Turn NASA patents into business ideas, logged to Sheets and Slack

Each week the system scans new NASA patents, translates them, and turns them into business ideas sent to Slack and Sheets.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each new patent found.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without a priori Run-Time Knowledge (15)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsTranslation & LocalizationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
OpenAIDeepLGoogle SheetsSlack

The problem it solves

Spotting a licensable technology or fresh product idea before your competitors means digging through dense patent filings, most written in technical language that takes real time to interpret. Nobody on your team has hours to spare scanning patent databases every week, so promising leads slip past unnoticed.

Who it fits

Entrepreneurs, R&D teams, and tech scouts looking for licensable innovations or fresh product ideas before they go mainstream.

How it works

  1. On a set schedule, the system checks NASA's patent database for the newest entries
  2. Each patent abstract is translated into plain English
  3. OpenAI reads the abstract and suggests practical business applications
  4. Every patent and its business idea is logged to Google Sheets
  5. A summary of the week's ideas is sent to Slack
What you get

Business ideas ready before anyone else notices

You receive a weekly list of new NASA patents translated into plain business ideas, ready in Slack and Sheets for your team to explore.

What you get

A running Google Sheets log of new NASA patents with translated summaries and business ideas, plus a Slack digest.

What you need

An OpenAI API key, a DeepL API key, a Google account for Sheets, and a Slack workspace.

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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