PRODUCT: ASSAY™FREQUENCY: 375nmBAND: UV-ASTATUS: ACTIVE
AUTOMATED IDEA VALIDATION
VALIDATE YOURSTARTUP IDEAIN 10 MINUTES.
AI research agents analyze your concept from every critical angle. 3 specification files generated. One Reading Score tells you if it's worth building.
Describe your idea in plain language. ASSAY™ structures it into a validated submission.
+Problem statement + target market
+Domain tags + competitors
+Constraints + design preferences
+4-step guided wizard
02
RESEARCH
AI agents analyze your idea from every critical angle.
+Market sizing + TAM/SAM/SOM
+Competitive landscape analysis
+Technical feasibility check
+Regulatory + compliance scan
+Financial model projection
03
SPECIFICATION
Three publication-grade specification files, generated from research synthesis.
+ANALYSIS — market + competitive intel
+IDENTITY — brand + positioning
+ARCHITECTURE — technical blueprint
+Download as PDF or MD
SAMPLE OUTPUTS
FROM SPECTRA PORTFOLIO / REAL ANALYSES
RIGHT-TO-REPAIR / TOOLSVIABLE
UNIVERSAL DEVICE REVIVAL PLATFORM
75/100REFLOW
MARKET
25/25
COMPETITION
25/25
FEASIBILITY
13/25
FOUNDER FIT
13/25
Zero direct competitors. Right to Repair legislation tailwind. High technical fragmentation is the main risk — device profiles need cold-start investment.
STRENGTHS
+ Zero direct competitors (10/10 gap)
+ 5-8M active tinkerer market
+ 94% gross margin model
WEAKNESSES
— Device fragmentation high
— Cold start problem
— Single founder bottleneck
ANALYSISIDENTITYARCHITECTUREPDF / MD
STARTUP TOOLS / SAASVIABLE
STARTUP OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FOR PRE-SEED FOUNDERS
74/100CATALYST
MARKET
21/25
COMPETITION
18/25
FEASIBILITY
22/25
FOUNDER FIT
13/25
Proven market gap — no integrated 4-pillar solution exists. OM provides 70-80% of stack. Weak founder-market fit: logistics domain, not startup ecosystem.
STRENGTHS
+ 22/25 feasibility (OM leverage)
+ Perfect timing (AI + tool fatigue)
+ No integrated competitor
WEAKNESSES
— 13/25 founder-market fit
— Competitive density from combos
— 17th product in portfolio
ANALYSISIDENTITYARCHITECTUREPDF / MD
AUDIO HARDWARE / R2RCAUTION
1024-ELEMENT DISCRETE UNARY DAC WITH FPGA DEM
61/100MONOLITH
MARKET
72/100
COMPETITION
95/100
TECHNICAL
62/100
TEAM FIT
48/100
Unprecedented architecture — never built in discrete at this scale. 95/100 competitive position. Critical gap: no analog PCB design skill. BOM cost $30K+ for resistors alone.
STRENGTHS
+ 95/100 competitive position
+ Deep domain expertise (4 R2R DACs)
+ Totaldac pricing model viable
WEAKNESSES
— No analog PCB skill (team gap)
— $30K BOM for Tier 2
— CE/EMC certification cost
ANALYSISIDENTITYARCHITECTUREPDF / MD
AUDIO FIRMWARE / EMBEDDEDCAUTION
CUSTOM AUDIOPHILE FIRMWARE FOR SQUEEZEBOX TOUCH
42/100PICKUP
MARKET
18/100
COMPETITION
70/100
TECHNICAL
91/100
BUSINESS
15/100
Technically brilliant, commercially dead. 91/100 feasibility but 18/100 market size. Hardware is sunset — 15K declining units. Community expects free software. Passion project only.
Startup assessment is subjective, inconsistent, and undocumented. Mentors evaluate ideas differently. Grantors require standardized TRL/IRL metrics. No existing tool addresses this at the program level.
THE SOLUTION
ASSAY™ provides standardized AI-powered assessment for every idea in your cohort. Comparable scores. Exportable reports. TRL/IRL mapping compatible with PARP and EU grant frameworks.
WHAT YOU GET
Cohort dashboard with aggregate scoring. Bulk import via CSV. Branded PDF reports with your logo. Mentor read-only access with commenting. Historical cohort comparison.
THE NUMBERS
40–60 hours of mentoring saved per cohort. 10-minute average validation time. AI research agents analyze every dimension. Standardized scoring across every cohort.
BUILT BY BUILDERS
10 PRODUCTS / 1 METHODOLOGY
ORIGIN
ASSAY™ is the productization of the spec-driven development workflow used across the SPECTRA portfolio. Every product went through this exact validation pipeline — manually. Now it runs in 10 minutes.