Social

Publishing Obituaries Is a Terrible Business – Unless You Think Harder

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

The Next Social Format Is a Mini-App You Build for a Friend

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

AI Companions Treat Loneliness the Way Cheap Substitutes Do

Health/Mental · build adjacent

The Dating App That Matches on Credit Scores

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

1M Users by Cloning a Proven Model Where It Didn't Exist Yet

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

What If Recruiting Started With Who You Are, Not What You've Done

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Gen Z Is Leaving Social Media – and Retreating Into Group Chats

AI/Agents · build adjacent

We Have Self-Driving Cars – Why Is Your Calendar Still Manual

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Reach the Decision-Maker by Influencing Everyone Around Them

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

In-Person Events Are Back – the Real Opportunity Is Below Ticketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Relationship Layer Is the Next Big AI Infrastructure

HR/Learning · build adjacent

Genuine Human Connection Is Becoming a Premium Product

Health/Mental · enter market

The Dating Profile Is the Problem, Not the Solution

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Your Closest Friends Can't Help You as Much as Distant Acquaintances

AI/Search · build adjacent

Sequoia Paid $50K Per Member – and Called It Cheap

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

The Guy Who Sold to GM for $2.1B Is Building a Gaming Social Network

Gaming · build adjacent

To Launch Something Big, You Need an Enemy

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Chit-Chat Won't Keep Them Around

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

The Widget Showing What Your Friends Are Listening To Right Now

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Gen Z Is Openly Sharing Purchase Data – and That's a Social Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Fans Make Stars – Not Producers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Friendship Apps Will Outlast Dating Apps – Demographics Guarantee It

Social · enter market

Communities 2.0: Built Around Action, Not Small Talk

SaaS/Productivity · build tooling

You Are Not Who You Think You Are – And That Gap Is Measurable

AI/NLP · build adjacent

The AI Agent That Actually Runs Your Group Chat

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Adult Women Lose Half Their Friends Every 7 Years – Here's the Fix

Social · build adjacent

Surfaces Jobs From Your Network Before They Hit Job Boards

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Direct Episodes Inside a Shared AI Universe

AI/Generative · build tooling

Hotels and Cafés Repurposed as a Remote Work Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Your Store Is Boring – And That's Why They Leave

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Why Fight for Tech Share When Film Studios Are Untouched?

AI/Generative · build adjacent

What If Likes Were Worthless and Good Deeds Were the Currency?

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build competitor

The Creator Economy Is About to Eat the Travel Agency Business

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

LinkedIn Is a Sales Pitch Factory – Networking Needs More

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Big Businesses Grow From Small Annoyances

AI/Voice · build adjacent

Synthetic Patient Data That's Statistically Real but Legally Safe

AI/Generative · build tooling

An AI Wife Simulator That Explains Why She's Angry

AI/Generative · adapt model

News Aggregation Is Dumb – Perspective Aggregation Is Interesting

AI/NLP · build tooling

Elite Admissions Is Pay-to-Win – Until Now

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Gen Z Wants to Hang Out IRL – and Needs Help Doing It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Online Stores Are Wasting Their Biggest Traffic Source

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Reddit Threads Turned Into Three-Host Podcast Episodes

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

TikTok-Style Women's Health Platform Where Only Doctors Can Post

Health/Telemedicine · adapt model

UGC Is Sitting on Instagram – One Widget Pulls It Into Your Store

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

What If a Single Conversation Got You Warm Intros to Anyone

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Communities Built for Revenue, Not Just Engagement

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Audience to Community Means Online to Offline – There's No Tool for It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Everyone Books the Same 12 Guests – Here's the Fix

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

After a $310M Exit, the Next Problem Was Making Friends

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Match by Memes, Not Selfies

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Jigsaw Hides Your Face Until You're Worth Knowing

Social · build adjacent

What If Your Blog Had a TikTok Feed Instead of a URL?

Creator Economy · build adjacent

The 'What Are You Up To?' Text Chain Is Broken

Social · build competitor

The Solo Travel Boom Has a $1 Trillion Tailwind

Marketplace · enter market

Offline Events Are Back – Ticketing Infrastructure Isn't

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Hotel Discovery Reimagined as a TikTok Feed

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Everyone's Online but Nobody's Actually Connecting

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Super-Apps Need a Beachhead – Kids' Debit Cards Are One

Fintech/Banking · build competitor

Instagram Wasn't Built to Hold Your Family's Memory

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Getting Paid to Post on X Is Now a Legitimate Business Model

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Storiaverse Invented a New Format Between Comics and Video

AI/Generative · build tooling

Hide a $900B Marketplace Inside a Social Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

5 Billion Social Media Users – and 99% Can't Monetize

AI/Generative · build competitor

Stop Building Audiences on Platforms You Don't Own

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

You Can't Out-Smart ChatGPT – So Go Subjective Instead

AI/NLP · adapt model

The Desire Company Pairs Expert Education With Honest Product Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Unravel Sells Travel Bookings Through a TikTok-Style Video Feed

Creator Economy · build competitor

DressX Superimposes Designer Clothing on Customer Photos for Social Media

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Outverse Builds Community Infrastructure Purpose-Made for SaaS Products

SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor

Propel Recruits African Tech Talent for European and US Companies

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Zipr Turns Shoppers Into Brand Ambassadors With Post-Purchase Discounts

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Elfie Rewards Users With Discounts for Managing Their Own Health

Health/Wellness · enter market

AudiencePlus Helps Companies Build Netflix-Style Content Hubs

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Car Space: A Coworking Space Built Around an Automotive Social Club

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

GoJoe Runs Competitive Fitness Challenges That Improve Employee Sentiment by 84%

HR/Benefits · build adjacent

daily.dev Is a Personalized News Feed and Community Built Exclusively for Developers

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

The Coven Built a Women-First Coworking Space That Became a Digital Platform

Social · adapt model

EyeRate Pays Frontline Employees When Their Customer Interactions Generate Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Stoovo's AI Tells Gig Workers Where to Earn the Most

HR/Remote · build competitor

Airmeet Fixes Online Networking – Not the Main Stage

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Bunch Adds Group Video to Mobile Games Without an SDK

Gaming · adapt model

Wonder Uses Avatar Navigation to Recreate Conference Floor Conversations

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Butter Is a Workshop Video Platform With Shared Agendas

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent