IdeaCheck validates startup ideas against about 28,000 Hacker News threads (Show HN launches and founder Ask HN posts). Describe your idea in a sentence or two and it searches those discussions by meaning, so it finds the threads where founders already argued about something like it, even when they use different words. Sign in and a language model reads the closest threads, scores the idea on market demand, technical complexity, distribution and timing, and gives a PASS, PROMISING or PASS ON verdict. Every point cites the discussion it came from. The first full evaluation is free.
Semantic search over 28,000 Hacker News threads, free without an account
Scores for market demand, technical complexity, distribution and timing
PASS, PROMISING or PASS ON verdict
Every claim links to the Hacker News discussion behind it
First evaluation free, then small credit packs
Check whether an idea has been tried before you build it
Read what founders and engineers said about similar products
Get a blunt second opinion before pitching or applying to an accelerator

Hi Fazier! I built IdeaCheck because the most honest feedback on startup ideas I've found is buried in old Hacker News threads: Show HNs, Ask HNs, and the arguments in the comments. IdeaCheck searches about 28,000 of them by meaning, finds the ones closest to your idea, and gives a blunt verdict where every point cites the thread it came from. The first evaluation is free. I'd love to hear where it gets your idea wrong.

Hi Fazier! I built IdeaCheck because the most honest feedback on startup ideas I've found is buried in old Hacker News threads: Show HNs, Ask HNs, and the arguments in the comments. IdeaCheck searches about 28,000 of them by meaning, finds the ones closest to your idea, and gives a blunt verdict where every point cites the thread it came from. The first evaluation is free. I'd love to hear where it gets your idea wrong.
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