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TECH ValidatedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

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5
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 5w ago
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5
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
19
rivals shipping · web scan
how verified →

In their words

"I'm in an earthquake-prone region and looking to create an automation that turns on lights when my vibration sensor goes off N-times within a timed duration" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Broadlink RM4 — "IR is one-way so HA has no idea" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

two-way communicationtimer starting at first detectionautomate switching on a backup pump and filtervibration sensor on each litter box

Competitor pricing

Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
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How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
65 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
14d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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What the numbers suggest

19 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
5 builder posts asking · 5 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
0 new tracked posts (all types) in the last 30 days vs 6 the month before see the curve → demand is cooling.
5 demand signals vs 19 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 33 days ago → conversation is quiet lately.

Signal history

10 tracked posts (5 asks · 5 product/news) first post Aug 2023 0 in the last 30 days
2026-06-30 · +2 posts · 3 on record2026-07-05 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-07-19 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-07-24 · +1 post · 6 on record2026-07-31 · +1 post · 7 on record2026-08-07 · +2 posts · 9 on record2026-08-10 · +1 post · 10 on record 10 0 1 Jun 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · 1 earlier post before this 12-month window carried into the baseline · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

8 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

7 reddit1 discourse

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