Co-Star's Playbook for Founders
How "decision hygiene" became a $3B category — and why timing tools are the next founder productivity unlock
IC: Academic Research
Preprints and peer-reviewed research offering untapped commercial applications.
Calm's Missing Category: Dream Incubation Marketplace
Sleep content hits 2M hours monthly, MIT proved you can steer dreams with audio, and creators need new monetization surfaces. Monetize the one place creators still don't own: your unconscious mind.
Build a $20M/Year Business Certifying Air
Brain function drops 2–4% in stuffy rooms. Biohackers measure it publicly. Coworking operators need verified proof before members start asking questions.
Blueprint for Dogs (The Protocol Play)
Before Loyal's longevity drug launches in 2026, build the subscription protocol that owns 'Healthspan Age' for 94 million pet households.
Compliance-First Script Engine for Beauty Creators
Beauty influencer trust dropped 8 points while ingredient transparency became Gen Z's top driver. The gap is a compliance infrastructure opportunity.
Plant Tissue Culture Kits & Clone Lab Infrastructure
A YouTuber democratized tissue culture and crashed rare plant prices. The real money moved upstream to kits, skills, and infrastructure.
Longevity Distribution Platform from Japan
Japan's FOSHU-certified longevity products lack Western distribution while affluent 55-75 year-olds pay premium for credible healthspan solutions.
Focus & Accountability Infrastructure for ADHD
Remote work broke 15.5M ADHD brains. Focusmate validated demand. The infrastructure play—guided sessions and institutional licenses—remains wide open.
Climate Compliance Execution Platform
Zillow killed consumer climate scores. But behind closed doors, utilities and lenders face $458B in mandated compliance workflows—with no execution layer.
Trust Infra for Consumer Supplements
The NIH has the data. NatMed Pro serves clinicians. Nobody's built the developer-friendly API for consumer wellness apps drowning in supplement chaos.
Livestock Disease Detection Intelligence Platform
Acoustic sensors detect livestock respiratory disease 72 hours before symptoms, at 40x lower cost than smart collars—riding precision farming's shift from hardware to intelligence.