Replying to @sheroo6211
most founders build for months before finding out nobody wanted it.
I almost did the same thing.
before I wrote a single line of code for my current project, I forced myself to answer one question: is there actually demand for this?
turns out that question is harder to answer than it sounds. surveys are biased. asking friends is useless. hiring a research firm costs more than your entire runway.
so I built a way to simulate it instead.
when a complete stranger — someone I've never met, never marketed to — signed up on their own, I knew I was onto something real.
that's the only validation that matters. not compliments. not 'looks cool bro'. a stranger taking action.
if you're pre-launch and still guessing whether your idea has legs — ScaleSim can tell you before you waste months finding out the hard way.
AI-powered market validation in one clean and simple report.
This is the right instinct — the moment a complete stranger takes action without you prompting them, that's signal that can't be faked.
The challenge most pre-launch founders have is they solve for demand validation but then forget the next bottleneck: discoverability at scale. Even validated ideas die because nobody finds them when searching or asking AI.
ScaleSim is an interesting angle — market sim as a signal layer. What does your current waitlist look like in terms of the type of founders joining? Curious whether you're seeing more technical or non-technical founders show up.