AI startup idea directories compared

What we publish for each problem, and other places founders look for ideas. We describe the others only by what they say about themselves; check each one directly.

What Real Problem AI publishes

• 100 live problems, each scored 0 to 10 on problem severity, AI feasibility, market signal and competition gap. The weighted score must clear 7.0 to stay live; the rest move to the archive.
• The person who has the problem, a note on tools that exist today and what they miss, and a possible technical starting point.
• A source note on every problem, with a direct link where one is available. Older entries name the communities where the complaint recurs and show our paraphrase, not a quote.
• A founder vault of problems raised in public talks and podcasts, each linked to its source. The people named are not affiliated with us.

Scores are our judgement, not a measurement, and no directory, ours included, replaces talking to the people who have the problem.

Other places to look

Site	What it offers, in brief
StartupIdeasDB	A large collection of startup ideas and pain points.
BigIdeasDB	Ideas drawn from software reviews and complaints.
YC Requests for Startups	Themes Y Combinator says it would like to fund.
Wazoku Crowd (formerly InnoCentive)	Innovation challenges posted by organisations.