Proven — Validate your idea before you build it

Proven is an AI-powered market analysis engine that validates startup ideas by fetching live data from Reddit, Hacker News, and App Store reviews, delivering a 10‑section Founder’s Brief in about four minutes.

What is Proven?

Proven takes your idea (a sentence to three paragraphs) and returns a structured brief covering Opportunity Score, Pain Evidence, Competitor Map, Red Flags, Target Persona, Core Features, Go‑to‑Market plan, Positioning, Monetization model, and Risk Analysis. Every finding links to original posts. You can see a full example. The tool runs on the web and is built by Dairon (referenced as @daicandev).

Key Features

• Opportunity Score — A 0‑100 score backed by 150+ real posts; splits into Pain Score, Market Demand, and Competition gap.
• Pain Evidence — 8–15 sourced quotes from Reddit, HN, and App Store reviews, each linked to its original thread.
• Competitor Map — Lists every product in the space, their weak spots, and the gap you can own.
• Red Flags — Warnings about what founders miss before starting to build.
• Target Persona — Specific role, pain points, what they’ve tried, and willingness‑to‑pay range.
• Go‑to‑Market Plan — Subreddits, communities, and launch platforms where your buyers already talk.
• Positioning — Suggested headline, one‑liner, and what makes you the obvious choice.
• Monetization — Model fit, market-accepted price, free‑vs‑paid split.
• Risk Analysis — Threats and early warning signs that kill ideas like yours.
• Sharpen (Builder plan and up) — Flag any section, add corrections, trigger a re‑run.

Who is it for?

• Founders validating a pre‑build idea — get a kill‑or‑build verdict with real evidence instead of hallucinations.
• Freelancers and indie makers — test proposal or product ideas against live market sentiment in minutes.
• Product teams — cross‑check internal assumptions with external data from Reddit, HN, and App Store.

How does it work?

Three steps: (1) Describe your idea in a sentence to three paragraphs. (2) Proven searches 150+ posts, reviews, and threads across Reddit, HN, and App Store. (3) You read the verdict — every finding links to the original source. The whole process takes about four minutes.

Pricing

Three one‑time credit packs (no subscription, credits never expire):

• Starter — $9 for 1 validation ($9.00/validation), includes full 10‑section brief and 10 karma points.
• Builder — $39 for 5 validations ($7.80/validation), adds the Sharpen feature and 50 karma points.
• Founder’s Sprint — $99 (was $199) for 15 validations ($6.60/validation), includes one human‑reviewed brief and 200 karma points.

Credits never expire. See the full comparison vs ChatGPT and other validators.

FAQ

What sources does Proven search?

Live Reddit threads, Hacker News discussions, and App Store reviews. More signal sources are planned.

How is Proven different from ChatGPT?

ChatGPT uses training data and often hallucinates competitors or confirms bias. Proven returns verifiable sources (every quote linked) and challenges assumptions — it scores ideas objectively from live market data.

What if the brief is wrong?

You can flag a section and trigger a re‑run (Builder plan and up). Each finding already links to the original post so you can verify.

Is there a free trial?

No free trial is mentioned on the site. The smallest paid validation is $9 for one report.