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IdeaCheck is a tool that validates startup ideas by analyzing real discussions from Hacker News. It provides a blunt verdict of PASS, PROMISING, or PASS ON with scores on market demand, technical complexity, distribution, and timing within seconds.

THE PRODUCT, BEYOND THE PITCH

Editorially reviewed · Sources checked Oct 9, 2026

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A good fit for

  • Startup founders seeking fast, honest feedback on their ideas based on real community discussions.
  • Founders who want to understand market demand, technical feasibility, distribution potential, and timing for their startup ideas.

Know the limitations

  • IdeaCheck is a fast first-pass filter and not a market research firm; a PASS verdict does not guarantee success and a PASS ON verdict does not mean the idea is bad.

What you can do

  • Validating startup ideas quickly using community feedback from Hacker News.
  • Accessing startup calculators for market sizing, runway, unit economics, ROI, break-even, and cost estimation without signup.

Features

  • Instant verdict of PASS, PROMISING, or PASS ON for startup ideas.
  • Scores ideas on four dimensions: Market, Technical, Distribution, and Timing, each rated 1–10.
  • Provides real Hacker News citations backing every claim with clickable sources.

Integrations

Not confirmed yet.

Platforms & data export

  • Web-based platform accessible via browser with sign-in for free evaluations.

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.

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A practical workflow

  1. Step 1: Convert idea text into a 768-dimensional vector using an open-source embedding model to capture semantic meaning.
  2. Step 2: Retrieve similar Hacker News discussions by running cosine similarity search over 28,000+ threads to find relevant community discussions.
  3. Step 3: Attach highest-voted comments from retrieved threads to provide community reactions and context for the evaluation.
  4. Step 4: Use an LLM (Llama 3.3 70B) to score the idea on market demand, technical complexity, distribution, and timing, and produce a final verdict.

Based on the sources below. Editorial review does not imply hands-on product testing.

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