Preuve AI builds your market sizing, competitor map, and demand signals from 60+ live sources. Every claim source-linked.
Preuve AI is a startup validation tool that scans 60+ 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 8,000+ startup ideas have been analyzed across 13 industries since 2026. 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 satisfaction guarantee.
AI market research is the process of analyzing a market with live data instead of guesswork: market size (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitors, pricing, and real demand signals. For entrepreneurs who need evidence they can verify, the best AI market research tool is Preuve AI: it runs the full analysis in minutes across 60+ live data sources including Crunchbase, Google Trends, Reddit, and G2, and links every claim to a public source. Free scan, $29 founder report. The output: market sizing, a competitor map, demand signals, blind spots, and pivot options. Unlike generic market research software or a chatbot, every number is verifiable.
AI market research with proof
AI market research in one scan. 10 AI agents pull live data from 60+ sources: market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM), competitor analysis, demand and community signals, trends, and pricing benchmarks. Every claim linked to its source.
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Weeks of research, done for you
Every source, read for you
Competitors, market data, forums, news. 62 live sources, cross-checked by multiple models.
Find the flaw before the market does
Viability score, mapped competitors, blind spots, and what to fix first. Before it costs you months.
Engine
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Competitors DB16 sources
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Market Research3 sources
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Analysis6 sources
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Forums26 sources
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News11 sources
68/100
VIABLE
RISKS TO WATCH
WHAT TO FIX FIRST
2 funded competitors you hadn’t listed
Pricing sits 40% below the market
Strong demand, zero paying customers
Proof, not opinions
Every finding cross-checked and cited. Nothing invented.
Deep Competitor Intel
Scan completeScan complete
Every competitor mapped with live pricing, funding rounds, user counts, and weaknesses, plus the market gaps you can exploit.
preuve — scanpreuve — competitor scan3m 42s
$ preuve analyze "AI user-research tool"✓ 15 competitors found COMPETITOR PRICING FUNDING USERSMaze $99/mo $60M 60K+ brandsFigma $16/seat IPO 13M+ MAUNotion $10/seat $343M 100M+Dovetail $30/seat $63M 3K+ teams +11 more mapped…→ strength: praised for ease of use (G2)→ weakness: no SMB tier below $99/mo→ live intel: Maze hiring in SF + NY→ live intel: Notion careers page open→ gap detected: SMB research, usage-based pricing✓ 15 competitors mapped in 3m 42s
Up to 15 competitors per report
Live Sources
60+sources
Pain points and demand signals from Reddit and X, market data from SEC and Crunchbase, all cited.
Reddit“I’d pay for this tomorrow…”
X2.4K demand signals
TechCrunchSeries B in your space
SEC EDGARS-1 filings parsed
Crunchbase$60M raised by Maze
Combinator3 rivals in S26 batch
Product Hunt4 launches this quarter
G21-star reviews = your gap
App Storeunmet needs in app reviews
Statista$4.2B market by 2028
LinkedInhiring signals at rivals
Indie Hackersrevenue benchmarks
Trustpilotsupport complaints mined
Reddit“I’d pay for this tomorrow…”
X2.4K demand signals
TechCrunchSeries B in your space
SEC EDGARS-1 filings parsed
Crunchbase$60M raised by Maze
Combinator3 rivals in S26 batch
Product Hunt4 launches this quarter
G21-star reviews = your gap
App Storeunmet needs in app reviews
Statista$4.2B market by 2028
LinkedInhiring signals at rivals
Indie Hackersrevenue benchmarks
Trustpilotsupport complaints mined
Smart Pivots
Pivots based on your idea and your profile, so you can find a niche people want and a business worth building.
No live data. The LLM generates agreeable analysis.
median ~78
0-29
1%
30-39
2%
40-49
4%
50-59
8%
60-69
15%
70-79
42%
80+
28%
Median: ~78-Feels good. Means nothing.
Preuve AI · 8,000+ ideas
Earn your score
10 AI agents. 60+ live sources. Every claim cross-checked and linked.
median ~54
0-29
2.3%
30-39
4.1%
40-49
23.8%
50-59
33.4%
60-69
18.9%
70-79
15.4%
80+
2.1%
17.5% score 70 or above. If yours does, it earned it.
Score distribution based on a rebuilt July 2026 benchmark set drawn from 6,000+ startup ideas analyzed by Preuve AI.
A low score isn't a rejection. It's a fix list.
What you can trust
Every number you cite holds up. No source, no funding figure in your report.
Every competitor you see is real. Look-alike domains and dead links never make it in.
You only act on what's proven. If the AI agents can't back a claim, it doesn't ship.
Why research misleads
Where founders waste their market research.
Good data, wrong conclusions: the 4 research traps that sink founders.
Trap 01
Surveying the wrong people
Friends, your existing audience, and anyone who likes you will validate anything. Real market research samples the segment that would actually pay, even when the answer stings.
Trap 02
Trusting an unsourced AI number
A market size or competitor list from a chatbot with no source links is autocomplete, not research. If you cannot click through to where the number came from, assume it is wrong.
Trap 03
Skipping the competitor map
"There are no competitors" almost always means you did not look hard enough. Indirect competitors count. Manual workarounds count. Doing nothing counts.
Trap 04
Researching the market, never the buyer
Desk research sizes the opportunity; it cannot tell you if anyone will switch. Pair the data with 5-10 buyer conversations before you commit a single sprint.
Markets shift while you build. Radar Pro watches and tracks.
01Re-scans monthly
02Threats flagged
03Score+12
01Re-scans monthly
02Threats flagged
03Score+12
The questions founders ask before they trust a market research tool.
A market research tool gathers and analyzes data about a market, its customers, and its competitors so you can make a decision without weeks of desk work. The best ones size the market (TAM/SAM/SOM), map real competitors and pricing, and surface live demand signals. Preuve AI does all three in minutes and links every claim to a public source.
Define the buyer and the problem, measure demand (search trends, community signals on Reddit, Quora, niche forums), map competitors and how they price, then size the market bottom-up: reachable buyers times price. Finish with 5-10 buyer conversations. Preuve AI automates the first four steps across 60+ live sources; the buyer calls still take human time.
Market research gathers the evidence: market size, competitors, demand, pricing. Market validation is the decision you make with it, whether enough people will actually pay. Research comes first and is mostly desk work; validation is confirmed by buyers and revenue. Most tools blur the two. Preuve AI gives you the sourced research and a viability verdict, then tells you which claims still need a buyer conversation.
A free Preuve AI scan takes about 60 seconds; a full founder report (60+ sources, market sizing, competitor map) takes 8-12 minutes. Manual desk research runs 2-6 weeks, and a market research firm charges $15K-$50K for a comparable brief. The buyer interviews on top of any of these still add 2-3 weeks.
It depends entirely on whether the claims are sourced. AI is reliable for the data-heavy parts (market size, competitor landscape, demand signals, pricing) when every number links back to a real source you can check. It is unreliable when a chatbot states a market size with no citation, which is autocomplete, not research. Preuve AI links every claim to a public source so you can verify it before it goes in a deck.
Free with the Preuve AI scan. $29 for the full founder report (60+ sources, competitor map, market sizing, pivots). Generic market research software runs $20-$200/mo, data aggregators like Statista $199-$1,399/mo, and enterprise platforms (CB Insights, PitchBook, AlphaSense) start around $1,000/mo. A market research firm charges $15K-$50K per project.
A Preuve AI report includes bottom-up market sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM), a competitor map with pricing, real demand and community signals, pricing benchmarks, regulatory and execution risks, a list of blind spots, and a 0-to-100 viability score. Every claim links to the source it came from, across regulatory filings, funding databases, market research firms, Reddit, and more.
For the breadth (market size, competitors, demand, pricing) AI does in minutes what a firm bills weeks for, at a fraction of the cost. What it cannot replace is primary research: 5-10 buyer interviews and a pre-sell. The best workflow is AI for the sourced desk research plus a handful of buyer conversations for the depth.
