MLAI ACCELERATOR WORKSHEET — 10 SEPTEMBER 2026 Editable text. Sources require rechecking by 17 September 2026, 00:00 Sydney time. No application, investment recommendation, independent review or alumni interview is claimed. COMPLETED FICTIONAL RECORD MLAI ACCELERATOR EVIDENCE RECORD FICTIONAL TEACHING EXAMPLE — edits do not make it a real interview, application or outcome. Editorial checklist, not an admission/success predictor or legal/financial advice. No application is submitted. Programme: Startmate — fictional HarbourBrief assessment Cohort: Published 25 January–29 April 2027 dates; EOI route only observed Source check: 10 September 2026 public source snapshot, not provider confirmation for this team Review trigger: Recheck the source by 17 September, and reconsider only if founder commitment and attendance change Evidence summary: 2 of 8 items supported by your entries. Documented mismatch — resolve before treating this as a fit. Support matches our actual constraint Status: Partly supported Evidence / URL / uncertainty: HarbourBrief needs to learn whether quoting-workflow buyers will provide suitable data. Customer support is described, but access to this buyer has not been confirmed. Every eligibility requirement is met Status: Not met / unacceptable Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Fictional assumption: both Sydney founders keep full-time outside jobs. Startmate requires at least one co-founder working on the startup full time. Source: https://www.startmate.com/writing/startmate-accelerator-investment-terms-101 Complete terms are understood and acceptable Status: Partly supported Evidence / URL / uncertainty: The public cash/cap headline was read. No actual offer documents or independent advice have been obtained; future ownership and obligations remain unassessed. Attendance and opportunity costs are acceptable Status: Not met / unacceptable Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Fictional founders cannot commit three in-person weeks. Planning arithmetic only: 2 founders × 4 hours × 12 weeks = 96 founder-hours, plus 8 application and 24 travel hours = 128. Actual required hours and cash costs are unknown; these are not provider estimates. Relevant support and access are substantiated Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: No named mentor, customer access or availability confirmed for this team. Relevant alumni evidence has been assessed Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: No alumni contacted and no interviews or quotations claimed. A specific alternative has been compared Status: Supported (my evidence) Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Within the fictional scenario, the founders compared a smaller customer/data-access investigation with the programme commitment. No experiment results are invented. A decision rule and review trigger are recorded Status: Supported (my evidence) Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Defer until a founder can commit full time and the attendance/terms questions are resolved; then reassess against the actual offer. Decision / reason: Defer under the stated assumptions. Neither founder will work on the startup full time, and three in-person weeks cannot be committed. Do not submit an application on the strength of the investment headline. Alternative: continue a bounded customer/data-access investigation within existing capacity; this investigation is not claimed as completed. Use actual provider terms and appropriate independent advice. Keep private founder or alumni information out of shared copies. BLANK RECORD FOR YOUR OWN NOTES MLAI ACCELERATOR EVIDENCE RECORD READER-ENTERED PLANNING RECORD — not independently verified. Editorial checklist, not an admission/success predictor or legal/financial advice. No application is submitted. Programme: Not entered Cohort: Not entered Source check: Not entered Review trigger: Not entered Evidence summary: 0 of 8 items supported by your entries. Clarify essential checks. Support matches our actual constraint Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Every eligibility requirement is met Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Complete terms are understood and acceptable Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Attendance and opportunity costs are acceptable Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Relevant support and access are substantiated Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Relevant alumni evidence has been assessed Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded A specific alternative has been compared Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded A decision rule and review trigger are recorded Status: Unknown Evidence / URL / uncertainty: Not recorded Decision / reason: Not recorded Use actual provider terms and appropriate independent advice. Keep private founder or alumni information out of shared copies.