GitHub OAuth + Printful = Your Print Shop
When everyone can generate images, nobody frames them. Developers pay $23-$249 for prints of GitHub commits. The category exists, nobody owns it.
IC: Open Source Momentum
GitHub stars, package downloads, and repo activity that reveal tech adoption waves.
The OpenPrinting gap: Why CUPS 3.x creates a printer-bridge business
Ubuntu 26.04 shifts printing infrastructure. Legacy printers lose driver support. The adapter preventing $15K fleet refreshes prints money.
Walkie-Textie: Build the Mesh Network Parents Actually Want
Mature mesh tech meets parent smartphone anxiety. Festival connectivity failures create the perfect wedge for consumer infrastructure disguised as a safety toy.
Search In The AI Age (Build What Google Can't)
AI-generated content now sits at 17-19% of search results. RAG teams manually rebuild allowlists. Build the trust graph as infrastructure before specialized data providers do.
The Stripe Play for AI Companion Apps (Collect the $5M Compliance Toll)
New York and California mandated crisis detection for AI companions. 337 apps need compliance infrastructure by January. None want to build it themselves.
The Bluesky Feed Heist
Bluesky's custom feeds fragment distribution across hundreds of micro-algorithms. The cross-tool measurement and monetization layer doesn't exist yet—same opportunity SEO tools captured with Google.
"Oh-Shit" Bar for WordPress
Most newsrooms use AI daily but lack pre-publish safety gates. When prompt remnants ship to print, screenshots go viral and Legal starts asking questions.
Org-level Link Hygiene Engine
Organizations accidentally export tracking metadata through pasted links. A focused DLP layer could claim the URL hygiene category before incumbents notice.
Model-Agnostic Agent Platform
DeepSeek's MIT release and MCP standardization created enterprise demand for agent governance infrastructure. Build the operational trust layer hyperscalers won't prioritize.
Professional Identity Defense Platform
AI deepfakes impersonate real doctors at scale to sell supplements. Platform economics favor fraud. Build monitoring and takedown operations for high-trust professionals.
Micro-App Studio Opportunity
Wabi and Lovable validated AI app creation infrastructure. The real opportunity isn't building apps—it's becoming the monetization layer that captures portfolio value.
Roblox Creator Asset Production Pipeline
AI just commoditized 3D generation. Roblox demand is spiking. The gap between "cool demo" and "shippable, engine-ready assets" is wide open.