: 14%;
  left: 10%;
  border-top: 1px dashed rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.34);
}
.resolved-signal {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  top: 50%;
  right: 8%;
  width: 64px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  border: 2px solid var(--green);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--paper);
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 11px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.09),
    0 0 0 23px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.045);
}
.resolved-signal::before {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 19px;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background: var(--green);
  box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.48);
  content: "";
}
.resolved-signal::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: -18px;
  width: 14px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--yellow);
  content: "";
}
.gap-signal-outcome {
  display: grid;
  gap: 7px;
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 19px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--green);
}
.gap-signal-outcome strong {
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 1.55vw, 1.65rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
}
.gap-signal-outcome span {
  color: #34403b;
  font: 700 0.75rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}
@keyframes gap-signal-scan {
  0%,
  16% {
    left: 2%;
    opacity: 0;
  }
  35% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  76%,
  100% {
    left: 70%;
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 1050px) {
  .gap-section {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    align-items: start;
  }
  .gap-section h2 {
    max-width: 14ch;
  }
  .gap-signal {
    width: min(100%, 760px);
    padding-top: 42px;
    padding-left: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.16);
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .gap-signal figcaption strong {
    max-width: 14ch;
  }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .gap-signal-field::before {
    animation: none;
  }
}
.mechanism,
.rules,
.evidence {
  padding-block: 125px;
}
.mechanism {
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #0b0f11, #101917);
}
.mechanism > h2,
.mechanism > .intro,
.rules > h2 {
  max-width: 980px;
}
.mechanism > .intro {
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font-size: 1.18rem;
}
.role-lines {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 1px;
  margin-top: 60px;
  background: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.role-lines article {
  padding: 48px;
  background: var(--ink-2);
}
.role-lines small,
.evidence small,
.thesis small {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 700 0.7rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.role-lines h3 {
  margin: 18px 0 12px;
  font-size: 2rem;
  line-height: 1.05;
}
.role-lines p {
  color: var(--muted);
}
.build-five {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.75fr 1.25fr;
  gap: 7vw;
  align-items: start;
  padding-block: 125px;
  background: #e3eee7;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.build-five h2 em {
  color: var(--green);
}
.build-copy {
  position: sticky;
  top: 115px;
}
.build-copy > p:not(.eyebrow):not(.boundary) {
  color: #26332d;
  font-size: 1.12rem;
}
.text-link {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 14px 0 22px;
  font-weight: 850;
}
.boundary {
  padding: 16px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--yellow);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
  font: 650 0.75rem/1.5 var(--mono);
}
.capture-stage {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 30px;
}
.capture-stage figure {
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(11, 15, 17, 0.18);
  border-radius: 34px;
  background: #0d1214;
  box-shadow: 0 20px 45px rgba(11, 15, 17, 0.16);
}
.capture-stage img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  max-height: 620px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: top;
}
.capture-stage figcaption {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 3px;
  padding: 18px 20px;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.capture-stage b {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 700 0.68rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.capture-stage span {
  font-size: 0.87rem;
  color: #b9c1bd;
}
.capture-stage figure:nth-child(even) {
  margin-top: 70px;
}
.rules {
  background: #0a0e10;
}
.rules h2 em {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.rules ol {
  counter-reset: rule;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 55px 0 24px;
  list-style: none;
}
.rules li {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 270px;
  padding: 86px 28px 28px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 22px;
  background: linear-gradient(
    145deg,
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03),
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.06)
  );
}
.rules li:before {
  counter-increment: rule;
  content: "0" counter(rule);
  position: absolute;
  left: 28px;
  top: 26px;
  color: var(--green);
  font: 700 0.76rem var(--mono);
}
.rules b {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
}
.rules li span {
  color: #9eaaa4;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
}
.marketplace-note {
  padding: 24px 28px;
  background: #14221d;
  color: #bec8c3;
}
.evidence {
  background: #0e1513;
}
.evidence-head {
  max-width: 980px;
}
.evidence-columns {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: 52px;
}
.evidence-columns article {
  padding: 38px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 24px;
}
.evidence-columns .verified {
  background: linear-gradient(
    145deg,
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.17),
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.035)
  );
}
.evidence-columns .planned {
  background: linear-gradient(
    145deg,
    rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.08),
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.02)
  );
}
.evidence ul {
  padding-left: 22px;
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  color: #c0c8c4;
}
.evidence li {
  margin: 12px 0;
}
.thesis {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.1fr 0.65fr;
  gap: 8vw;
  padding-block: 125px;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
}
.thesis > div > p:last-child {
  max-width: 820px;
  font-size: 1.13rem;
}
.thesis aside {
  align-self: end;
  padding: 38px;
  background: var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 24px;
}
.thesis aside small {
  color: #584400;
}
.thesis aside h3 {
  margin: 18px 0;
  font-size: 2rem;
  line-height: 1.05;
}
.access {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 0.85fr 1.15fr;
  gap: 8vw;
  padding-block: 130px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(
      circle at 12% 20%,
      rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.19),
      transparent 30%
    ),
    #0b0f11;
}
.access-intro {
  position: sticky;
  top: 120px;
  align-self: start;
}
.access-intro h2 {
  font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 4.5vw, 5.3rem);
}
.access-intro > p:not(.eyebrow):not(.access-boundary) {
  color: #b9c2bd;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
}
.access-boundary {
  margin-top: 36px;
  padding-top: 20px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: #89938e;
  font-size: 0.83rem;
}
.access-form {
  display: grid;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: clamp(28px, 4vw, 52px);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 30px;
  background: #111719;
}
.access-form label > span,
.access-form legend {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  font-weight: 760;
}
.access-form input,
.access-form select,
.access-form textarea {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 52px;
  padding: 14px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.25);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background: #090d0f;
  color: var(--paper);
  font: inherit;
}
.access-form textarea {
  min-height: 120px;
  resize: vertical;
}
.access-form input:focus,
.access-form select:focus,
.access-form textarea:focus {
  outline: 3px solid var(--yellow);
  outline-offset: 2px;
}
.access-form small {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 7px;
  color: #929d98;
}
.access-form fieldset {
  padding: 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 14px;
}
.radio-row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 10px 24px;
  margin-top: 14px;
}
.radio-row label {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
}
.radio-row input {
  width: 20px;
  min-height: 20px;
}
.privacy-copy {
  font-size: 0.86rem;
  color: #aeb7b2;
}
.access-form button {
  min-height: 54px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: var(--yellow);
  color: var(--ink);
  font: 850 1rem var(--sans);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.honeypot {
  position: absolute;
  left: -10000px;
}
.access-form i {
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #8f9995;
}
footer {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 30px;
  padding-block: 54px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: #96a09b;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
}
footer img {
  width: 120px;
}
footer div {
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}
footer a {
  font-weight: 700;
  text-decoration: none;
}
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .investor-nav {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    min-height: 68px;
    padding-inline: 20px;
  }
  .investor-nav img {
    width: 126px;
  }
  .investor-nav nav {
    display: none;
  }
  .nav-action {
    font-size: 0.75rem;
    padding: 10px 14px;
  }
  .investor-hero {
    min-height: auto;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    padding-top: 90px;
  }
  .signal-steward {
    min-height: 500px;
  }
  .signal-steward img {
    width: min(330px, 75%);
  }
  .signal-steward p {
    right: 2%;
    bottom: 34px;
  }
  .gap-section,
  .build-five,
  .thesis,
  .access {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .gap-section,
  .mechanism,
  .build-five,
  .rules,
  .evidence,
  .thesis,
  .access {
    padding-block: 82px;
  }
  .build-copy,
  .access-intro {
    position: static;
  }
  .role-lines,
  .evidence-columns {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .rules ol {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  }
  .capture-stage {
    margin-top: 30px;
  }
  footer {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  footer div {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  main > section,
  footer {
    padding-inline: 20px;
  }
  .investor-hero {
    padding-top: 72px;
  }
  .investor-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.15rem, 15vw, 5.2rem);
  }
  .hero-actions {
    align-items: stretch;
    flex-direction: column;
  }
  .button {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .status {
    font-size: 0.66rem;
  }
  .signal-steward {
    min-height: 420px;
  }
  .signal-steward img {
    width: 270px;
  }
  .signal-steward p {
    width: 210px;
    padding: 15px;
  }
  .gap-section h2,
  .mechanism h2,
  .build-five h2,
  .rules h2,
  .evidence h2,
  .thesis h2,
  .access h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 12vw, 4rem);
  }
  .role-lines article {
    padding: 30px;
  }
  .capture-stage {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 18px;
  }
  .capture-stage figure:nth-child(even) {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
  .capture-stage img {
    max-height: 520px;
  }
  .rules ol {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .rules li {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 58px 22px 24px;
  }
  .rules li:before {
    top: 21px;
    left: 22px;
  }
  .access-form {
    padding: 24px 18px;
  }
  .radio-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  }
  footer div {
    display: grid;
    gap: 8px;
  }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html {
    scroll-behavior: auto;
  }
  *,
  *::before,
  *::after {
    animation: none !important;
    transition: none !important;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: two deliberate role signals converge into one commitment gate. */
.mechanism-head {
  max-width: 980px;
}
.mechanism-head > .intro {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin-top: 34px;
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font-size: 1.18rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.commitment-system {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: clamp(54px, 6vw, 96px);
  margin-top: clamp(62px, 7vw, 92px);
}
.role-signal {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 34px 0 42px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.customer-signal {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.62);
}
.professional-signal {
  border-top-color: rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.62);
}
.role-signal::after {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -54px;
  left: 50%;
  width: 1px;
  height: 54px;
  background: var(--line);
  content: "";
}
.customer-signal::after {
  background: linear-gradient(var(--yellow), rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.18));
}
.professional-signal::after {
  background: linear-gradient(var(--green), rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.18));
}
.role-signal header {
  max-width: 620px;
}
.role-signal header > small,
.commitment-gate small {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 700 0.7rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.professional-signal header > small {
  color: #4ad7a0;
}
.role-signal h3 {
  margin: 18px 0 12px;
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 2.35vw, 2.55rem);
  line-height: 1.05;
}
.role-signal p {
  max-width: 52ch;
  color: var(--muted);
}
.signal-controls {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  margin: 32px 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
  list-style: none;
}
.signal-controls li {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 20px 18px 22px;
}
.signal-controls li + li {
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.signal-controls small,
.signal-controls strong {
  display: block;
}
.signal-controls small {
  margin-bottom: 9px;
  color: #8f9a95;
  font: 700 0.7rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.signal-controls strong {
  font-size: clamp(0.92rem, 1.08vw, 1.08rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
}
.commitment-gate {
  position: relative;
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(28px, 4vw, 54px);
  align-items: center;
  width: min(100%, 980px);
  margin: 14px auto 0;
  padding: clamp(30px, 4vw, 48px) 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.5);
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent,
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.09),
    transparent
  );
}
.commitment-gate::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: -69px;
  right: 25%;
  left: 25%;
  height: 69px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
  content: "";
}
.gate-mark {
  position: relative;
  width: clamp(76px, 8vw, 108px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 2px solid var(--green);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.07),
    0 0 30px rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.12);
}
.gate-mark::before,
.gate-mark::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  width: 22px;
  border-top: 2px solid;
  content: "";
}
.gate-mark::before {
  right: calc(100% + 2px);
  border-color: var(--yellow);
}
.gate-mark::after {
  left: calc(100% + 2px);
  border-color: var(--green);
}
.gate-mark span {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 29%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--green);
  box-shadow: 0 0 22px rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.52);
}
.gate-mark span::before,
.gate-mark span::after {
  position: absolute;
  inset: -5px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 197, 128, 0.58);
  border-radius: inherit;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  content: "";
  animation: commitment-warm-pulse 2.8s cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.7, 0.3, 1) infinite;
}
.gate-mark span::after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.38);
  animation-delay: 160ms;
}
@keyframes commitment-warm-pulse {
  0% {
    transform: scale(0.72);
    opacity: 0;
  }
  16% {
    opacity: 0.58;
  }
  72%,
  100% {
    transform: scale(1.62);
    opacity: 0;
  }
}
.commitment-gate h3 {
  margin: 11px 0 10px;
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 3.7vw, 4rem);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
}
.commitment-gate p {
  max-width: 64ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #b7c1bc;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.58;
}
.capability-note {
  max-width: 980px;
  margin: 30px auto 0;
  color: #84908b;
  text-align: center;
  font: 700 0.7rem/1.6 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .commitment-system {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 30px;
  }
  .role-signal::after {
    bottom: -30px;
    left: 24px;
    height: 30px;
  }
  .commitment-gate {
    grid-column: auto;
    margin-top: 0;
  }
  .commitment-gate::before {
    top: -30px;
    right: auto;
    left: 24px;
    width: 1px;
    height: 30px;
    border: 0;
    background: linear-gradient(var(--yellow), var(--green));
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .mechanism-head > .intro {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .role-signal {
    padding: 26px 0 30px;
  }
  .role-signal h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 7vw, 1.9rem);
  }
  .signal-controls {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .signal-controls li {
    padding: 16px 0;
  }
  .signal-controls li + li {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .commitment-gate {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    padding-block: 30px;
  }
  .gate-mark {
    width: 76px;
  }
  .commitment-gate h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 12vw, 3.2rem);
  }
  .commitment-gate p {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .capability-note {
    text-align: left;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: authentic Build 9 captures presented as complete mobile evidence. */
.build-five {
  display: block;
  padding-block: 125px;
  background: #e3eee7;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.build-five h2 em {
  color: var(--green);
}
.build-copy {
  position: static;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.1fr) minmax(300px, 0.62fr);
  gap: clamp(42px, 7vw, 120px);
  align-items: end;
}
.build-heading,
.build-context {
  min-width: 0;
}
.build-context > p:first-child {
  max-width: 56ch;
  margin-bottom: 28px;
  color: #26332d;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.3vw, 1.22rem);
  line-height: 1.62;
}
.build-five .text-link,
.build-five .boundary {
  margin: 0;
}
.capture-provenance {
  display: grid;
  gap: 7px;
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.18);
}
.capture-provenance b,
.capture-provenance span {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.capture-provenance b {
  color: #006c48;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
}
.capture-provenance span {
  color: #405049;
  font-size: 0.67rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.capture-index,
.capture-instruction {
  display: none;
}
.capture-stage {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: clamp(22px, 2.4vw, 40px);
  align-items: start;
  margin: clamp(64px, 7vw, 100px) 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.capture-stage > li {
  min-width: 0;
  scroll-margin-top: 110px;
}
.capture-stage figure,
.capture-stage figure:nth-child(even) {
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
  margin: 0;
  overflow: visible;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.phone-frame {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 0;
  isolation: isolate;
  width: min(100%, 310px);
  padding: 9px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55);
  border-radius: 38px;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #30383a, #070a0b 72%);
  box-shadow:
    0 28px 54px rgba(11, 15, 17, 0.22),
    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.32);
  transition: transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.7, 0.3, 1);
}
.phone-frame::before {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  inset: -14px -16px -20px;
  border-radius: 48px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(
      ellipse at 50% 70%,
      rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.38) 0%,
      rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.14) 42%,
      transparent 72%
    ),
    radial-gradient(
      ellipse at 52% 84%,
      rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.16) 0%,
      transparent 58%
    );
  filter: blur(16px);
  opacity: 0.3;
  transform: scale(0.98);
  transform-origin: 50% 68%;
  pointer-events: none;
  content: "";
  transition:
    opacity 280ms ease,
    transform 280ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.7, 0.3, 1);
}
.phone-frame::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20%;
  right: -4px;
  width: 3px;
  height: 54px;
  border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
  background: #171d1f;
  content: "";
}
@keyframes capture-signal-relay {
  0%,
  20%,
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
  8%,
  12% {
    transform: translate3d(0, -3px, 0);
  }
}
@keyframes capture-signal-halo {
  0%,
  20%,
  100% {
    opacity: 0.3;
    transform: scale(0.98);
  }
  8%,
  12% {
    opacity: 0.58;
    transform: scale(1.02);
  }
}
@media (min-width: 681px) and (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
  .capture-stage > li:nth-child(1) {
    --capture-signal-delay: 0s;
  }
  .capture-stage > li:nth-child(2) {
    --capture-signal-delay: 4s;
  }
  .capture-stage > li:nth-child(3) {
    --capture-signal-delay: 8s;
  }
  .capture-stage > li:nth-child(4) {
    --capture-signal-delay: 12s;
  }
  .capture-stage .phone-frame {
    animation: capture-signal-relay 16s cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.7, 0.3, 1)
      var(--capture-signal-delay) infinite both;
  }
  .capture-stage .phone-frame::before {
    animation: capture-signal-halo 16s ease-in-out var(--capture-signal-delay)
      infinite both;
  }
  .capture-stage:hover .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage:focus-within .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage:hover .phone-frame::before,
  .capture-stage:focus-within .phone-frame::before {
    animation-play-state: paused;
  }
  .capture-stage figure:hover .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage figure:focus-within .phone-frame {
    animation: none;
    transform: translate3d(0, -3px, 0);
  }
  .capture-stage figure:hover .phone-frame::before,
  .capture-stage figure:focus-within .phone-frame::before {
    animation: none;
    opacity: 0.62;
    transform: scale(1.02);
  }
}
.phone-screen {
  overflow: hidden;
  aspect-ratio: 9 / 20;
  border-radius: 30px;
  background: #080b0c;
}
.capture-stage .phone-screen img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  max-height: none;
  object-fit: contain;
  object-position: center;
}
.capture-stage figcaption {
  display: grid;
  gap: 8px;
  width: min(100%, 310px);
  padding: 22px 4px 0;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.capture-stage b {
  color: #006c48;
  font: 700 0.68rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.capture-stage strong {
  font-size: clamp(1.18rem, 1.45vw, 1.55rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}
.capture-stage span {
  color: #3f4d47;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.capture-stage figcaption > a {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 44px;
  margin-top: 5px;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 850;
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}
.capture-stage figcaption > a span {
  margin-left: 6px;
  color: inherit;
}
.capture-stage figcaption > a:focus-visible,
.capture-index a:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--yellow);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}
.prototype-note {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 28px;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: clamp(60px, 6vw, 88px);
  padding-top: 30px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.18);
}
@media (max-width: 1050px) {
  .build-copy {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .build-context {
    max-width: 720px;
  }
  .capture-stage {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    row-gap: 64px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .capture-index {
    position: sticky;
    z-index: 5;
    top: 68px;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
    margin: 44px -20px 0;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border-block: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14);
    background: rgba(227, 238, 231, 0.94);
    backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
  }
  .capture-index a {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    min-height: 48px;
    color: var(--ink);
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .capture-index a + a {
    border-left: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14);
  }
  .capture-index b {
    color: #006c48;
    font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
  }
  .capture-index span {
    font-size: 0.67rem;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  .capture-instruction {
    display: block;
    margin: 16px 0 0;
    color: #405049;
    font-size: 0.82rem;
  }
  .capture-stage {
    grid-template-columns: none;
    grid-auto-columns: min(84vw, 340px);
    grid-auto-flow: column;
    gap: 18px;
    margin: 24px -20px 0;
    padding: 0 20px 24px;
    overflow-x: auto;
    overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;
    scroll-padding-inline: 20px;
    scroll-snap-type: inline mandatory;
    scrollbar-color: var(--green) rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.08);
  }
  .capture-stage > li {
    scroll-margin-top: 148px;
    scroll-snap-align: start;
  }
  .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage figcaption {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .phone-frame {
    border-radius: 42px;
  }
  .prototype-note {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: lifecycle rules and evidence unified as the KNOQ trust ledger. */
.trust-ledger {
  padding-block: 125px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(
      circle at 78% 22%,
      rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.09),
      transparent 30%
    ),
    linear-gradient(180deg, #0a0e10 0%, #0b1210 100%);
  color: var(--paper);
}
.trust-ledger h2 em {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.rules-layout,
.evidence-ledger {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(320px, 0.68fr) minmax(0, 1.18fr);
  gap: clamp(64px, 8vw, 140px);
  align-items: start;
}
.rules-intro,
.evidence-head {
  position: sticky;
  top: 112px;
  align-self: start;
}
.rules-intro h2,
.evidence-head h2 {
  max-width: 8.5ch;
}
.rules-observation {
  max-width: 35ch;
  margin: clamp(34px, 4vw, 52px) 0 0;
  padding: 18px 0 0 22px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.42);
  color: #c1c9c5;
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.2vw, 1.16rem);
  line-height: 1.62;
}
.rules-rail {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.rules-rail::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 35px;
  bottom: 35px;
  left: 24px;
  width: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--yellow), var(--green));
  content: "";
}
.rules-rail li {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(160px, 0.46fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(28px, 4vw, 60px);
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 164px;
  padding: 28px 0 32px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.rules-rail li:last-child {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.rule-phase {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 48px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 14px;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 0;
}
.rule-phase b {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 48px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #0a0e10;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.045);
}
.rules-rail li:nth-child(n + 3) .rule-phase b {
  border-color: var(--green);
  color: #5ce0aa;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.07);
}
.rule-phase span {
  color: #8f9a95;
  font: 700 0.68rem/1.45 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
}
.rule-copy h3 {
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.1vw, 2.15rem);
  line-height: 1.04;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
}
.rule-copy p {
  max-width: 55ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.marketplace-boundary {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(180px, 0.3fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(28px, 6vw, 100px);
  align-items: start;
  margin: clamp(54px, 7vw, 92px) 0 0;
  padding: 28px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.38);
}
.marketplace-boundary small {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 750 0.7rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.marketplace-boundary p {
  max-width: 86ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #c1c9c5;
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.evidence-checkpoint {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(230px, 0.38fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(34px, 7vw, 110px);
  align-items: center;
  margin: clamp(90px, 10vw, 150px) 0;
  padding: 34px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.48);
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent,
    rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.08),
    transparent
  );
}
.evidence-checkpoint p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #62d6a7;
  font: 750 0.72rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.evidence-checkpoint strong {
  max-width: 34ch;
  font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 2.3vw, 2.5rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -0.04em;
}
.evidence-ledger {
  scroll-margin-top: 100px;
}
.evidence-head > p:last-child {
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin: clamp(30px, 4vw, 46px) 0 0;
  color: #b7c1bc;
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.evidence-register {
  min-width: 0;
}
.evidence-group {
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
}
.evidence-group + .evidence-group {
  margin-top: clamp(52px, 6vw, 76px);
}
.evidence-group h3 {
  max-width: 48ch;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 20px;
  font: 750 clamp(0.76rem, 0.92vw, 0.9rem)/1.55 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.evidence-group.demonstrated h3 {
  color: #70dfb1;
}
.evidence-group.outstanding h3 {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.evidence-group ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  list-style: none;
}
.evidence-group li {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 54px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  align-items: start;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 17px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: #c7ceca;
  font-size: 0.96rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.evidence-group li > span {
  color: #85918b;
  font: 750 0.7rem/1.7 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
}
.evidence-group.demonstrated li > span {
  color: #59c99c;
}
.evidence-group.outstanding li > span {
  color: #d9ad36;
}
.evidence-boundary {
  margin: clamp(50px, 6vw, 76px) 0 0;
  padding: 22px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.34);
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font: 700 0.7rem/1.65 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .rules-layout,
  .evidence-ledger {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 48px;
  }
  .rules-intro,
  .evidence-head {
    position: static;
  }
  .rules-intro h2,
  .evidence-head h2 {
    max-width: 11ch;
  }
  .rules-rail li {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(150px, 0.38fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .marketplace-boundary,
  .evidence-checkpoint {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .evidence-checkpoint {
    gap: 18px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .trust-ledger {
    padding-block: 82px;
  }
  .rules-rail::before {
    left: 23px;
  }
  .rules-rail li {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 20px;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 26px 0 28px;
  }
  .rule-copy {
    padding-left: 62px;
  }
  .rule-copy h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 7vw, 1.9rem);
  }
  .rule-copy p {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .marketplace-boundary {
    margin-top: 50px;
  }
  .evidence-checkpoint {
    margin-block: 76px;
  }
  .evidence-checkpoint strong {
    font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 8vw, 2.15rem);
  }
  .evidence-group li {
    grid-template-columns: 42px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 12px;
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .evidence-boundary {
    font-size: 0.68rem;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: investor hero, local-density thesis and private reception. */
.investor-hero {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.08fr) minmax(340px, 0.72fr);
  gap: clamp(46px, 6vw, 98px);
  min-height: 740px;
  padding-block: 64px 34px;
}
.investor-hero .hero-copy {
  min-width: 0;
}
.hero-meta {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 0;
  max-width: 780px;
  margin-top: clamp(28px, 3vw, 40px);
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.hero-meta .status,
.hero-meta .location {
  display: grid;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 64px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 13px 18px;
}
.hero-meta .status {
  grid-template-columns: auto 52px minmax(0, 1fr);
}
.hero-meta .location {
  grid-template-columns: 52px minmax(0, 1fr);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.hero-meta b {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.hero-meta span {
  color: #9da8a2;
}
.investor-hero .hero-actions {
  margin: 24px 0 0;
}
figure.signal-steward {
  align-self: center;
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
  gap: 18px;
  min-height: 0;
  margin: 0;
}
.norb-portrait {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  place-items: end center;
  width: min(100%, 410px);
}
.norb-portrait .threshold {
  inset: 13% 3% 0 3%;
  border-radius: 260px 260px 0 0;
}
figure.signal-steward img {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 34px 42px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.56));
  animation: norb-levitate 6.4s ease-in-out -2.8s infinite;
  will-change: transform;
}

/* Reuse the restrained Norb elevation established across KNOQ. */
@keyframes norb-levitate {
  0%,
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 6px, 0);
  }
  50% {
    transform: translate3d(0, -8px, 0);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  figure.signal-steward img {
    animation: none;
    transform: none;
    will-change: auto;
  }
}
figure.signal-steward figcaption {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 3;
  display: grid;
  gap: 7px;
  width: min(100%, 330px);
  margin: 0;
  padding: 17px 20px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.5);
  border-radius: 18px;
  background: #0a0e10;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28);
}
figure.signal-steward figcaption b {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 700 0.65rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
}
figure.signal-steward figcaption span {
  font-size: 0.98rem;
  font-weight: 760;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

/* Density before distance: a market thesis, not another yellow card. */
.thesis {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.02fr) minmax(320px, 0.58fr);
  gap: clamp(56px, 8vw, 132px);
  align-items: center;
  padding-block: 125px;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
}
.thesis-copy {
  min-width: 0;
}
.thesis-copy h2 {
  max-width: 12ch;
}
.thesis .thesis-copy > p:last-child {
  max-width: 65ch;
  margin-top: clamp(34px, 4vw, 52px);
  color: #2d3934;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.25vw, 1.18rem);
  line-height: 1.68;
}
.density-thesis {
  min-width: 0;
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: clamp(34px, 4vw, 64px);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.18);
}
.density-thesis figcaption small,
.density-outcome small {
  color: #006c48;
  font: 750 0.68rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.density-thesis figcaption h3 {
  max-width: 9ch;
  margin: 14px 0 0;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 2.8vw, 3.4rem);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}
.density-field {
  position: relative;
  width: min(100%, 390px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  margin: 34px auto;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.13);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle, rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.12), transparent 63%);
  background-size:
    30px 30px,
    30px 30px,
    auto;
}
.density-ring {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 50%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.38);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
.density-ring.ring-one {
  width: 48%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
}
.density-ring.ring-two {
  width: 78%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border-color: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.33);
}
.density-core {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 112px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  border: 2px solid var(--green);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.08),
    0 0 28px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.16);
}
.density-gate {
  position: absolute;
  padding: 7px 9px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.2);
  background: rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.94);
  color: #425048;
  font: 750 0.58rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
}
.gate-response {
  top: 13%;
  left: 14%;
}
.gate-completion {
  top: 27%;
  right: 5%;
}
.gate-repeat {
  right: 14%;
  bottom: 12%;
}
.density-outcome {
  display: grid;
  gap: 6px;
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 18px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--green);
}
.density-outcome strong {
  max-width: 27ch;
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.5vw, 1.4rem);
  line-height: 1.16;
}
.thesis .commercial-hypothesis {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(210px, 0.32fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(34px, 7vw, 112px);
  align-items: start;
  margin-top: clamp(18px, 4vw, 56px);
  padding: 30px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(179, 132, 0, 0.42);
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
}
.commercial-hypothesis > small {
  color: #725500;
  font: 750 0.68rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.commercial-hypothesis h3 {
  max-width: 30ch;
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  font-size: clamp(1.65rem, 2.3vw, 2.35rem);
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
}
.commercial-hypothesis p {
  max-width: 82ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #3c443f;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

.commercial-hypothesis .model-link {
  min-height: 48px;
  width: fit-content;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  border-radius: 13px;
  background: #116c40;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 0 18px;
  font-weight: 800;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.commercial-hypothesis .model-link:hover {
  background: #0c5733;
}

/* The investor room is a private reception, not a generic form card. */
.access {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.84fr) minmax(0, 1.16fr);
  gap: clamp(58px, 8vw, 132px);
  align-items: start;
  padding-block: 130px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 16% 8%, rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.19), transparent 30%),
    #0b0f11;
}
.access::before {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  top: 70px;
  right: -240px;
  width: 760px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.16);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 105px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.045),
    0 0 0 210px rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.025);
  content: "";
  pointer-events: none;
}
.access-intro,
.access-reception {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  min-width: 0;
}
.access-intro {
  position: static;
  max-width: 660px;
}
.access-intro h2 {
  max-width: 10ch;
}
.access-intro .access-lede {
  max-width: 42ch;
  margin-top: 32px;
  color: #c1cac5;
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.35vw, 1.25rem);
  line-height: 1.68;
}
.access-lede strong {
  color: var(--paper);
}
.access-trust-line {
  max-width: 39ch;
  margin: 28px 0 0;
  padding: 18px 0 0 22px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.42);
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-weight: 760;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.access-next {
  margin-top: clamp(48px, 6vw, 72px);
}
.access-next > h3 {
  margin: 0 0 18px;
  color: #78d9b0;
  font: 750 0.72rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.access-next ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  list-style: none;
}
.access-next li {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 44px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 18px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.access-next li > span {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 750 0.7rem/1.6 var(--mono);
}
.access-next li p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #aeb8b3;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.access-next li b {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 3px;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.nda-note {
  margin-top: 42px;
  padding: 24px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.4);
}
.nda-note small {
  color: #70dfb1;
  font: 750 0.68rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.nda-note p {
  margin: 14px 0;
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  line-height: 1.62;
}
.nda-note a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  color: var(--paper);
  font-weight: 800;
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}
.access-intro .access-boundary {
  margin-top: 32px;
  padding-top: 20px;
  color: #89938e;
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.access-reception {
  padding-top: 28px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--yellow);
}
.reception-head {
  margin-bottom: 44px;
}
.reception-head > p {
  margin: 0 0 13px;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 750 0.7rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.11em;
}
.reception-head h3 {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  font-size: clamp(2.3rem, 3.5vw, 4.2rem);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
}
.reception-head > span {
  color: #b5bfba;
  font-size: 1.08rem;
}
.reception-signals {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px 20px;
  margin-top: 26px;
  padding-block: 14px;
  border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.reception-signals b {
  color: #89958f;
  font: 700 0.64rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.reception-signals b::before {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 6px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  margin-right: 8px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--green);
  content: "";
}
.access-form {
  display: block;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: transparent;
}
.form-chapter {
  padding: 30px 0 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.form-chapter + .form-chapter {
  margin-top: 44px;
}
.form-chapter > header {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 46px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  align-items: start;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.form-chapter > header > span {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 42px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font: 750 0.7rem var(--mono);
}
.form-chapter:nth-of-type(n + 2) > header > span {
  border-color: var(--green);
  color: #6edbae;
}
.form-chapter h4 {
  margin: 0 0 5px;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
}
.form-chapter header p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #8f9a95;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}
.form-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 24px 18px;
}
.form-grid > *,
.field-interest {
  min-width: 0;
}
.access-form label > span,
.access-form legend {
  margin-bottom: 9px;
  color: #dfe4e1;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
}
.access-form input,
.access-form select,
.access-form textarea {
  min-height: 56px;
  border-color: rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.3);
  background: rgba(7, 11, 12, 0.78);
}
.access-form textarea {
  min-height: 138px;
}
.field-overlap {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 22px 0 0;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 0;
}
.radio-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 10px;
}
.radio-row label {
  min-height: 48px;
  padding: 10px 13px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.22);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background: rgba(7, 11, 12, 0.55);
}
.radio-row label:has(input:checked) {
  border-color: var(--yellow);
  background: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.09);
}
.form-submit {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 28px;
  align-items: end;
  margin-top: 48px;
  padding-top: 28px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.4);
}
.form-submit .privacy-copy {
  max-width: 62ch;
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.form-submit > div {
  display: grid;
  justify-items: end;
  gap: 9px;
}
.access-form .form-submit button {
  min-width: 240px;
  min-height: 56px;
  padding: 14px 24px;
}
.form-submit > div > small {
  max-width: 34ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #818d87;
  text-align: right;
  line-height: 1.45;
}
.access-form button:focus-visible,
.button:focus-visible,
.nav-action:focus-visible,
.privacy-copy a:focus-visible,
.nda-note a:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--yellow);
  outline-offset: 3px;
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .investor-hero,
  .thesis,
  .access {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .investor-hero {
    gap: 44px;
    min-height: 0;
    padding-block: 72px;
  }
  figure.signal-steward {
    width: min(100%, 430px);
    justify-self: center;
  }
  .norb-portrait {
    width: min(300px, 72vw);
  }
  .hero-meta {
    max-width: none;
  }
  .thesis,
  .access {
    gap: 58px;
  }
  .density-thesis {
    width: min(100%, 720px);
    padding-top: 42px;
    padding-left: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.18);
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .thesis .commercial-hypothesis {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
  .access-intro {
    max-width: 760px;
  }
  .access-reception {
    width: min(100%, 820px);
  }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hero-meta {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .hero-meta .location {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .thesis .commercial-hypothesis {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 18px;
  }
  .form-grid,
  .form-submit {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .field-overlap {
    grid-column: auto;
  }
  .form-submit > div,
  .form-submit > div > small {
    justify-items: stretch;
    text-align: left;
  }
  .access-form .form-submit button {
    width: 100%;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .investor-hero {
    gap: 34px;
    padding-top: 48px;
    padding-bottom: 64px;
  }
  .investor-hero h1 {
    max-width: 11ch;
    font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 13vw, 4rem);
    line-height: 0.94;
    letter-spacing: -0.055em;
    text-wrap: balance;
  }
  .investor-hero .lede {
    font-size: 1.05rem;
  }
  .hero-meta .status,
  .hero-meta .location {
    min-height: 58px;
    padding-inline: 12px;
    font-size: 0.74rem;
  }
  .investor-hero .hero-actions {
    margin-top: 20px;
  }
  .investor-hero .button {
    width: 100%;
  }
  figure.signal-steward {
    grid-template-columns: 105px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 12px;
    width: 100%;
  }
  .norb-portrait {
    width: 105px;
  }
  .norb-portrait .threshold {
    inset: 5% -4% 0;
    border-radius: 80px 80px 0 0;
  }
  figure.signal-steward figcaption {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 15px 16px;
  }
  figure.signal-steward figcaption span {
    font-size: 0.92rem;
  }
  .thesis-copy h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 12vw, 4rem);
  }
  .density-thesis figcaption h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 10vw, 3rem);
  }
  .density-field {
    width: min(100%, 330px);
  }
  .density-core {
    width: 92px;
  }
  .density-gate {
    font-size: 0.52rem;
  }
  .access {
    padding-block: 82px;
  }
  .access-intro h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 11vw, 3.7rem);
  }
  .access-next li {
    grid-template-columns: 38px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 12px;
  }
  .reception-head {
    margin-bottom: 36px;
  }
  .reception-head h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 12vw, 3.4rem);
  }
  .reception-signals {
    display: grid;
  }
  .form-chapter {
    padding-top: 26px;
  }
  .form-chapter + .form-chapter {
    margin-top: 36px;
  }
  .radio-row {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .radio-row label {
    min-height: 48px;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: leadership mobile edit — one evidence-led conversation, not stacked desktop decks. */
:root {
  --investor-nav-h: 80px;
  --page-gutter: clamp(24px, 7vw, 120px);
}
main > section,
footer {
  padding-inline: var(--page-gutter);
}
.investor-nav {
  min-height: var(--investor-nav-h);
}
.nav-action {
  min-height: 44px;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.hero-meta {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
}
.hero-meta .status,
.hero-meta .evidence-state,
.hero-meta .location {
  display: grid;
  align-items: center;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 68px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 13px 16px;
  font: 650 0.75rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.055em;
}
.hero-meta .status {
  grid-template-columns: auto 54px minmax(0, 1fr);
}
.hero-meta .evidence-state,
.hero-meta .location {
  grid-template-columns: 72px minmax(0, 1fr);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.hero-meta .evidence-state b {
  color: #6edbae;
}
.hero-meta .evidence-state span {
  color: #a9b4ae;
}
.access {
  grid-template-areas:
    "intro reception"
    "disclosure reception";
}
.access-intro {
  grid-area: intro;
}
.access-reception {
  grid-area: reception;
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--investor-nav-h) + 20px);
}
.access-disclosure {
  grid-area: disclosure;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  max-width: 660px;
}
.access-disclosure .access-next {
  margin-top: 24px;
}
.access-disclosure .access-boundary {
  margin-top: 32px;
  padding-top: 20px;
  color: #89938e;
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.founder-accountability {
  display: grid;
  gap: 7px;
  margin-top: 34px;
  padding: 22px 0 0 22px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.4);
  border-left: 3px solid var(--green);
}
.founder-accountability small {
  color: #70dfb1;
  font: 750 0.7rem/1.45 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.founder-accountability strong {
  color: var(--paper);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
}
.founder-accountability span {
  max-width: 44ch;
  color: #aeb8b3;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.reception-signals b,
.capture-index span,
.evidence-boundary,
.capability-note {
  font-size: max(0.72rem, 11.5px);
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  :root {
    --investor-nav-h: 68px;
  }
  .access {
    grid-template-areas:
      "intro"
      "reception"
      "disclosure";
  }
  .build-five,
  .trust-ledger,
  .thesis,
  .access {
    padding-block: 96px;
  }
  .access-disclosure {
    width: min(100%, 760px);
    max-width: none;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hero-meta {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .hero-meta .status,
  .hero-meta .evidence-state,
  .hero-meta .location {
    grid-template-columns: 78px minmax(0, 1fr);
    min-height: 58px;
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .hero-meta .status {
    grid-template-columns: auto 62px minmax(0, 1fr);
  }
  .hero-meta .evidence-state,
  .hero-meta .location {
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  }
  .prototype-note .text-link,
  .privacy-copy a,
  footer div a {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    min-height: 44px;
  }
}

/* Keep the authentic phone evidence comfortably phone-sized through small tablets. */
@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .capture-index {
    position: sticky;
    z-index: 5;
    top: var(--investor-nav-h);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
    margin: 44px calc(-1 * var(--page-gutter)) 0;
    padding: 7px var(--page-gutter);
    border-block: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14);
    background: rgba(227, 238, 231, 0.96);
    backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
  }
  .capture-index a {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 48px;
    color: var(--ink);
    text-decoration: none;
  }
  .capture-index a + a {
    border-left: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14);
  }
  .capture-index b {
    color: #006c48;
    font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
  }
  .capture-index span {
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  .capture-instruction {
    display: block;
    margin: 14px 0 0;
    color: #405049;
    font-size: 0.84rem;
  }
  .capture-stage {
    grid-template-columns: none;
    grid-auto-columns: min(84vw, 340px);
    grid-auto-flow: column;
    gap: 18px;
    margin: 22px calc(-1 * var(--page-gutter)) 0;
    padding: 0 var(--page-gutter) 24px;
    overflow-x: auto;
    overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;
    scroll-padding-inline: var(--page-gutter);
    scroll-snap-type: inline mandatory;
    scrollbar-color: var(--green) rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.08);
  }
  .capture-stage > li {
    scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--investor-nav-h) + 80px);
    scroll-snap-align: start;
  }
  .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage figcaption {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .prototype-note {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
  :root {
    --page-gutter: 20px;
  }
  .investor-nav {
    padding-inline: 16px;
  }
  .investor-nav img {
    width: 120px;
  }
  .investor-hero {
    gap: 38px;
    padding-top: 44px;
    padding-bottom: 76px;
  }
  .investor-hero .eyebrow,
  .build-five .eyebrow,
  .trust-ledger .eyebrow,
  .thesis .eyebrow,
  .access .eyebrow {
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }
  .investor-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 13vw, 3.45rem);
    line-height: 0.95;
  }
  .investor-hero .lede,
  .mechanism-head > .intro,
  .gap-section .section-copy,
  .thesis .thesis-copy > p:last-child {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .hero-meta .status,
  .hero-meta .evidence-state,
  .hero-meta .location {
    padding: 13px 10px;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
  }
  figure.signal-steward {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    justify-items: center;
    gap: 20px;
    width: 100%;
  }
  .norb-portrait {
    width: min(230px, 68vw);
  }
  .norb-portrait .threshold {
    inset: 8% -5% 0;
    border-radius: 170px 170px 0 0;
  }
  figure.signal-steward figcaption {
    width: min(100%, 300px);
    padding: 16px 18px;
  }
  figure.signal-steward figcaption span {
    font-size: 0.95rem;
  }
  .gap-section,
  .mechanism,
  .build-five,
  .trust-ledger,
  .thesis,
  .access {
    padding-block: 76px;
  }
  .gap-section h2,
  .build-five h2,
  .trust-ledger .rules-intro h2,
  .access h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.45rem, 11.5vw, 3.15rem);
  }
  .mechanism h2,
  .evidence-head h2,
  .thesis-copy h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.15rem, 10vw, 2.8rem);
  }
  .gap-signal-field {
    height: 220px;
    margin-block: 28px 24px;
  }
  .commitment-system {
    gap: 24px;
    margin-top: 48px;
  }
  .role-signal {
    padding-block: 24px 26px;
  }
  .signal-controls {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    margin-top: 24px;
  }
  .signal-controls li {
    padding: 13px 8px 15px;
  }
  .signal-controls li + li {
    border-top: 0;
    border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
  }
  .signal-controls small {
    font-size: 0.62rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  }
  .signal-controls strong {
    font-size: 0.82rem;
    line-height: 1.25;
  }
  .commitment-gate {
    grid-template-columns: 58px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 18px;
    padding-block: 26px;
  }
  .gate-mark {
    width: 56px;
  }
  .gate-mark::before,
  .gate-mark::after {
    display: none;
  }
  .commitment-gate h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.85rem, 9vw, 2.35rem);
  }
  .capability-note {
    margin-top: 22px;
  }
  .capture-index {
    margin-top: 36px;
  }
  .capture-stage figcaption {
    padding-top: 18px;
  }
  .rules-layout,
  .evidence-ledger {
    gap: 36px;
  }
  .marketplace-boundary {
    margin-top: 42px;
  }
  .evidence-checkpoint {
    margin-block: 58px;
  }
  .evidence-group + .evidence-group {
    margin-top: 46px;
  }
  .density-thesis {
    padding-top: 32px;
  }
  .density-field {
    width: min(100%, 300px);
    margin-block: 28px;
  }
  .density-core {
    width: 84px;
  }
  .density-gate {
    max-width: 92px;
    padding: 6px 8px;
    font-size: 0.66rem;
    line-height: 1.25;
    text-align: center;
  }
  .gate-response {
    top: 10%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }
  .gate-completion {
    top: auto;
    right: auto;
    bottom: 10%;
    left: 8%;
  }
  .gate-repeat {
    right: 8%;
    bottom: 10%;
  }
  .access {
    gap: 44px;
  }
  .access-intro .access-lede {
    margin-top: 24px;
    font-size: 1.02rem;
  }
  .access-trust-line {
    margin-top: 22px;
  }
  .founder-accountability {
    margin-top: 28px;
    padding-top: 18px;
  }
  .access-reception {
    padding-top: 22px;
  }
  .reception-head {
    margin-bottom: 28px;
  }
  .reception-head h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 10vw, 2.8rem);
  }
  .reception-signals {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    margin-top: 20px;
  }
  .form-chapter {
    padding-top: 22px;
  }
  .form-chapter + .form-chapter {
    margin-top: 28px;
  }
  .form-chapter > header {
    grid-template-columns: 34px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 12px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
  }
  .form-chapter > header > span {
    width: 32px;
  }
  .access-form input,
  .access-form select,
  .access-form textarea {
    font-size: 16px;
  }
  .form-submit {
    margin-top: 36px;
  }
  .access-disclosure {
    padding-top: 22px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  }
  .access-disclosure .access-next {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 360px) {
  .investor-nav {
    padding-inline: 14px;
  }
  .investor-nav img {
    width: 116px;
  }
  .nav-action {
    padding-inline: 12px;
    font-size: 0.72rem;
  }
}

/* Two-item subpage headers still place their action at the far edge. */
.investor-nav > .nav-action:nth-child(2) {
  grid-column: 3;
}
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .investor-nav > .nav-action:nth-child(2) {
    grid-column: 2;
  }
}

/* 2026-08-22: evidence horizon — product proof, market proof and launch readiness. */
.evidence-ledger {
  display: block;
  scroll-margin-top: calc(var(--investor-nav-h) + 24px);
}
.evidence-head {
  position: static;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.05fr) minmax(320px, 0.62fr);
  grid-template-areas:
    "eyebrow eyebrow"
    "title bridge"
    "title wit";
  column-gap: clamp(56px, 8vw, 132px);
  align-items: start;
}
.evidence-head .eyebrow {
  grid-area: eyebrow;
}
.evidence-head h2 {
  grid-area: title;
  max-width: 10.5ch;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.evidence-head .evidence-bridge {
  grid-area: bridge;
  display: grid;
  gap: 14px;
  max-width: 46ch;
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 8px;
}
.evidence-bridge strong {
  color: var(--paper);
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 1.85vw, 2rem);
  line-height: 1.2;
  letter-spacing: -0.025em;
}
.evidence-bridge span {
  color: #b7c1bc;
  font-size: 1.03rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.evidence-head .evidence-wit {
  grid-area: wit;
  max-width: 42ch;
  margin: 30px 0 0;
  padding: 18px 0 0 22px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.42);
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 760;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.evidence-register {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  margin-top: clamp(70px, 8vw, 112px);
}
.evidence-horizon {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 142px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(26px, 3.2vw, 54px);
  align-items: stretch;
}
.evidence-lane {
  min-width: 0;
  padding-top: 26px;
}
.product-evidence {
  border-top: 2px solid #70dfb1;
}
.market-evidence {
  border-top: 2px dashed rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.78);
}
.evidence-lane > header {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 14px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 14px;
  min-height: 150px;
  padding-bottom: 24px;
}
.evidence-state-mark {
  width: 10px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  margin-top: 6px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.product-evidence .evidence-state-mark {
  background: #70dfb1;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 7px rgba(112, 223, 177, 0.08),
    0 0 22px rgba(112, 223, 177, 0.35);
}
.market-evidence .evidence-state-mark {
  border: 1px solid var(--yellow);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.06);
}
.evidence-lane header small,
.evidence-lane header p,
.evidence-lane li small,
.launch-readiness small {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-weight: 750;
  letter-spacing: 0.085em;
}
.evidence-lane header small {
  color: #70dfb1;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
}
.market-evidence header small {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.evidence-lane header h3 {
  max-width: 15ch;
  margin: 10px 0 14px;
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 2.8vw, 3.15rem);
  line-height: 0.98;
  letter-spacing: -0.05em;
}
.evidence-lane header p {
  max-width: 52ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #89958f;
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.evidence-lane ul,
.launch-readiness ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.evidence-lane li {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 42px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  align-items: start;
  min-height: 100px;
  padding: 18px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: #d2d8d4;
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.evidence-lane li:last-child {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.evidence-lane li > span {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 38px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid currentColor;
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: #70dfb1;
  font: 750 0.68rem var(--mono);
}
.market-evidence li > span {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.evidence-lane li small {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  color: #89958f;
  font-size: 0.68rem;
  line-height: 1.35;
}
.evidence-threshold {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  align-content: center;
  justify-items: center;
  gap: 24px;
  min-width: 0;
  padding-inline: 8px;
  text-align: center;
}
.evidence-threshold::before {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 50%;
  width: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(
    #70dfb1 0 43%,
    rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.2) 43% 57%,
    var(--yellow) 57% 100%
  );
  content: "";
}
.evidence-threshold > span {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: block;
  width: 62px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid var(--paper);
  border-top-color: #70dfb1;
  border-bottom-color: var(--yellow);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #0a0e10;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 10px rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.035),
    0 0 34px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.12);
}
.evidence-threshold > span::before,
.evidence-threshold > span::after {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  width: 20px;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  border-top: 2px solid;
  content: "";
}
.evidence-threshold > span::before {
  top: 22px;
  border-color: #70dfb1;
}
.evidence-threshold > span::after {
  bottom: 22px;
  border-color: var(--yellow);
}
.evidence-threshold p {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  gap: 5px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 12px 7px;
  background: #0a0e10;
  font: 750 0.67rem/1.45 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.evidence-threshold strong {
  color: #70dfb1;
}
.evidence-threshold b {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.launch-readiness {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(250px, 0.44fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(44px, 7vw, 110px);
  align-items: start;
  margin-top: clamp(70px, 8vw, 112px);
  padding-block: 32px;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.22);
}
.launch-readiness > header small {
  color: #aab5af;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
}
.launch-readiness h3 {
  max-width: 16ch;
  margin: 12px 0 0;
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 2.6vw, 2.8rem);
  line-height: 1.02;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
}
.launch-readiness ul {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.launch-readiness li {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 20px 20px 22px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: #c5cdc8;
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.launch-readiness li:nth-child(even) {
  padding-left: 20px;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.launch-readiness li small {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-size: 0.68rem;
}
.evidence-register > .evidence-boundary {
  margin-top: clamp(58px, 7vw, 88px);
  padding: 24px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.44);
  color: #c1c9c5;
  font-size: 0.72rem;
}
@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .evidence-head {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-areas:
      "eyebrow"
      "title"
      "bridge"
      "wit";
    gap: 0;
  }
  .evidence-head h2 {
    max-width: 11ch;
  }
  .evidence-head .evidence-bridge {
    margin-top: 34px;
  }
  .evidence-head .evidence-wit {
    margin-top: 26px;
  }
  .evidence-horizon {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 44px;
  }
  .evidence-lane > header {
    min-height: 0;
  }
  .evidence-threshold {
    grid-template-columns: 68px minmax(0, 1fr);
    justify-items: start;
    gap: 20px;
    padding: 24px 0;
    border-block: 1px solid var(--line);
    text-align: left;
  }
  .evidence-threshold::before {
    top: 50%;
    right: 0;
    bottom: auto;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(
      90deg,
      #70dfb1,
      rgba(243, 241, 234, 0.2),
      var(--yellow)
    );
  }
  .evidence-threshold > span {
    width: 58px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold p {
    padding-inline: 12px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .launch-readiness {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 28px;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .evidence-head .evidence-bridge {
    margin-top: 28px;
  }
  .evidence-bridge strong {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }
  .evidence-bridge span,
  .evidence-head .evidence-wit {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .evidence-register {
    margin-top: 54px;
  }
  .evidence-horizon {
    gap: 34px;
  }
  .evidence-lane {
    padding-top: 20px;
  }
  .evidence-lane > header {
    padding-bottom: 18px;
  }
  .evidence-lane header h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 10vw, 2.65rem);
  }
  .evidence-lane header p,
  .evidence-lane li small,
  .launch-readiness small {
    font-size: 0.72rem;
  }
  .evidence-lane li {
    grid-template-columns: 36px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 12px;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 16px 0 19px;
    font-size: 1rem;
  }
  .evidence-lane li > span {
    width: 34px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold {
    grid-template-columns: 56px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 14px;
    padding-block: 20px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold > span {
    width: 50px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold > span::before {
    top: 18px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold > span::after {
    bottom: 18px;
  }
  .evidence-threshold p {
    font-size: 0.7rem;
  }
  .launch-readiness {
    margin-top: 58px;
    padding-block: 26px;
  }
  .launch-readiness h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 9vw, 2.35rem);
  }
  .launch-readiness ul {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
  .launch-readiness li,
  .launch-readiness li:nth-child(even) {
    padding: 17px 0;
    border-left: 0;
  }
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .product-evidence,
  .market-evidence,
  .evidence-lane li,
  .launch-readiness,
  .launch-readiness li,
  .evidence-register > .evidence-boundary {
    border-color: CanvasText;
  }
  .evidence-state-mark,
  .evidence-threshold > span {
    forced-color-adjust: auto;
  }
}

/* The Build 9 captures remain authentic evidence; only their atmosphere moves. */
@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .phone-frame {
    transform: none;
    box-shadow:
      0 24px 48px rgba(11, 15, 17, 0.24),
      0 0 0 1px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.16),
      0 0 28px rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.12),
      inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.32);
  }
  .phone-frame::before {
    display: none;
  }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .capture-stage figure:hover .phone-frame,
  .capture-stage figure:focus-within .phone-frame {
    transform: none;
  }
  .phone-frame::before {
    opacity: 0.32;
    transform: none;
  }
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .phone-frame::before {
    display: none;
  }
}

/* KNOQ investor customer journey — 22 August 2026 */
.customer-journey {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: clamp(92px, 11vw, 158px) 0 0;
  padding: clamp(78px, 8vw, 118px) clamp(24px, 7vw, 120px);
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 88% 12%, rgba(0, 162, 105, 0.22), transparent 28%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 9% 74%, rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.08), transparent 31%),
    #0b0f11;
  color: var(--paper);
}
.customer-journey::before {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: 24%;
  right: -16%;
  width: 48vw;
  max-width: 680px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 1px solid rgba(119, 215, 173, 0.1);
  border-radius: 50%;
  content: "";
}
.customer-journey > header {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.72fr) minmax(280px, 0.38fr);
  grid-template-areas:
    "eyebrow copy"
    "title copy";
  gap: 0 clamp(44px, 8vw, 120px);
  align-items: end;
}
.customer-journey > header .eyebrow {
  grid-area: eyebrow;
  color: #77d7ad;
}
.customer-journey > header h3 {
  grid-area: title;
  max-width: 13ch;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 5vw, 6rem);
  line-height: 0.94;
  letter-spacing: -0.06em;
}
.customer-journey > header > p:last-child {
  grid-area: copy;
  max-width: 48ch;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  color: #c3ccc7;
  font-size: 1.08rem;
}
.journey-signal-map {
  position: relative;
  margin-top: clamp(58px, 7vw, 92px);
}
.journey-inputs {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(150px, 0.42fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(16px, 2vw, 30px);
  align-items: center;
}
.journey-input {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 7px 18px;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 17px 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.16);
}
.journey-input small,
.journey-input strong,
.journey-convergence b,
.journey-phases span,
.journey-recovery span {
  font-family: var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.journey-input small {
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-size: 0.64rem;
  font-weight: 760;
}
.journey-input strong {
  color: var(--paper);
  font-size: clamp(0.76rem, 1vw, 0.92rem);
}
.professional-input {
  text-align: right;
}
.professional-input small {
  color: #77d7ad;
}
.journey-convergence {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(14px, 1fr) auto minmax(14px, 1fr);
  gap: 10px;
  align-items: center;
  color: #dce8e1;
}
.journey-convergence i {
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, var(--yellow));
}
.journey-convergence i:last-child {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #77d7ad, transparent);
}
.journey-convergence b {
  font-size: 0.58rem;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.journey-phases {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 2px;
  margin-top: clamp(42px, 5vw, 68px);
}
.journey-phases span {
  padding: 11px 14px;
  border-top: 2px solid;
  background: rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.04);
  font-size: 0.56rem;
  font-weight: 760;
  text-align: center;
}
.journey-phases .signal-quality {
  grid-column: span 2;
  border-color: var(--yellow);
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.journey-phases .transaction-integrity {
  border-color: #f7f5f0;
  color: #f7f5f0;
}
.journey-phases .private-fulfilment {
  grid-column: span 3;
  border-color: #77d7ad;
  color: #77d7ad;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: clamp(14px, 1.5vw, 26px);
  margin: 24px 0 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol::before {
  position: absolute;
  top: 43px;
  right: 5%;
  left: 5%;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--yellow) 0 35%, #f7f5f0 48%, #77d7ad 64% 100%);
  content: "";
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  min-width: 0;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li::after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 39px;
  right: -4px;
  width: 8px;
  height: 8px;
  border-top: 2px solid #77d7ad;
  border-right: 2px solid #77d7ad;
  content: "";
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li:last-child::after {
  display: none;
}
.journey-node {
  display: grid;
  width: 86px;
  height: 86px;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr;
  place-items: center;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  padding: 12px 10px 10px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.72);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #0b0f11;
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.journey-node b {
  font: 760 0.55rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.journey-node svg {
  width: 29px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  stroke-width: 1.45;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li:nth-child(n + 4) .journey-node {
  border-color: rgba(119, 215, 173, 0.72);
  color: #77d7ad;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li > div {
  position: relative;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li small {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 9px;
  color: #77d7ad;
  font: 760 0.62rem var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li strong {
  display: block;
  max-width: 15ch;
  margin-bottom: 11px;
  color: var(--paper);
  font-size: clamp(0.98rem, 1.15vw, 1.18rem);
  line-height: 1.27;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > li p {
  max-width: 24ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: #a8b3ad;
  font-size: clamp(0.78rem, 0.85vw, 0.9rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > .is-commitment {
  margin: -16px -8px -24px;
  padding: 16px 8px 24px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.16), rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.03));
}
.is-commitment .journey-node {
  border-color: var(--yellow);
  background: var(--yellow);
  color: #0b0f11;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 9px rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.09), 0 0 36px rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.18);
}
.journey-signal-map > ol > .is-commitment small {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
.journey-recovery {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 57ch;
  margin: 58px auto 0;
  padding: 18px 24px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--yellow);
  background: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.07);
}
.journey-recovery::before {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 100%;
  left: 50%;
  height: 58px;
  border-left: 1px dashed rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.58);
  content: "";
}
.journey-recovery span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  color: var(--yellow);
  font-size: 0.62rem;
  font-weight: 760;
}
.journey-recovery p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #d2dad6;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.journey-thesis {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.35fr) minmax(260px, 0.65fr);
  gap: clamp(28px, 5vw, 76px);
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: clamp(54px, 7vw, 92px);
  padding: clamp(28px, 4vw, 46px) 0;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.18);
}
.journey-thesis strong {
  max-width: 28ch;
  color: var(--paper);
  font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 2.5vw, 3rem);
  line-height: 1.04;
  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
}
.journey-thesis p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #aeb9b3;
  line-height: 1.6;
}
.journey-truth {
  max-width: 104ch;
  margin: 26px 0 0;
  color: #9ea9a4;
  font: 700 0.66rem/1.65 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.055em;
}
.journey-truth b {
  color: var(--yellow);
}
@media (max-width: 1050px) {
  .journey-phases {
    display: none;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 54px 28px;
    margin-top: 54px;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol::before,
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li::after {
    display: none;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li {
    padding-top: 18px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.16);
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > .is-commitment {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 18px 14px 24px;
    border-top-color: var(--yellow);
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li strong,
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li p {
    max-width: 30ch;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .journey-inputs {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 8px;
  }
  .journey-input,
  .professional-input {
    text-align: left;
  }
  .journey-convergence {
    width: min(100%, 310px);
    margin: 2px auto;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 42px;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol::before {
    display: block;
    top: 22px;
    bottom: 22px;
    left: 28px;
    width: 1px;
    height: auto;
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--yellow), #77d7ad);
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li,
  .journey-signal-map > ol > .is-commitment {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 66px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 0 16px;
    min-height: 146px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 16px 0 28px;
    border-top: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(239, 242, 234, 0.13);
    background: none;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > .is-commitment {
    margin-inline: -10px;
    padding-inline: 10px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.13), transparent 74%);
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li > .journey-node {
    z-index: 1;
    width: 57px;
    height: 57px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 7px;
  }
  .journey-node svg {
    width: 20px;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li strong,
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li p {
    max-width: none;
  }
  .journey-recovery {
    margin: 34px 0 0 66px;
  }
  .journey-recovery::before {
    top: 20px;
    right: 100%;
    bottom: auto;
    left: auto;
    width: 36px;
    height: 0;
    border-top: 1px dashed rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.58);
    border-left: 0;
  }
  .journey-thesis {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }
}
@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .journey-input {
    display: block;
  }
  .journey-input small,
  .journey-input strong {
    display: block;
  }
  .journey-input strong {
    margin-top: 4px;
  }
  .journey-thesis strong {
    font-size: 1.65rem;
  }
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .journey-input,
  .journey-phases span,
  .journey-node,
  .journey-signal-map > ol > li,
  .journey-recovery,
  .journey-thesis {
    border-color: CanvasText;
  }
  .journey-signal-map > ol::before,
  .journey-convergence i {
    background: CanvasText;
  }
}


/* 2026-08-22 production investor snapshot, mobile navigation and accessibility pass. */
.investor-mobile-menu { display: none; position: relative; }
.investor-mobile-menu summary {
  display: inline-flex; min-width: 54px; min-height: 44px; align-items: center;
  justify-content: center; border: 1px solid rgba(247, 245, 240, 0.25);
  border-radius: 999px; color: var(--paper); cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 800; list-style: none;
}
.investor-mobile-menu summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.investor-mobile-menu[open] summary { border-color: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.65); color: var(--yellow); }
.investor-mobile-menu > div {
  position: fixed; z-index: 220; top: 80px; right: 0; left: 0; display: grid;
  padding: 14px 20px 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(247, 245, 240, 0.14);
  background: rgba(9, 11, 13, 0.98); box-shadow: 0 24px 44px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
}
.investor-mobile-menu a {
  display: flex; min-height: 48px; align-items: center;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(247, 245, 240, 0.1);
  color: var(--paper); font-size: 15px; font-weight: 750; text-decoration: none;
}
.investor-snapshot {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px; padding: clamp(30px, 4vw, 54px) clamp(24px, 7vw, 120px);
  background: #0a0e10; color: var(--paper);
}
.investor-snapshot > * {
  min-width: 0; min-height: 118px; padding: 20px 22px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(247, 245, 240, 0.12);
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(0, 151, 102, 0.1), rgba(247, 245, 240, 0.02));
}
.investor-snapshot p { margin: 0; }
.investor-snapshot p strong { display: block; margin-top: 9px; font-size: 1.18rem; }
.investor-snapshot a { color: var(--paper); text-decoration: none; }
.investor-snapshot a:hover, .investor-snapshot a:focus-visible {
  border-color: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.62); background: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.075);
}
.investor-snapshot small {
  display: block; color: var(--yellow); font: 700 0.7rem/1.35 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
}
.investor-snapshot b { display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 0.96rem; line-height: 1.45; }
.form-error-summary {
  margin: 0 0 20px; padding: 13px 15px; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.55);
  border-radius: 10px; background: rgba(255, 201, 40, 0.08);
  color: var(--paper); font-size: 0.9rem; font-weight: 750;
}
.form-error-summary[hidden] { display: none; }
/* Darker editorial colours provide readable contrast on porcelain and mist surfaces. */
.gap-section .eyebrow.yellow, .build-five .eyebrow.yellow { color: #6b5200; }
.gap-section h2 em, .build-five h2 em { color: #006647; }
.gap-section .section-copy, .build-five .build-copy > p { color: #26332d; }
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .investor-nav { grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto; gap: 12px; }
  .investor-nav > nav { display: none; }
  .investor-nav > nav.utility-home-nav { display: flex; justify-self: end; }
  .investor-mobile-menu { display: block; justify-self: end; }
}
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .investor-snapshot { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); padding-inline: 20px; }
  .investor-snapshot > * { min-height: 108px; padding: 16px; }
}
@media (max-width: 680px) {
  .investor-mobile-menu > div { top: 68px; }
  .capture-index { position: static !important; top: auto !important; }
  .investor-snapshot { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .investor-snapshot > * { min-height: 0; }
  .investor-snapshot p strong, .investor-snapshot b { font-size: 0.92rem; }
  .hero-meta span, .capture-index a, .evidence-boundary, .journey-truth,
  .access-boundary, .privacy-copy, .form-submit small { font-size: 0.78rem; }
}
@media (max-width: 390px) {
  .investor-nav { padding-inline: 12px; }
  .investor-nav > a:first-child img { width: 112px; }
  .investor-nav .nav-action { padding-inline: 10px; font-size: 11px; }
  .investor-mobile-menu summary { min-width: 48px; font-size: 11px; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .investor-snapshot a { transition: none; }
}


/* Public privacy notices use the investor editorial system with calmer reading widths. */
.privacy-notice { min-height: calc(100vh - 80px); align-items: start; padding-top: clamp(130px, 14vw, 190px); }
.privacy-notice h1 { margin: 0; font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 6.2vw, 6.8rem); line-height: 0.95; letter-spacing: -0.065em; }
.privacy-notice h1 em { display: block; color: #006647; font-style: normal; }
.privacy-version { margin-top: 24px; color: #52625a; font: 700 0.75rem/1.5 var(--mono); }
.privacy-sections { max-width: 760px; }
.privacy-sections h2 { margin: 32px 0 8px; font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 2vw, 1.8rem); letter-spacing: -0.03em; }
.privacy-sections h2:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.privacy-sections p { margin: 0 0 16px; color: #26332d; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.7; }
.privacy-sections a:not(.button) { color: #005c42; font-weight: 750; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .privacy-notice { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 44px; padding: 110px 22px 72px; }
  .privacy-notice h1 { font-size: clamp(3rem, 14vw, 5rem); }
  .privacy-sections p { font-size: 0.98rem; }
}

/* Brand review, September 2026: readable text, intact controls and narrow reflow. */
.privacy-notice .knoq-wordmark-text,
.gap-argument .knoq-wordmark-text,
.gap-section .section-copy .knoq-wordmark-text,
.build-copy .knoq-wordmark-text,
.thesis-copy .knoq-wordmark-text,
.commercial-hypothesis p .knoq-wordmark-text {
  color: inherit !important;
}
.commercial-hypothesis .model-link {
  max-width: 100%;
  padding-block: 12px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}
.commercial-hypothesis .model-link > span { flex: 0 0 auto; }
.privacy-sections { min-width: 0; }
.privacy-sections a { overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.privacy-notice h1 { text-wrap: balance; }
.privacy-notice h1 em[style] { color: #006647 !important; }
.access-form input[aria-invalid="true"],
.access-form select[aria-invalid="true"],
.access-form textarea[aria-invalid="true"] {
  border-color: var(--yellow);
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .capture-index { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 0; }
  .capture-index a { padding: 10px 8px; min-height: 64px; }
  .capture-index a:nth-child(odd) { border-left: 0; }
  .capture-index a:nth-child(n + 3) { border-top: 1px solid rgba(8, 14, 13, 0.14); }
  .capture-index span { font-size: 0.875rem; text-transform: none; }
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .privacy-notice .knoq-wordmark-text,
  .gap-argument .knoq-wordmark-text,
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