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Who they are. Recursive backs Bitcoin companies across Africa, from mining and exchanges to wallets and Lightning infrastructure. Fund I closed in late 2024, with Jack Dorsey, Jeff Booth, and Pete Briger among its backers.

What we're building. A research engine their investors actually use: it pulls research on an industry or a company, drafts the write-up, and traces every claim back to its source so it can be checked. We scope the specifics with the fund before we build.

How the semester runs. The team kicked off on October 15 and works weekly through the end of the fall semester, finishing with a demo. Roles are being set now around who is on the team, so everyone owns a real piece of the work. See where we are.

What you don't need. You don't need to have built something like this before, and you don't need a particular major. It is a real project with real ambiguity, and we will be working a lot of it out together.