What is Origin?
Origin is an AI that understands your skills and resources to help you navigate the founder journey from finding the right idea, to scaling it in market. The best part? A monthly tournament for $10k to whoever makes the most progress in 30 days.
Problem
Users struggle to navigate the founder journey independently, facing challenges in validating ideas and securing initial funding without structured guidance or resources.
Solution
An AI-powered platform where users receive personalized guidance based on their skills/resources and compete in a monthly $10k tournament to accelerate progress on their startup ideas.
Customers
Aspiring entrepreneurs, early-stage founders, and tech professionals seeking validation, funding, and strategic direction for their ventures.
Unique Features
Combines AI-driven skill/resource analysis with a gamified funding mechanism (30-day progress tournaments) to create accountability and reward execution.
User Comments
Motivating competitive structure
Practical AI suggestions for idea refinement
Valuable early-stage support
Accessible entry point for non-technical founders
Aligns mentorship with actionable milestones
Traction
Newly launched (exact metrics unspecified), featured on ProductHunt with initial traction. The $10k monthly prize pool suggests 120+ annual participants at comparable startup competition scales.
Market Size
The global startup economy was valued at $3 trillion in 2022, with early-stage funding platforms capturing significant portions of this market.
