Business idea validation, 40+ live sources, source-linked evidence.
Preuve AI is a startup validation tool that scans 40+ live data sources - including Crunchbase, Google Trends, Reddit, Product Hunt, and G2 - to generate a viability score, map up to 15 competitors with funding and pricing data, and surface blind spots before you build. Over 4,500+ startup ideas have been analyzed across 13 industries since 2025. According to CB Insights, 42% of startups fail because there is no market need - the blind spot Preuve AI catches. Free scans take 60 seconds. Full Founder Reports cost $29 one-time with a 14-day report guarantee.
Idea validation is the process of testing a startup idea against real market evidence before building. Preuve AI runs idea validation in 60 seconds across 40+ live data sources including Crunchbase, Google Trends, Reddit, and G2. Free scan, $29 founder report. The output: a viability score, competitor map, market sizing, blind spot list, and pivot recommendations. Every claim is linked to a public source.
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What you get
What’s blocking your idea, and how to fix it.
15
Deep Competitor Intel
Every competitor mapped. Pricing, funding, user count, strengths, weaknesses, and the gaps you can exploit.
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Live Sources
Real user complaints and demand signals from Reddit, X, YouTube, forums, and review sites.
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Smart Pivots
Pivots based on your idea, so you can find a niche people want and a business worth building.
No live data. The LLM generates agreeable analysis.
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2%
31-50
5%
51-60
10%
61-70
18%
71-80
40%
81-90
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91+
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Median: ~78-Feels good. Means nothing.
Preuve AI · 4,000+ ideas
Earn your score
10 AI agents. 40+ live sources. Every claim cross-checked and linked.
0-29
1.2%
30-39
3.6%
40-49
25.1%
50-59
30.3%
60-69
21.5%
70-79
15.5%
80+
2.8%
18.3% score 70 or above. If yours does, it earned it.
Score distribution based on a rebuilt 2026 benchmark set drawn from 4,000+ startup ideas analyzed by Preuve AI.
A low score isn't a rejection. It's a fix list.
Why ideas die
Where founders waste 6 months.
42% of startups die from no market need. The 4 traps that explain why.
Trap 01
Asking friends and family
They will say it is a great idea. They have to. Ask 10 strangers in your target segment. Cold DM on LinkedIn, IndieHackers, or relevant subs.
Trap 02
Trusting a 90/100 from a chatbot
If the score does not link to evidence (real competitors, real demand, real signals), it is not validation. It is autocomplete dressed in a confidence interval.
Trap 03
Skipping the competitor map
"There are no competitors" usually means you did not look hard enough. Indirect competitors count. Manual workarounds count. Doing nothing counts.
Trap 04
Validating the solution, not the problem
If users are excited about your specific solution but cannot articulate the problem in their own words, you have a feature, not a business. Pivot the solution. Keep validating the problem.
The questions founders ask before they trust an idea validation tool.
Idea validation is the process of testing a startup idea against real market evidence before you build. It checks four things: is there demand, who are the competitors, what is the market size, and what are the risks. Done right, it replaces months of building the wrong thing with hours of evidence gathering.
The top tools in 2026 are Preuve AI (40+ live sources, source-linked evidence, $29), IdeaProof (single-shot AI report), ValidatorAI (chat-based), IdeaBuddy (business plan focused), and DimeADozen (credit-based GPT-4 reports). Preuve is the only one that links every claim back to a public source like Crunchbase, G2, Reddit, or a funding announcement.
Five steps: (1) write a one-paragraph description of the problem, target user, and your proposed solution, (2) check existing competitors and how they price, (3) measure search demand and community signals (Reddit, Quora, niche forums), (4) estimate TAM/SAM/SOM with public data, (5) talk to 5-10 potential users. Preuve AI runs steps 1-4 automatically in 60 seconds.
A free scan takes about 60 seconds. A founder report (40+ sources, full breakdown) takes 8-12 minutes. Manual idea validation by a consultant takes 4-8 weeks and costs $5K-$15K. Talking to users yourself still matters and takes 2-3 weeks on top of any tool.
Idea validation tests whether the problem is real and whether your specific solution makes sense. Market validation tests whether enough people will pay for it. Idea validation comes first. Market validation comes after you have a working prototype and a few customers. Most tools (and most founders) confuse the two.
Free with our scan. $29 for the full Preuve AI founder report (40+ sources, competitor map, pivot suggestions). Comparable AI tools charge $59-$267 (DimeADozen) or $19-$49/mo (IdeaBuddy). Traditional consultants charge $5K-$15K for the same outcome.
AI can validate the data-heavy parts: market size, competitor landscape, demand signals, regulatory checks, and pricing benchmarks. AI cannot replace user interviews. The best workflow is AI for the breadth (40+ sources in minutes) plus 5-10 user calls for the depth. A 90/100 score from a chatbot with no source links is not validation. Source-linked evidence is.
Yes, if you are about to spend more than 4 weeks building. CB Insights found that 42% of startups fail because there is no market need. The cost of a $29 idea validation report is the cheapest insurance against burning 6 months on the wrong idea.
