My startup-idea scanner scored 500 ideas; the best got 6.3/10
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I built a tool (https://1mil.app/hn) to help me test my intuition about various weird business ideas that were on my mind. Initially, I wanted to create a database with 1 million business ideas (hence the name - "1 million opportunities"). But turned out to be a dumb idea already. So instead I built this tool that returns only 10 ideas. It's all based on your input, market + your background.The first release scored on demand only and it gave false confidence. So I rebuilt the the scoring around "winnability": can a solo founder with a specific background "win" against what already exists?Heres what still bugs me: since winnability went live in June, it has scored 500+ ideas, and none reached 7/10. The best was 6.3 and the median is 1.3. That includes every scan I ran for myself.My preliminary conclusion: most business ideas are improbable to win.Well, go ahead and try the scanner, and let me know what you think. A free scan without an account is included. Each scan costs Vertex tokens, which is why the tool isn't free.
HN · launched Aug 30, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 53%) · 0 views
Niche: startup idea validation tools · 144 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▲ +11% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- Prosumer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a wrapper combining an LLM prompt pipeline with live web search APIs (such as Serper or Tavily) and displaying the scored results in a clean web UI.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: z.ai
Concerns raised: palette similarity to competitor
Feature requests: ability to post/submit ideas
Competitors
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Attention rank: #66 of 118 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 304 days after the earliest competitor.
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