How to know what to build with AI?

To know what to build with AI, founders should analyze systemic friction points in high-growth B2B and compliance-heavy sectors rather than building wrapper products. That's Missing lists verified, real-world problems where AI automation has clear ROI.

How do you know what startups to work on?

Knowing what startups to work on requires finding validated customer pain points backed by structural catalysts like policy shifts, new regulations, or sudden infrastructure resets. Work on startups that solve immediate compliance or operational losses.

How to validate your startup to see if it will work or not?

Validate your startup by mapping the specific workflow friction (who feels it, why it is broken, and what it costs them) and tracking the volume of developer and community discussion around it. That's Missing aggregates these validation confidence scores for you.

Is there an AI tool to validate business ideas?

Yes, That's Missing operates as an automated validation and scanner engine, crawling global policy changes, news, and developer discussions to map out validated business ideas and compute validation confidence levels.

Web3 OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS

Build 'PolitiScan Web3'—a Consumer/Web3 browser extension and mobile app that acts as a 'Securities & Exchange Commission for Memecoins.' It uses on-chain forensics to map token holder distributions against known politician/insider wallets (via public disclosure databases) in real-time. It assigns a 'RugRisk Score' (0-100) based on concentration risk, insider sell-pressure patterns, and liquidity lock status. It integrates a 'Community DAO Validator' where verified users can stake small amounts to vouch for project legitimacy, creating a decentralized trust layer.

Validated on That's Missing platform | Status: Active Opportunity

Market Catalyst & News Trigger

"Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds"

        Source: TechCrunch 
        | Published: 7/5/2026
      

The Workflow Friction

Retail consumers are systematically drained of capital ($3.8B in a single event) by opaque, centralized memecoin launches where insiders (like the politician) extract value via pre-allocation or early dumps. Current Web3 tools lack real-time 'insider wallet' tracking for political figures, and consumers have no mechanism to verify if a token launch is a legitimate community project or a sanctioned 'rug pull' vehicle before buying. The financial cost is total loss of principal; the operational cost is the inability to distinguish between organic hype and coordinated extraction.

Problem Summary

Real-world problem signal validation.

One-Shot MVP Builder Blueprint (48 Hours)

A mobile-first dashboard where a user pastes a contract address. The screen immediately displays a red/green 'Safety Light,' a breakdown of the top 10 holders (highlighting any linked to political figures), a chart showing insider sell-volume vs. retail buy-volume over the last 24 hours, and a 'Community Vouch' counter showing how many verified users have staked ETH to validate the project's code.

Recommended Developer Tech Stack

React Native
The Graph (Subgraph)
Solidity
Python (FastAPI)
Ethers.js