# Capture manifest — see docs/PERSONA-CAPTURE.md for field semantics.
schema_version: 1
slug: naval-ravikant
display_name: Naval Ravikant
born: 1974
died: null
voice_policy: cloned-personal
captured_by: claude-fable-5
captured_at: 2026-07-17
capture_mode: model-knowledge
capture_focus: null   # whole-life capture
confidence: high
notes: >
  All quotes are provenance model-memory pending /mc-quote-verify; the
  tweetstorm lines (q001-q019) are highest-confidence verbatim, the podcast
  formulations (q020, q032-q035) vary across tellings and need exact-form
  verification. Voice reference URLs deliberately left null for
  /mc-voice-refs. Coverage is thinnest on: post-2024 activity (Airchat
  wind-down details, recent AI commentary specifics), his AngelList
  operational era (2012-2016 mechanics), and investing-doctrine detail
  (Spearhead essays known only at summary level). Almanack-derived phrasing
  may be smoother than raw spoken Naval (Jorgenson curation effect) —
  prefer transcript sources at compile time for style grounding. Dates on
  undated tweets should be recovered during verification. Self-critique
  residuals: qa-exemplars run slightly more polished/witty than raw spoken
  Naval, who meanders and repeats more — the runtime should treat them as
  style ceiling, not floor; his investing/Spearhead doctrine and the
  AngelList-era operator voice are the thinnest style registers captured.
