Ghost Job Detection Infrastructure
Job boards sell hope without proof. Regulators want disclosure. Build the hiring internet's "nutrition label" for jobs. Start as a ghost-job detector. Finish as the verification standard.
Infrastructure / B2B Tools
Enterprise-grade and developer-focused startup ideas providing APIs, data infrastructure, or workflow platforms. Built for experienced builders aiming to serve other businesses with reliable, technical, and defensible products.
The Ring Doorbell For The Sky
Remote ID broadcasts create a receipt layer for overhead drones. Consumer detection hardware doesn't exist. Neighborhood network effects make shared airspace truth defensible.
TikTok Food Trend Monetization
A century-old German cheese is selling out because a high school English teacher in Georgia found the laziest lunch in America. Viral recipes consistently cause grocery sellouts. The rails for shoppable content exist—but no one owns the trend-to-cart attribution layer yet.
"Small Brand Hollywood" for TikTok Shop
Video drives 58% of TikTok Shop's $33B GMV. The creative bottleneck creates infrastructure opportunity in the protocol layer above commodity UGC.
Gen-Alpha Cart
Gen Alpha drives $101B spending and influences 42% of household purchases. Discovery happens on TikTok. Conversion requires parent approval. The infrastructure gap is permanent.
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.
The Ugly Fruit Arbitrage (That Actually Works)
Industrial citrus waste holds verified bioactives. The arbitrage isn't making serums—it's becoming the certified supplier beauty brands depend on.
Vibe Coaching
Video verification is becoming mandatory across dating and professional platforms. Identity proves you're real—camera presence proves you're trustworthy.
Organic Ad Underwriting Platform
Meta validated organic-to-paid workflow. The $37B opportunity is cross-platform prediction, rights management, and routing intelligence that platforms won't build.
Defensible Agent Workspace
Agentic browsers are spreading faster than compliance can contain them. Regulated firms need attestable execution with defensible logs, not magic.
Creator Operations Platform for Home Improvement
Major retailers launched first-party creator programs. The infrastructure for managing multiple affiliate relationships across platforms doesn't exist yet.
Portal Automation Operations Service
Browser automation templates are commoditizing. The durable margin sits in maintenance contracts, monitoring infrastructure, and vertical-specific operational knowledge.
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.
AI Copilots For Professional Associations
OpenAI's Australian workforce initiative proves AI training infrastructure is becoming quasi-regulatory. Professional associations control certification but lack credible curriculum—creating arbitrage.
Cross-Platform AI Companion For Twitch & Discord
Character.AI users spend two hours daily with AI companions trapped in single apps. Nobody owns the cross-platform identity layer yet.
Knowledge Curation for Creators
Animoca just validated curated knowledge collections with institutional money. The boring SaaS version could capture recurring revenue without blockchain complexity.
Vertical AI Content Desk for Niche Industries
TokTak validated URL-to-content for everyone. Now build the vertical agent that owns one industry's entire marketing workflow.
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.
Telepresence Robot Staffing OS
DAWN proved telepresence robots work in hospitality. Someone needs to build the staffing infrastructure layer beneath it at scale.
Commerce Platform for Psychic Industry
Spiritual practitioners generate billions in services but lack commerce infrastructure connecting bookings, inventory, memberships, and ritual calendars into one platform.
Mood OS for Gen Z Emotional Commerce
Gen Z spends hundreds monthly on emotional regulation through "treat culture." The infrastructure connecting physical rituals, creator distribution, and behavioral data remains wide open.
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.
Vertical AI GM for Nail Salons
Jimdo's AI assistant increased customer outcomes 40% by recommending actions, not reporting data. Nail salons need vertical AI GMs they can afford.