NTangible bets it can predict how athletes will perform under pressure
- ID
- 35361
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 14 Oct 2026, 10:00 PM
- Fetched
- 14 Oct 2026, 11:04 PM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/ntangible-bets-it-can-predict-how-athletes-will-perform-under-pressure/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 14 Oct 2026, 11:04 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_startup_founders
What happened
NTangible, led by co-founder and CEO Dan Connerty and psychologist Dr. Ed Levine, has developed the Clutch Factor assessment, inspired by the Thematic Apperception Test, to score athletes from 0 to 1,000 on how likely they are to perform under pressure. Connerty claims athletes scoring over 750 are twice as likely to commit to a Division I school, but the excerpt cuts off before validation data, pricing, or product details are provided.
Why it matters
For this audience, it is a niche sports-recruiting product with no direct developer, AI/ML, database, or Malaysian/SEA builder impact in the provided text. Founders can note the productization pattern of turning a subjective psychological assessment into a single score, but there is no pricing, API, validation evidence, or go-to-market detail to act on.
Discussion angle
Should a proprietary 0–1,000 score be used in high-stakes recruiting decisions without published validation, and what evidence would make a score like Clutch Factor trustworthy?