B2C

The Mirror Founder’s Next Act – a $399 Touchscreen That Gets Families Off Their Phones

Gaming · build adjacent

What If Your Mind Had a Dashboard?

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Publishing Obituaries Is a Terrible Business – Unless You Think Harder

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Moms Control $2.4 Trillion in Spending. Build Just for Them.

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

The Best Bet in Education? Teach What AI Won't Replace.

Education/Corporate · enter market

Schools Blame Parents. Parents Blame Schools. Someone Ends the Loop.

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Personal Finance Should Live Where You Already Are

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Don't Chase "Demand." Chase Necessity.

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

Portfolio Investing Is Safer Than Stock-Picking – But Still a Headache

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Skilled Professionals Need Side Income – Just Not at Gig-Economy Rates

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Marketplaces Are Becoming Communities – and Vice Versa

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Everyone Locks Users In. What If You Helped Them Switch?

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

Earn From Your Expertise Without the Self-Promotion Circus

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Only 3% of Adults Sell Online. The Other 97% Think It's Too Hard.

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Stop Looking for a Brilliant Idea. Find a Brilliant Audience.

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

"For Everyone" Is Code for "For No One." Pick Your Segment.

Health/Diagnostics · build adjacent

Real Gamification Means Real Stakes – Why Loyalty Programs Fail

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Uploading a Book to an AI Is Technically Illegal – $155B Problem

AI/Generative · build adjacent

The Dating App That Matches on Credit Scores

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

For Early Investment, a Great Problem Beats a Great Solution

AI/NLP · build adjacent

Why Are You Chasing Users When You Should Be Chasing Profit?

Fintech/Payments · enter market

AI Journalism and AI Readers: Two Markets Forming in the Grey Zone

AI/NLP · build competitor

Task Managers Are Graveyards. One Task a Day Might Be the Cure.

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Vibe-Coding Gave Everyone a Gun. Most People Still Can't Aim.

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

1M Users by Cloning a Proven Model Where It Didn't Exist Yet

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

AI as a Full Marketplace Participant – Not Just a Backend Tool

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Skills Get You Qualified – Placement Gets You Hired

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Cut Prices, Fill Seats, Double Your Valuation

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Words Don't Work on Toddlers – Animation Does

Education/Kids · build adjacent

Personalized Cartoons Where Your Kid Is the Star

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Ship the App, Let Agentic Marketing Handle the Rest

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The Math Behind $100M ARR – It's More Achievable Than You Think

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The Only Content Strategy That Works: Be Interesting, Not Prolific

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Stay in Someone's Home for Free – $125M Says That Model Works

Real Estate/PropTech · adapt model

Pay Your Kids for Chores, Open a Roth IRA – Retire Them Rich

Fintech/WealthTech · build tooling

Gen Z Is Leaving Social Media – and Retreating Into Group Chats

AI/Agents · build adjacent

We Have Self-Driving Cars – Why Is Your Calendar Still Manual

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

In-Person Events Are Back – the Real Opportunity Is Below Ticketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Teach What AI Can't Automate – Moravec's Paradox Is Your Curriculum

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

Billionaires Invest with Strategy First – Most People Skip That Step

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

AI-Only Portfolio Management Feels Risky – a Human-AI Hybrid Doesn't

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Genuine Human Connection Is Becoming a Premium Product

Health/Mental · enter market

50 Million Creators Can't Publish AI Slop – Someone Has to Fix That

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Your Biggest Obstacle Is You – and Accountability Partners Fix That

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

An App That Translates Dog Behavior Into Human Language

AI/Computer Vision · build adjacent

Your App Gets Paid What It Looks Like It's Worth

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Don't Build New Behavior – Remove Friction From Existing Behavior

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Financial Advisors Have a Growth Problem – It's a Data Problem

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The Dating Profile Is the Problem, Not the Solution

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Your Closest Friends Can't Help You as Much as Distant Acquaintances

AI/Search · build adjacent

What If Alexander the Great Taught Your Kids?

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The "Casual Learning" Market Doesn't Exist Yet – Go Build It

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

People Don't Buy From Ads – They Buy From Stories

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

Men Don't Cry – They Quietly Fall Apart

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Sequoia Paid $50K Per Member – and Called It Cheap

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

The Annoying Phone Call That Gets Your Money Back – Now Automated

AI/Agents · adapt model

Subscriptions Work for Physical Products Too – the Numbers Are Wild

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling

Stop Asking "What Do You Want to Be?" – Ask "How Do You Want to Live?"

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The Guy Who Sold to GM for $2.1B Is Building a Gaming Social Network

Gaming · build adjacent

Ex-MrBeast Staffer Built an AI Co-Pilot for 50M Creators

AI/Generative · build competitor

Micro-Stores in Building Lobbies – a Predictable Growth Engine

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Parents Need Expert Help at 3am – Someone Built the Club for That

AI/Generative · build adjacent

To Launch Something Big, You Need an Enemy

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Chit-Chat Won't Keep Them Around

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Trust Is the Product – Travel Bloggers Become Service Providers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Two Funding Rounds in One Year – AI-Only Film Production Is Real Now

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Everyone Is a Fan of Something – and That's a Business

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

The Most Effective Marketing Doesn't Look Like Marketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Services Are 2x the Spend – Yet 100x Less Digitized

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

What If Your Doctor Remembered Everything and Was Available at 3am?

AI/Generative · build adjacent

The Tech Talent Gap Has an Obvious Fix

Education/EdTech · adapt model

Viral Views Don't Pay the Bills. Memes Do.

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Weight Loss Without Willpower – an AI Coach That Adapts

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

This Job Platform Pays You $15,000 When You Get Hired

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

1 Billion People Drink Too Much – 100K Chose This App

Health/Wellness · adapt model

Your Customers Are Your Biggest Untapped Acquisition Channel

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

The Widget Showing What Your Friends Are Listening To Right Now

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Gen Z Is Openly Sharing Purchase Data – and That's a Social Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

AI Film Needs Infrastructure, Not Just Better Tools

AI/Generative · build tooling

Aging Parents Need Company – and Your Calls Aren't Enough

AI/Voice · build adjacent

If Users Can't Figure Out Your Product, That's on You

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Friendship Apps Will Outlast Dating Apps – Demographics Guarantee It

Social · enter market

Half Your Buyers Could Be Recommending You – Most Aren't

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

There Are No Success Secrets – Just Habits Nobody Wants to Build

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Experience Sellers Have No Shopify – Until Now

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Vibe Coding Is Here – Someone Must Teach What Comes Next

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

The 2% of Fans Who Actually Want to Pay More

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

Users Don't Want Two Tools – They Want One That Does Both

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Women Are Spending 8–9 Hours a Day Running the Home – AI Can Help

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Communities 2.0: Built Around Action, Not Small Talk

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

You Are Not Who You Think You Are – And That Gap Is Measurable

AI/NLP · build adjacent

Adult Women Lose Half Their Friends Every 7 Years – Here's the Fix

Social · build adjacent

The AI Coach That Calls You When You're Procrastinating

AI/Voice · build adjacent

Buffett Was Right: Communication Skills Have the Highest ROI

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Your Journal Is Useless If It Doesn't Tell You What to Do Next

Health/Mental · build adjacent

When Code Is Cheap, Design Becomes Your Moat

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Your Store Is Boring – And That's Why They Leave

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Start With the Audience – the Product Can Come Second

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

60% of Employees Hit a Breaking Point Every Month

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Every Time You Buy Coffee, You Could Be Buying the Stock Too

Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model

What If Likes Were Worthless and Good Deeds Were the Currency?

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build competitor

Interior Design as a Game – €4M Says That's Not a Metaphor

Real Estate/PropTech · build adjacent

Turning Brand Loyalty Into a Community, Not a Discount Code

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Adding a "Sell It Later" Toggle to Any Online Checkout

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Creators Are Great at Creating – Terrible at Bookkeeping

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Scan Your Meal and See How Many Healthy Years It Costs

Health/Wellness · adapt model

The Creator Economy Is About to Eat the Travel Agency Business

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Speed Wins: Why the First Quote Gets the Job

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Pick Markets That AI Can Expand, Not Just Disrupt

AI/NLP · build competitor

45 Million Users and $162M Raised on Grief Support

Health/Wellness · enter market

The Offline Learning Comeback Is Bigger Than the Online Boom

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

There Are No Bad Students – Just Bad Matches

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The Skills You Take for Granted Are Someone Else's Crisis

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

How to Actually Make Money in Stocks

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Your Users Are About to Tell You: Ditch the Interface

AI/Agents · build tooling

Service Marketplaces Make 2x the Money – Here's the Catch

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Vibe Coding Exists – So Where's Vibe Learning?

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Big Businesses Grow From Small Annoyances

AI/Voice · build adjacent

The Online Education Revolution Is Eating Itself – Here's Who Wins

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Two Secrets Behind a Dietitian Marketplace Worth $1 Billion

Health/Telemedicine · build adjacent

Super-Fans Will Pay – Most Artists Don't Know How to Ask

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build adjacent

An AI Wife Simulator That Explains Why She's Angry

AI/Generative · adapt model

The AI That Calls You Weekly to Preserve Your Family's Stories

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Gen Z Didn't Want a Brokerage – They Wanted Someone to Handle It

Fintech/WealthTech · enter market

News Aggregation Is Dumb – Perspective Aggregation Is Interesting

AI/NLP · build tooling

Divorce as a Service – 6x Faster, 10x Cheaper

SaaS/Productivity · enter market

Video Made Promises to Travel – Someone Is Finally Cashing Them In

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Static Product Grids Are Dead – This Replaces Them With Video

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Build for the Staff, Let the Business Pay for It

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Elite Admissions Is Pay-to-Win – Until Now

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Smart Investing Needs Good Facts, Not Good Advisors

AI/NLP · build adjacent

Vintage Shoppers Want Style Discovery, Not Discount Hunting

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Local Manufacturers Are Ready to Go Global – Nobody's Helping Them

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Gen Z Wants to Hang Out IRL – and Needs Help Doing It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Your Calendar Knows When You're Free – Not When You're Sharp

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Your Body Clock Is Running on the Wrong Time Zone

Health/Wellness · adapt model

Personalization Has Maxed Out – Here's What Comes Next

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Pediatric AI for the 3 a.m. Meltdown

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

The Costco Playbook – But for People Who Want to Spend More

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Young People Are Job-Hunting Differently – The Old Platforms Missed It

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Don't Compete With Existing EdTech. Make It Obsolete.

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Want Loyal Customers? Stop Bribing Them With Points.

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

The Easiest Way to Keep Users Coming Back

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

$54M Raised. 40 Employees. Already Profitable.

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Wardrobe App That Builds Itself From Your Inbox

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Payment Screen Is Killing Your Conversions

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Forced Learning Has the Same Problem as Forced Labor

Education/Kids · build adjacent

Two Students Cracked Loyalty Programs With One Psychological Trick

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

Refunded in 60 Seconds – Before You've Even Shipped the Box Back

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Rewire Anxiety in 11 Weeks – Not Just Suppress It

Health/Mental · build adjacent

The Two-Product Trick That Beats a Better Product Every Time

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

58 Million Millionaires – and Almost No Products Built for Them

Fintech/WealthTech · enter market

Not Every Short Video Is Competing With TikTok

Education/EdTech · adapt model

What If You Never Needed a Guest Again

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Language Learning That Starts With Articles You Actually Want to Read

Education/Language · build adjacent

The Startup That Kills the Subscription Model Will Be Worth Billions

Fintech/Payments · build competitor

Reddit Threads Turned Into Three-Host Podcast Episodes

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Clothing Repair Is a Huge Market That Nobody Digitized

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

80,000 Users Found a Doctor Abroad – Without Knowing Any Local Doctors

Health/Telemedicine · build adjacent

If It Feels Ordinary, the Market Is Probably Huge

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

The Fintech Play Hiding Inside Loyalty Programs

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Let Someone Else's Customers Fund Your Growth

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The Uber Model Was Built for Everyday People – Not Professionals

Health/Mental · enter market

Fake Users, Real Results

AI/Generative · build adjacent

65% of Traveler Spending Is Walking Right Past Short-Term Rental Hosts

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Ad Network Built for AI Chatbots – Not Banners

AI/Generative · build tooling

What If Every Health Answer Online Was Written by a Real Doctor

Health/Diagnostics · build adjacent

Dental Clinics Are Losing 70% of Revenue to a Simple Misunderstanding

AI/Agents · adapt model

The $137B Book Market Has a New Publishing Layer Worth Owning

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

TikTok-Style Women's Health Platform Where Only Doctors Can Post

Health/Telemedicine · adapt model

To Learn to Speak a Language, You Have to Actually Speak It

Education/Language · build adjacent

Secondhand Clothing Has a $20M Wholesale Infrastructure Gap

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

75% of Secondhand Purchases Are Unplanned – Search Is Broken

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Visa Paperwork Is a $40B Problem Nobody Has Made Feel Like a Game

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Soho House for Remote Executives – Without the Real Estate Overhead

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Your Best Local Ads Are Made by People Who Already Live There

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

Nobody Built a Travel Community for the Over-50 Crowd – Until Now

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

UGC Is Sitting on Instagram – One Widget Pulls It Into Your Store

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Mental Health Apps Are About to Have a Second Act

Health/Mental · build competitor

Excess Inventory Is a $95M Problem Companies Still Solve With Discounts

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Audience to Community Means Online to Offline – There's No Tool for It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

50 Million Podcast Episodes Are Searchable – Almost Nobody Knows It

AI/Search · build adjacent

The Exam-Prep App That Beat TikTok and Google in the App Store

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Why Build Courses When YouTube Already Has Them All?

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

After a $310M Exit, the Next Problem Was Making Friends

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Want to Sell It? Let Them Try It First

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

4x Growth Without Owning a Single Clinic

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Match by Memes, Not Selfies

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Jigsaw Hides Your Face Until You're Worth Knowing

Social · build adjacent

Your Very Own AI Social Network – Population: Just You

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Character.ai Proved the Demand – DreamRP Is Fixing the Quality

AI/Generative · build adjacent

The Revenue Agencies Take From Influencers Is Up for Grabs

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

What If Your Blog Had a TikTok Feed Instead of a URL?

Creator Economy · build adjacent

The 'What Are You Up To?' Text Chain Is Broken

Social · build competitor

Trade In the Old One, Get the New One – All at the Same Store

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Collect the Debt, Then Sell the Data

Fintech/Lending · adapt model

The Solo Travel Boom Has a $1 Trillion Tailwind

Marketplace · enter market

Offline Events Are Back – Ticketing Infrastructure Isn't

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Gen Z Picks Employers by Values – Not Job Boards

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Hotel Discovery Reimagined as a TikTok Feed

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

The Real AI Opportunity in Childcare Isn't Helping Parents

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Heatmaps That Show Revenue, Not Just Clicks

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Subscriptions for Beauty Salons – Weird Now, Mainstream Soon

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Experienced Talent on Flexible Terms – The Arbitrage Nobody Talks About

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Work-Life Balance Is Now the Top Hiring Factor – Here's Who Profits

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

The Corner of Travel That Big OTAs Keep Ignoring

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

An AI Companion That Teaches, Motivates, and Creates With Kids

Education/Kids · build competitor

Women Will Control Two-Thirds of All Wealth – One Startup Noticed Early

Fintech/WealthTech · enter market

Your Parenting Experience Always Lags Behind Your Child's Age

Education/Kids · build adjacent

Five Million Hours of New Podcasts Every Week – Nobody Can Keep Up

AI/Search · build adjacent

Everyone's Online but Nobody's Actually Connecting

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Offline Education Is About to Boom – Because Online Overshot

Education/EdTech · adapt model

The $2,600 Travel Club for People Too Rich for TripAdvisor

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Same Product, Built for Women – a Proven Playbook

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

AI for the Tasks That Distract You from Real Work

AI/Agents · adapt model

Rewards or Ads? The Clever Business Model That Blurs the Line

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Storefront Is Now Optional

E-commerce/DTC · build competitor

Divorce Payments Are a Massive, Underserved Market

Fintech/Payments · enter market

Super-Apps Need a Beachhead – Kids' Debit Cards Are One

Fintech/Banking · build competitor

Dating Apps Optimized for Swiping – Not for Marriage

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

People Check Delivery Status 4.6 Times Per Order – That's a Business

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

What If You Could Consult an Expert for $10?

Education/EdTech · build competitor

You Shouldn't Be Building Your Own Schedule

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Passive Income From Franchises – Without Running One

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The To-Do List That Updates Itself

AI/Agents · build adjacent

11.2 Billion Receipts a Year – None of Them Are Marketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

4.6 Tracking Checks Per Order – All Going to FedEx's Page

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

What People Exactly Like You Actually Earn – Revealed

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

Instagram Wasn't Built to Hold Your Family's Memory

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Shop New, Get Shown the Used Version Automatically

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

100 Families in Beta, $4.75M Raised – Kids' Browser Bet

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

Every Checkout, You're Using the Wrong Credit Card

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Getting Paid to Post on X Is Now a Legitimate Business Model

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Apparel's Biggest Profit Killer Is Buying Too Much of the Wrong Sizes

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Bump Extends Credit to Creators Based on Audience, Not Credit Score

Fintech/Lending · enter market

Most Retirement Apps Optimize One Variable. Retirement Has Seven.

Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model

The HVAC Industry Is Fragmented. This Company Is Buying It Up.

SaaS/Vertical · build competitor

The Right Answer Is the Least Useful Feedback You Can Give

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The Expensive Offsite Is Dead. High-Frequency Team Events Are Winning.

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

1.7 Billion Outdoor Trips Need Their Own Booking Platform

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Hide a $900B Marketplace Inside a Social Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Math Competitions Reach 300K Students – Out of 33 Million Eligible

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Grief Has a $90M Problem: No One Has Productized the Aftermath

Health/Mental · enter market

Diamonds Grown From Ashes – a Memorial That Lasts Forever

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Five Minutes a Day to Build Confidence in Kids Ages 7–11

Education/Kids · adapt model

What a16z-Backed Pivots Teach You About Product-Market Fit

Education/EdTech · adapt model

You Can't Buy What You Haven't Tried

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Static Landing Pages Are Dead

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

$1 Into the Stock of Every Brand You Buy From

Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model

30-Minute AI Therapy at 1% of the Cost of a Live Therapist

Health/Mental · build competitor

How to Get Your Startup Written Up – Without Paying a Cent

Fintech/Lending · build adjacent

Why Small Nudges Beat Big Speeches in Employee Activation

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Most Couples Never See a Therapist Before They Split

Health/Mental · build competitor

3,000 Industry Gatekeepers Contractually Obligated to Respond

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The Experience Economy's Biggest Gap: Tools Built for Small Operators

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

One Newsletter Playbook, 26 Cities, Almost Zero Marginal Cost

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

It's Not How Much Time You Spend at Your Desk – It's How Well

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

You Can't Out-Smart ChatGPT – So Go Subjective Instead

AI/NLP · adapt model

The Bookmark Graveyard Is Worth Solving

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

What If Learning Left You With Something You Actually Made?

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

$5 Billion in Lost Property – and Nobody's Built the Fix

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Why Should Volume Discounts Only Go to Builders Who Order at Scale?

Real Estate/Construction · adapt model

Why Your Next Angel Investor Should Be an Influencer

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Paid Communities Beat Courses – Because They Can Be Sold

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

$1,000/Month, 100 Clients, $1M ARR – The Math Is Simple

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Behavior Shifts Unlock Bigger Markets Than Technology Shifts

Fintech/Banking · build adjacent

Team Health as a Performance System, Not a Wellness Program

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Kosmik Replaces the Desktop With an Infinite Canvas

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

HomeCooks Turns Certified Home Chefs Into a Delivery Supply Chain

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Algor Education Converts Lessons Into Visual Knowledge Maps

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

The Desire Company Pairs Expert Education With Honest Product Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Experts Outperform Influencers on Trust – and That's a Business

Creator Economy · adapt model

Prosal Replaces Agency Cold Outreach With a Structured RFP Feed

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Hummingbirds Connects Multi-Location Brands With Neighborhood Creators

SaaS/Marketing · build adjacent

Omnicart Gives Local Entrepreneurs Infrastructure to Run Their Own Marketplace

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Squint Gives Factory Workers AR-Guided Machine Instructions via Phone

AI/Computer Vision · adapt model

DeepHow Turns Expert Workers' Video Into AI-Structured Training Lessons

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Unravel Sells Travel Bookings Through a TikTok-Style Video Feed

Creator Economy · build competitor

Mettle Built a Mental Fitness App Specifically for Men

Health/Mental · build competitor

Sunnyside Helps Heavy Drinkers Cut Back Without a Treatment Program

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

Stack Influence Pays Micro-Influencers in Product Instead of Cash

Creator Economy · build competitor

Siena AI Builds E-Commerce Chatbots With Configurable Emotional Tone

AI/Language Processing · build adjacent

Civitai Reached Top-10 Generative AI Traffic With Zero Ad Spend

AI/Generative · build adjacent

OfferFit Runs Individualized Offer Experiments for Every Customer, Every Day

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Aimerce Builds Branded Websites for Amazon Sellers From a URL

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Ozone Helps Non-Professionals Produce Polished Short Videos With AI

AI/Generative · build competitor

Hive3 Runs Weekly Creative Competitions Where Brands Buy AI-Assisted Work

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The 1% Club Sells Financial Independence as a Lifetime Membership

SaaS/Learning · adapt model

Connectly's AI Recovers Abandoned Carts via WhatsApp Conversations

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Siro Uses AI to Coach Sales Reps From Recorded Conversations

AI/Language Processing · build adjacent

Pirr Built an AI Co-Authoring App for Erotic Fiction

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Ignition Manages the Full Product Go-to-Market Lifecycle in One Platform

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Sidebar's $3,600 Peer Community Requires an Interview to Join

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

Partnar Lets D2C Brands Swap Audience Access Instead of Ads

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

KindWorks Sells Employee Retention Framed as Workplace Kindness Training

Education/Corporate · adapt model

Shopperbird Makes Custom Clothing on Demand From a Customer's Sketch

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Vollebak Sells Technical Clothing Through Stories About the Materials

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model

Little Cigogne Curates Outfit Boxes for Children 0–14

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Clothing as a Service

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

Dopple Is a Marketplace for Personality-Driven AI Bots

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Blackbird Rethinks Restaurant Loyalty Around Club Membership

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Make the Simple Thing Even Simpler

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

UserEvidence Helps B2B SaaS Companies Scale Customer Proof

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Lynx Lets Startups Pay for Services With Equity

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

SaaShop Consolidates SaaS Subscriptions Into One Invoice

SaaS/Productivity · enter market

You've Got a Package

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

Flash Gives Power Shoppers a Dedicated Order-Tracking Inbox

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model

Bold Sells Senior Fitness Through Health Insurers, Not App Stores

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Ello Is an AI Reading Coach for Children

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Viddy Brings Social Video Feeds to Shopify Product Pages

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Brandefy Sells $9 Dupes of $80 Skincare Products

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Dr.Tail Offers Unlimited Vet Advice for $9.99 a Month

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

SnapAds Pays Local Residents to Post About Nearby Businesses

Real Estate/Tech · build adjacent

$400 Million GMV in Two Years – Here's the Model

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Catch+Release Licenses User-Generated Content for Brand Advertising

AI/Search · build adjacent

Hero Journey Club Runs Group Therapy Sessions Inside Video Games

Health/Mental · build adjacent

StreetFair Surfaces Home Service Providers Trusted by Your Neighbors

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Outfindo Guides E-Commerce Shoppers With Questions, Not Filters

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Outverse Builds Community Infrastructure Purpose-Made for SaaS Products

SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor

Hona Automates Client Communication for High-Volume Law Firms

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Hound Tackles Both Recruiting and Retention for Veterinary Clinics

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Needle Tells Small Stores What to Do, Not Just How

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Gigaroo Builds Shift-Work Schedules Around an Income Target

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Zipr Turns Shoppers Into Brand Ambassadors With Post-Purchase Discounts

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Slice Combines Influencer Discovery and CRM in One Platform

SaaS/CRM · adapt model

Glystn Builds an Intelligence Layer for Large Online Communities

AI/Language Processing · build adjacent

Re:invent Automates Cross-Promotional Campaigns Between B2C Brands

SaaS/Marketplace · build tooling

Atly Organizes Local Discovery Into Trusted Community Maps

SaaS/Recommendations · build adjacent

Antimatter Teaches Concepts by Having Students Build and Decode Memes

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Acadeum Lets Colleges License Each Other's Online Courses for Credit

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Go1 Raised $413M to Be the Netflix of Corporate Learning

Education/Corporate · build competitor

Zip Reached a $1.5B Valuation in Under Two Years

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Neura Health Offers Migraine Specialist Care Within 48 Hours

Health/Telemedicine · adapt model

Spiff Raised $50M to Rebuild Sales Commission Software With AI

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Elfie Rewards Users With Discounts for Managing Their Own Health

Health/Wellness · enter market

AudiencePlus Helps Companies Build Netflix-Style Content Hubs

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Charlie Is a Digital Bank Designed for Americans Over 62

Fintech/Banking · enter market

GetSetUp Reaches 4 Million Learners Over 55 Across 160 Countries

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Appcues: In-App Onboarding Without Engineering Tickets

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Minerva Turns Website Actions Into Interactive Step-by-Step Guides

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Airspeed Builds Team Connection Through Slack – No New App Required

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Listeners On Call Puts Real Human Conversations in Corporate Wellness

Health/Mental · adapt model

Car Space: A Coworking Space Built Around an Automotive Social Club

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

Seatfrog Auctions Empty First-Class Train Seats to Economy Passengers

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Innential Replaces Corporate Courses With Structured Multi-Format Learning Paths

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

Packform: A Three-Sided B2B Marketplace for Bulk Packaging Buyers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Myxt Uses AI to Match Your Audio's Tone to a Reference Track

AI · build adjacent

Highnote Lets Audio Collaborators Leave Timestamped Comments on Waveforms

SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor

Kindred: A Home-Exchange Network Where the Rent Is Zero

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

Equipme Lets Employees Self-Serve Equipment With Budget Controls Set by HR

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Renew Automates Lease Renewals for Landlords and Tenants Simultaneously

Real Estate/Property Management · build adjacent

Staytuned Acquires and Grows a Portfolio of Profitable Shopify Apps

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Firstbase Equips Remote Employees With Home Office Hardware on Demand

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Skillprint Uses a 40-Game Catalog to Position Gaming as Corporate Wellness

Health/Wellness · adapt model

Prisidio Organizes a Family's Critical Documents in One Secure Platform

Fintech/Banking · build adjacent

Salt Labs Rewards Hourly Workers With a Proprietary Currency for Every Hour Worked

HR/Benefits · adapt model

Upduo Trains Sales Teams Through Structured Peer-to-Peer One-on-One Sessions

Education/Corporate · adapt model

Leafplanner Helps High-Net-Worth Families Organize Assets Before Estate Settlement

Fintech/Investing · enter market

Trust & Will Brought Estate Planning Online for a Generation Used to Mobile Banking

Fintech/Banking · enter market

Lantern Guides Families Through End-of-Life Planning With Structured Checklists

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

Empathy Supports Bereaved Families Through the Legal and Logistical Aftermath of Death

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Iteralix Offers 58 Scenarios for Planned Celebrations of Life – Not Funerals

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Coven Built a Women-First Coworking Space That Became a Digital Platform

Social · adapt model

Tiicker Lets Retail Shareholders Receive Perks From Companies They Own Stock In

Fintech/Investing · build adjacent

Elyn Gives Online Stores a Try-Before-You-Buy Checkout Layer

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

SteadyPay Tops Up Gig Workers' Income When Earnings Dip Below Their Personal Average

Fintech/Lending · adapt model

SteadyPay Reframes Income Smoothing for Freelancers as Stability, Not a Loan

Fintech/Lending · enter market

Roami Takes Over Entire Buildings to Offer Short-Term Stays Between Airbnb and Hotels

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

bemyfriends Uses Fan Community Platforms as a Launchpad for Creator E-Commerce

Creator Economy · build adjacent

EyeRate Pays Frontline Employees When Their Customer Interactions Generate Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Zephr Lets Publishers Build Subscription Packages as Flexible Entitlement Bundles

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling

Mantra Health Sells Campus Mental Health Infrastructure to Universities, Not Students

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Mantra Health Addresses College Mental Health With Video Therapy Built for Students

Health/Mental · adapt model

Plot Is a Project Management Platform Designed for Creative Professionals and Agencies

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

REPOWR Turns Idle Trucks Into a Two-Sided Marketplace

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Sweeten Adds Expert Oversight to Home Renovation Hiring

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Ongo Lets Fitness Creators Launch Branded Apps Without Code

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Stoovo Optimizes Shift Earnings Across 6,000 Gig Platforms

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

Superside Offers Elastic Design Capacity as a Subscription

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Techmate Dispatches On-Site IT Support From a Freelancer Network

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Stoovo's AI Tells Gig Workers Where to Earn the Most

HR/Remote · build competitor

Morning Brew Built a $75M Business on a Daily Email

Creator Economy · enter market

Riparide Books Unusual Rural Stays Through Storytelling

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

Firework Puts Shoppable Video Stories on Merchant Websites

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Bark Social: A Membership Club for Dogs and Remote Workers

HR/Remote · build adjacent

Monet Pays Creators Immediately When a Client Confirms Delivery

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Sojo Auto-Supplies Toiletries to Short-Term Rental Hosts Before Each Stay

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

Loop Returns Converts Return Requests Into Exchange Opportunities

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Spotter Buys YouTube Creators' Future Ad Revenue Upfront

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Libristrip Combines Travel Discovery, Booking, and Community in One App

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Doorstead Guarantees Landlords Monthly Rent Even When Units Sit Empty

Real Estate/Property Management · adapt model

Herself Health Opens Clinics Designed Specifically for Women Over 65

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

GitDuck and Together Add Workflow-Specific Features to Video Calls

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Airmeet Fixes Online Networking – Not the Main Stage

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Bunch Adds Group Video to Mobile Games Without an SDK

Gaming · adapt model

Butter Is a Workshop Video Platform With Shared Agendas

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Inclusively Connects Employers to the 61 Million Americans With Disabilities

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling