Status: STAGED DRAFT — Carter sends when ready
Channel: Sovereign's Capital deal-flow (sovereignscapital.com or direct LinkedIn outreach)
Mechanism: Verify current submission process — historically via website form or warm network intro
Voice: Faith-genuine, founder-to-investor, mission-first then metrics. Kaestner evaluates on faith alignment FIRST, then returns.
Blocking dependency: Verify Sovereign's Capital is actively deploying from Fund IV (closed July 2024). Confirm current deal-flow submission mechanism.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company | Genesis (legal entity: Day 7 PBC) |
| Stage | Seed / Pre-Series A |
| Founder | Carter Hill — sole founder, CEO |
| Structure | Public Benefit Corporation (Delaware) |
| Location | US-based, cloud infrastructure on AWS |
| Sector | AI / Enterprise Intelligence |
| Capital Raised | $0 — entirely self-funded to date |
| Revenue | Pre-revenue (platform operational, not yet commercialized) |
Genesis is a sovereign AI platform — meaning we own our models, our hardware, and our data pipeline end-to-end. No dependency on OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic APIs. The system runs on 8 NVIDIA H200 GPUs with a 397-billion-parameter model serving truth-first, uncensored intelligence.
Scale of what exists today:
Genesis exists because one conviction wouldn't let me rest: the technology that shapes how billions of people access truth should be built by someone who believes truth is real, transcendent, and knowable.
Every major AI system today is built by organizations that have explicitly decided there are things people shouldn't be allowed to think, examine, or question. That's not a neutral position — it's a theological one. And it's the wrong theology.
Our Nine Pillars (architectural first principles, not marketing):
Day 7 PBC is named for the seventh day of creation — rest, completion, the declaration that what was made is good. The company exists as a Public Benefit Corporation because building AI for human flourishing shouldn't be governed by exit timelines.
Your stated thesis: "Scaled technology companies are distinctly positioned to provide excellent financial returns and contribute to human flourishing."
Genesis is this thesis in its purest form:
Your portfolio gap: Sovereign's Capital has invested in Level3 AI ($13M seed, January 2026) and Ciphero AI (pre-seed, December 2025). You are actively deploying into AI. But you don't yet have a sovereign AI play — a company that owns its entire intelligence stack and has built it on explicitly faith-aligned principles. Genesis is that company.
Market: Organizations increasingly need AI they can trust — sovereign, auditable, uncensored, and aligned with their values rather than Big Tech's editorial positions. This includes enterprises, faith institutions, educational organizations, and governments.
Differentiation: No other AI company has:
Business model: Enterprise intelligence subscriptions, consulting engagements (paid discovery + retained intelligence), API access for aligned organizations.
A partner who understands that building AI for human flourishing is both a divine calling and a massive business opportunity. Sovereign's Capital's thesis — that faith-driven companies can produce both Kingdom impact and excellent returns — is exactly the conviction Genesis was built on.
I'm not looking for capital that comes with pressure to compromise on principles. I'm looking for capital that comes with conviction that these principles ARE the competitive advantage.
Carter Hill. Non-technical background — CEO, not engineer. Built Genesis through a combination of AI-assisted development methodology and relentless conviction. Fifteen years of preparation that looked like nothing from the outside. The scriptural pattern: prepared in obscurity, released at the appointed time.
What I lack in traditional credentials, the work speaks for: 18.1 million lines of code, 73,516 commits, 207 days, one person. The system runs. The thesis is operational, not theoretical.
Carter Hill
carter@day7.io
kaestner.myday7.com (personal page — your context on why Genesis matters)
Sovereign's Capital deal-flow process: The firm invests at Seed and Series A in faith-driven technology companies. Team requirement: Christ-follower leadership (this is an explicit investment criterion, not optional). Geographic focus: US and Southeast Asia.
Submit via: sovereignscapital.com (verify current form), or warm-intro through FDE/FDI network. Given the simultaneous FDE podcast application, these can reinforce each other — Kaestner sees the same founder through two channels organically.
Key: Do NOT position this as "please invest." Position as: "Here's what I've built, here's why it aligns with your thesis, here's where it's going. If this is something you'd want to explore, I'd welcome the conversation." Zero scarcity, zero pressure.
Prepared by HERALD_FORGE — Session 1325
All metrics traceable: 18.1M LOC (CLOC v1.90, Session 1270), Sovereign's Capital $1.28B AUM (Form ADV Dec 2025), Level3 AI / Ciphero AI investments (CBInsights/Tracxn verified), Fund IV close (BusinessWire July 2024).