I built a AI tool to tell you if your startup idea is worth building
One of the hardest parts of starting a company isn't building the product.
It's figuring out whether you should build it at all.
I kept seeing founders spend weeks or months building something, only to discover:
- the market isn't really there
- customers don't care enough
- there are already 10 companies doing it
- distribution is going to be a nightmare
- or the original idea just wasn't that good
So I built The Gauntlet.
You give it your startup idea, and it stress-tests the idea against the market and gives you a simple verdict:
KILL · PIVOT · BUILD
You also get a 0–100 Slop Index and a detailed breakdown of the biggest risks, competitors, evidence of customer demand, and what you'd want to validate before spending months building.
I'm opening up early access now and looking for founders willing to put their real ideas through it.
If you have a startup idea you're considering, I'd love to see what happens when you put it through the Gauntlet:
And honestly, I'm curious:
Would you actually want a tool that tells you your startup idea sucks?