Home Button for Boomers
Health systems pay $10-15 PMPM for ride infrastructure. Nobody owns the caregiver control layer for everything else—groceries, pharmacy, fraud prevention.
Platform Extension
Startup and plugin ideas built on top of major ecosystems such as Shopify, Notion, Slack, or Chrome. Leverages existing distribution and infrastructure for rapid launch, low cost, and high visibility.
Co-Star's Playbook for Founders
How "decision hygiene" became a $3B category — and why timing tools are the next founder productivity unlock
Review Gardening Agents: Build the Revenue Layer for Google Business Profile
Turn every Google review into repeat visits. Shops hit 90% response rates and capture 10-30 VIP contacts monthly from reviews alone.
Build the Auth0 of AI Context Control
Redaction destroys LLM context. Pseudonymization preserves it. Ship the governance control plane regulated industries will pay six figures for.
Return Prediction Agents: The “KeepScore” Heist In Shopify
Retailers face $850B in returns annually, yet no Shopify-native tool scores risk pre-fulfillment. Build the underwriting layer merchants desperately need.
Build The PDGA For Padel (And Other Emerging Sports)
Padel facilities are multiplying faster than operational infrastructure. The ratings and portable identity layer is contested but not yet owned—and it's worth more than the booking system.
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.
Build the $2,500 Wardrobe Layer for America's 31 Million GLP-1 Users
GLP-1 users spend $1,000-2,500 replacing closets during weight loss. Build the membership layer retail structurally can't serve.
Build the Training Layer Series B Companies Actually Need
L&D headcount down 4%, external training spend up 23%—Series B companies need workflow training that auto-updates when their SaaS tools change.
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.
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.
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.
Morning Triage for Niches
Google and OpenAI are training users to expect AI-run mornings. The free briefing normalizes the habit. The paid opportunity is vertical execution.
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.
The Creami OS Heist
Viral kitchen appliances are training millions in process engineering. The software layer for troubleshooting complex workflows doesn't exist yet.
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.
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.
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.
Premium Physical Notebook Brand Platform
Premium notebooks are growing 4–5% annually while Amazon KDP cracks down on AI spam—opening a compliance moat for curated physical products.
Outcome-Based Neighborhood Space Marketplace
NECF just launched a "trading desk" for idle broadcast capacity. The neighborhood layer—churches, coworking rooms, indie studios—remains wide open.
Identity-Driven Mushroom Coffee Brands
Big Beverage is buying culture, not chemistry. Mushroom coffee incumbents still sell generic benefits—leaving identity-first positioning wide open for micro-tribe operators.