AI Startup Idea #7: Agent Engine Optimization (AEO). As agents replace browsers, how will they find websites + businesses? Build tools to optimize discovery for AI agents, just like SEO did for humans + Google
AI Startup Idea #6: AI Revenue Generator. Pick an industry you know, plug in CRM + business data, and let AI find gaps, generate leads, and build tailored revenue strategies to grow a company’s top line
Founders love to pitch their startup and features. But your customer only cares about their survival + success. Key customer question that should be answered: How does this help me win?
👉 Position the customer as the hero. You are the guide, delivering benefits.
AI Startup Idea #5: Habitica 2.0. Gamified habits meet an AI coach. Track goals like an RPG, but with AI giving feedback, nudges, and smart tips to level up your real life.
AI Startup Idea #4: Investor Match. With AI fueling a startup boom, founders need smarter funding tools. Use AI + live investor databases to match, manage workflows, and automate painful parts of fundraising
AI Startup Idea #3: Learn by Teaching. Students explain concepts to AI, which asks questions back to deepen understanding. AI generates customised course material if needed. A tool that reverses the current course methodologies, requiring iterative, active practice with teaching at its core
AI Startup Idea #2: AI Art Mashup 🎨Choose themes + styles + artist inspo. Generate blends of past and present. Adjust, swap, and refine to explore how movements connect. A simple way to reimagine art history and spark new ideas for creators, students, and enthusiasts
I’m Dheren → Ex-banker (PwC, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered) → 4 yrs in VC → now a founder.
Building TAccSo AI + exploring new ideas via TAccSo Labs.
Posting 100 AI startup ideas in 100 days 🚀
Boards: SAICA + Attacq ESD+ 2 other tech co's: Stellr & Colony.
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AI Startup Idea 1: Wardrobe AI. An inventory of your wardrobe (clothing, shoes, accessories etc.)- the AI decides on the combination of clothes you can wear each day based on moods, trends, data etc. Uses weather data + calendar data to decide on the occasion/appropriateness.
How much of what you read today was generated by AI? Machine output is increasingly becoming our input.
Selling is not about being pushy. It is about telling a story your audience’s brain is wired to pay attention to- because it solves a problem, takes away pain, or creates a benefit. Selling = helping.
"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity" -Sun Tzu. Startup chaos = market or operational gaps. Data cuts through chaos. Opportunity is found in analysing data. Solve for the limiting factors as quickly as possible.
“Don’t sell what you can make; make what you can sell” From Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
As it becomes easier to build with AI, the Minimum Viable Product is being replaced by the Maximum Viable Product
The Microsoft Teams webinar functionality is amazing. They have made it super simple to host a webinar with up to 1,000 attendees
It is interesting that it is called 'prompt engineering' when prompting is part art and part science, and requires just regular language knowledge rather than any technical knowledge.
Ask yourself today:
✅ Where am I resisting change?
✅ What skill could I start learning?
✅ Who could I help?
Challenge yourself to keep growing and exploring 👊
Now, in his nineties, he is learning AI, building software, and helping his church serve its community better.
Not despite his age.
Because of his mindset.
The lesson:
Staying relevant is not about knowing every new tool.
It is about staying open to learning and trying.
It is one of the most inspiring examples of a growth mindset I have seen.
(Link in comments)
John started as an engineer in the 1950s.
When CAD came along, his colleagues resisted.
He learned it.
Decades later, he was still being called back to contribute.
Will you stay relevant as the world changes faster than ever?
At 91, John Blackman taught himself to build an AI-powered app for his church.
He was not a programmer.
He simply stayed curious and solved a real problem.
I watched John’s story on the How I AI channel by @clairevo.
"When you are working in a high-growth company or environment, you have to constantly reinvent yourself because different versions of you are needed for different times" - Frank Slootman
Notebook LM has to be the best @Google product right now. Combined with Gemini Pro 2.5 and Gemini Deep Research, it can really supercharge your work 🚀
