What this stage does
Identify and qualify investigator sites likely to enroll, deliver quality data, and stay engaged.
Where AI applies
Site performance modeling from historical operational metrics, plus PI network graphs.
Under the Hood · 5
5 capability-angle deep-dives generalizing this essay's pattern for AI and software engineers.
Self-description is the weakest evidence in the room. The track record is what actually happened.
A predictable fraction of every portfolio returns nothing. Price it in instead of discovering it at closeout.
Reward the raw promise and you train your sources to inflate it. Discount by track record and honesty starts winning.
A score that can't explain itself is the most comfortable place in the system for bias to hide.
In any market for scarce, in-demand participants, the best ones are scoring you back.