[RFP-09] IEI / Tokenfrastructure — Milestone 1

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Milestone submission

This pull request submits Milestone 1 — Inception & Scoping for CPC-26-0016, Where the Story Holds: AI Commercial Positioning for Cardano.

• RFP: RFP 09 — AI Commercial Positioning
• Organisation: Intelligence Economy Institute (IEI), part of Tokenfrastructure (TKNFRA)
• Project lead: Zakaryae Boudi
• Grant: 76,000 ADA
• Milestone 1 tranche: 7,600 ADA

Files added

• milestone-1.md: milestone report and Markdown MAF content, including acceptance mapping, evidence, budget, next-milestone plan, public summary and attestation.
• milestone-1-inception-report.md: supporting inception report, methodology, evidence framework, credibility-ledger structure, AI-use approach and stakeholder segmentation.

Completion record

• Inception report submitted by email on 6 August 2026.
• Word MAF submitted by email on 12 August 2026.
• Milestone 1 presented at the CPC session on 19 August 2026.
• Submission limited to the signed 76,000 ADA core scope; optional add-ons excluded.

Validation

• All four contractual deliverables are included and linked.
• All three acceptance criteria are mapped to evidence.
• Supporting documentation is provided in Markdown.
• The Docusaurus site builds successfully with npm run build.