Pushing toward the summit means recognizing that the simple opposition between gating networks and basic methods is a limiting framework. The full expression of performance in venture capital success prediction lies in synergy, where a gating mechanism can refine the outputs of existing models. It is not a matter of 'either-or,' but of 'both' to reach the upper bound of accuracy. For example, a gating network could adjust the success probability of a startup identified by a RAG model by analyzing textual rationales from investors, offering a granularity that the basic method alone cannot. Not exploiting this complementarity leaves an asymmetry of unexploited value.