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Early signalⓘEvidence 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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In their words
"I’m building an app that needs AI, but I have basically no budget for API costs." — 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.
OpenAI
— (no stated shortcoming)
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Claude
— (no stated shortcoming)
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Hard requirements
Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.
securely handle API keys without exposing or storing themno business partnership with AI company
Competitor pricing
Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
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How we checked
Where we searched
2 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
58 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
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today · auto-refreshed every 10 days
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Every source post · named rivals · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
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3 tracked posts (1 ask · 2 product/news)
first post Jun 2026
▲ 1 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 2 of the 3 tracked posts, picked as evidence — each insight links back to a real one.
2 reddit