Mine Reddit pain points for new business ideas with AI

Scans Reddit discussions for real problems people have and turns them into structured startup ideas in Excel.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per one per pain point found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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An outside serviceRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Knowledge Base & RAGResearch & Market IntelligenceSurvey & Feedback
Connects
RedditOpenRouterMicrosoft Excel

The problem it solves

You want fresh business ideas grounded in real problems people are actually talking about, but reading through Reddit threads yourself takes hours and it's hard to keep track of what you find. Turning scattered complaints into a usable idea is even harder.

Who it fits

Founders, consultants, or market researchers looking for validated business ideas based on real user complaints.

How it works

  1. You choose a subreddit to scan
  2. The automation pulls trending posts and comments from that subreddit
  3. AI reads the discussions to find real pain points
  4. AI turns each pain point into a structured business idea with industry, cost, and revenue estimates
  5. Every idea is saved as a new row in Excel
What you get

Business ideas grounded in real complaints

You get a list of business ideas built directly from problems people are already discussing online.

What you get

An Excel sheet of structured startup ideas, each tied to a real pain point with cost and revenue estimates.

What you need

A Reddit developer account, an OpenRouter API key, and a Microsoft Excel 365 account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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