Capitol Alpha Machine
Notable signalFree Mac screensavers built from congressional trade data
Launched 23d ago
Signal
55
Velocity
0
What this means
12.7×Growing 12.7× faster than the typical Design Tools launch.
Compared to 107 Design Tools launches at the same age.
-26%Category cooling: Apple.
Launches down 26% week-over-week.
17Founder Conviction Index: 17 — low signal.
Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.
Prediction
Top-5 finish probability
28%
today
Projected end-of-day votes
73range 55–99
Trajectory
stable
Vote pace holding steady.
Speed vs peers
12.7×
107 Design Tools launches
About
3 free macOS screensavers made from real U.S. congressional stock-trading disclosures. Each one is a scene from Capitol Alpha, a generative data piece in the stark black-and-white style of Ryoji Ikeda — pure black, monochrome white, monospace HUD, flat geometry, no glow. - The Ledger — disclosed trades scroll as a live register - Returns Spectrum — a spectrogram of trade timing and returns - Policy Proximity — committee jurisdiction mapped against the sectors members trade in
AI Summary
Capitol Alpha Machine offers three free macOS screensavers created from U.S. congressional stock-trading disclosures, featuring generative art in a monochrome style. The screensavers include a live register of disclosed trades, a spectrogram of trade timing and returns, and a mapping of committee jurisdiction against traded sectors.
Attention & discussion velocity
Performance
Velocity0
Vote pace vs average
Momentum0
Sustained over 6h
Virality0
Spread × engagement
Engagement5
Discussion per unit of attention
Signal sources
2 of 6 active- Launch tracking9 readings since we picked it up
- AI analysisDesign Tools
- Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
- Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
- Revenue signalsno match on this domain
- Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass
A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.