SEAB-ALIGNED · BUILT IN SG · 2026

Command Your Learning.

Verdict is built for serious students who want to engineer their own learning. Transparent retrieval hedging against hallucination. Logic gate reasoning to expose weaknesses. Citation-grade auditability. Designed by a power user, for power users - we never dilute the process.

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WALKTHROUGH
Read-only product preview - new access is closed.
Verdict.
CHAMBERS
DRILL · PED
QUIZ · KEYNES
CHAT · MARKET FAILURE
PROGRESS
VERDICTS
DRILL · QUESTION 04
Why is the PED for restaurant meals likely greater than 1?
§ 01 - What sets it apart

Three commitments. Architectural.

These aren't features you can bolt on. They're decisions that shape the entire product surface. Competitors structurally can't match them without rebuilding from the core.

01 · Retrieval

Source-tagged retrieval, open citation chunks.

verdict.sources / open by default

Every answer carries the source chunks it was built on. You can read them. You can disagree with them. You can copy the citation into your essay. There is no "trust us, the model knows" - because the model doesn't, and pretending otherwise is the original sin of AI tutoring.

SHOWN ON EVERY ANSWER§ 4.2.1 · CHONG & TAN · w 0.72
A good is price-elastic when |%ΔQd| > |%ΔP|. Restaurant meals tend to be elastic - discretionary, substitutable, time-deferrable.
02 · Teaching

Reverse Drill - just-in-time teaching.

verdict.mode = "drill"

Most tutors front-load the content, then test you on it. Verdict presents the question first. You attempt. You stumble. The teaching arrives at the moment of cognitive readiness - when the brain is asking, not when the curriculum says.

CONVENTIONAL
Read 8 pages → take quiz.
↓ retention curve breaks at 48h
REVERSE DRILL
Attempt → stumble → taught.
↑ retention curve holds at 30d
03 · Audit

Logic gate reasoning.

verdict.cite("§4.2.1")

Each exam reasoning is structured in boxes and arrows - content and reasoning respectively. Verdict points out whether a misconception is a lack of content knowledge or reasoning chain to pinpoint how to snatch back the points you lost.

// The difference between prose tutoring and meta analysis.

§ 02 - The rest

…and the parts that make it good.

The three differentiators are architectural. These are craft. Built because the founder uses Verdict daily to study for his own A-Levels.

Chambers

Mode wheel

Drill, Quiz, Chat, Past-Paper, etc - everything interlinked and intelligent.

Dashboard

Progress, in mastery

Proficiency tracking by sub-topic. Color-coded attempt history. Failure modes are signal, not red marks.

Voice

Tone presets

Analytical (default) · Executive · Conversational · Mentor · Drill Sergeant. Pick how you're spoken to.

Panel

Citation drawer

Source chunks live in a side panel you can pin, copy from, dismiss. The chunks are first-class UI, not an afterthought.

Subject · H2 Economics 9570Model · Haiku (free) / Sonnet 4.5 (pro)Expansion · H2 Math · GP - Q1 2027Cohort · private candidates · RJC alumni · self-directed learners
§ 03 - The Lichess principle

Why do serious players prefer Lichess over Chess.com?

Lichess shows you the engine eval. Win probability after every move. The score of every line you didn't play. Chess.com hides the math behind a "premium" wall and a friendlier interface. Both are popular. Only one is preferred by serious players.

The same divide exists in AI tutoring, and most products are on the wrong side of it for serious learners.

DIMENSIONVerdictTutorlyAstraPenseumPallo
Citation transparencychunks visiblechunks hiddenchunks hiddenchunks hiddenchunks hidden
Teaching approachjust-in-timefront-loadedfront-loadedfront-loadedfront-loaded
Response lengthunconstrainedcappedcappedcappedcapped
Data layerportable (VOSE ID)locked-inlocked-inlocked-inlocked-in
Architectureopen API + ref impl.closedclosedclosedclosed

Lichess didn't win by being faster than Chess.com. It won by trusting its users to want the truth. Verdict is built on the same bet.

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§ 04 - Who's building

Built by a 19-year-old sitting his own A-Levels.

I'm Lucas. I'm sitting and re-taking the GCE A-levels in November 2026 as a private candidate. ADHD, a desperate proclivity towards entrepreneurship, and a chronic illness prevented me from effort in my years in RJC. Self directed since, and I aim on empowering others to do so too.

Verdict started as my own study tool. The version I needed didn't exist, so I built it. It turned out other people needed it too. So I kept going, in public, in parallel with studying.

It's not the polished narrative of a 40-year-old EdTech founder with a PhD and a deck. It's a 19-year-old who wanted a better way to study and refused to wait for someone else to build it.

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§ 05 - Pricing

Two tiers. No tricks.

The original tier structure remains documented for context. New invitations, accounts, and subscriptions are closed while the project is on hold.

FREE - INVITATION ONLY
S$0

Previously invitation-only. New invitations and account registrations are closed.

  • Haiku 4.5 model
  • Drill & Quiz modes
  • Citation panel
  • VOSE ID portability
  • Discord community access
Invitations closed
PRO
▼ ANNUAL · S$229 (–34%)
S$29/ month

The full Verdict surface for the people who study with it daily. No feature gated for "enterprise reasons."

  • Sonnet 4.5 model · prompt caching
  • All modes incl. Reverse Drill
  • Full citation panel · open chunks
  • Progress dashboard · all tone presets
  • Direct line to the founder
Subscriptions closed

// no third tier. enterprise pricing is a wedge-2 conversation, not a wedge-1 promise.

See the full pricing page →
§ 06 - Project status

Project paused.

Verdict is on hold. The public pages remain online as a read-only record, but no new students, parents, tutors, or educators are being onboarded.

  • 01No account registrations or invitations
  • 02No pilot applications or waitlist submissions
  • 03No subscriptions or checkout links
  • 04No form submissions are collected
Project status · read-onlyON HOLD

Access is closed.

Verdict is currently paused. New accounts, pilot applications, invitations, subscriptions, and other submissions are not being accepted.

// This page remains online as a read-only project overview. No form data is collected.

Command your learning.

Most products want you to relax. This one wants you to engage. Pick the side of the divide you want to be on.

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