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    "prev": "https://api.sb/transactions.dev"
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        "9.6.1.1": "https://api.sb/Processes/9.6.1.1"
      },
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        "A vendor's own listing, kept once for every buyer · b2b · $0 · self-serve software": "https://api.sb/by-motion/b2b"
      },
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        "Vendor lookup for purchasing agents and AP systems (keyed, metered) · App": "https://api.sb/by-abstraction/software"
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        "occupations": "not placed yet: ideate.icp places it from the Startup’s sources",
        "processes": "not placed yet: ideate.icp places it from the Startup’s sources",
        "supplies": "not yet: build.product names the Verbs it serves",
        "drawsOn": "not yet: build.product names what it draws on",
        "beats": "not yet: the choice (ideate.hypothesis) names each rival by its URL"
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    },
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      }
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    "extend": "https://api.sb/vendors.directory/extend",
    "graduate": "https://api.sb/vendors.directory/graduate",
    "shutDown · Designed → ShutDown": "https://api.sb/vendors.directory/shutDown",
    "🚀 the Startups vendors.directory uses": "https://api.sb/startups?usedBy=vendors.directory",
    "🚀 the Startups that use vendors.directory": "https://api.sb/startups?uses=vendors.directory",
    "🔍 search the Startups": "https://api.sb/startups?q=",
    "📖 what is a Startup?": "https://api.sb/nouns/Startup",
    "🏠 home": "https://api.sb/"
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    "city": "Columbus",
    "region": "Ohio",
    "country": "United States",
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    "localTime": "10/26/2026, 6:58:10 AM",
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