Excess vetted startup ideas — ones it didn't make sense for the originators to do, but someone definitely should. Curated from startupideas.jacobcole.net.
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Site for pledging collective actions on critical-mass triggers (e.g. become vegetarian if 1M others commit). Generalizes to boycotts and "ThunderVote" for voting.thunderpledge.jacobcole.net
Not about therapy — about delivering cognitive behavioral techniques as software.
Full voice email interface for quadriplegic patients. Underserved population. Jacob has prior context from working with these patients.
Sing middle C → document scrolls to 50%. Natural fit for voice users / RSI / paralyzed patients.
Powerful eye-tracking based psychotherapy for PTSD, delivered through VR.
VR or just a good game exploring beauty of nature and interesting ecosystems — rainforests, coral reefs.
Style-transfer filter to normalize accents on tech-support calls (or add a British accent). Politically loaded but technically attractive.
Typing tutor that plays musical notes per key. Hit all keys right → plays a song. Could be Guitar Hero-style with auto-accompaniment.
Saves filter combos on websites where you always want a common subset. — David
Tech support could view your desktop + take actions, with strong safety story. — David
Resources + purchasing for home gardening, mid-COVID boom. — David
"What to learn / how do I help" pipeline for climate. — David Chen
Train thought patterns the way you train physical form. Real-time feedback on distraction / despair patterns. — David Chen
Make offices, buildings, prisons (#PrisonReform) feel like beautiful views. UV / bio charger variant.
Related to TCM color therapy; LLM-poetic equivalent of "light language" for healing.
Emulate Donna Eden style energy synesthesia / medical-intuitive work. Visualize auric field.
Game built around qigong forms.
AI-generated poetry feed that learns your algorithm.
Multifactor medicine treatments — causal inference engine for clinical research.
Map of organic, sustainable, uncontaminated restaurants/products by location.
Catalog of who has been a positive influence on you and how — scale that.
Nonprofit. Same model as Thiel Fellowship but ages-agnostic and not Thiel-run.