Founder Intelligence Platform

Your idea deserves
evidence, not opinions.

Validate your market, map your competitors, model your financials, and generate your investor report — in minutes, with citations for every claim.

Used by 4,200 founders across 60 countries.

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SDAI · v4
Founder input
Market AnalysisTAM $48.3B
Competitor Discovery14 direct competitors
Financial ModelingGross margin 68%
Investor FitSeries A match 84%
Validation Score78 / 100
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8,400 validation analyses completedTrusted by founders from YC, Antler, Entrepreneur FirstAverage report generation: 4 minutes 12 seconds$2.1B in total funding raised by validated foundersEvidence-backed across 48 industries60+ countries served
8,400 validation analyses completedTrusted by founders from YC, Antler, Entrepreneur FirstAverage report generation: 4 minutes 12 seconds$2.1B in total funding raised by validated foundersEvidence-backed across 48 industries60+ countries served
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The Founder Reality

The intelligence gap facing today's founders

Most startup decisions are made on assumptions, not evidence.

Founders spend weeks researching what they could know in minutes.

Investors fund ideas backed by data. Most founders walk in with opinions.

Market size is guessed. Competitors are missed. Financial models are fiction.

By the time the market tells you you're wrong, the runway is gone.

StartupDeckAI replaces assumptions with structured intelligence. Every decision becomes evidence-backed.

The Intelligence Stack

Full-spectrum founder intelligence, connected end to end.

Six intelligence modules working as one system. Each layer is built on the evidence of the layer beneath it.

Module 01

Market Intelligence

Total Addressable Market analysis, growth trajectory, segment breakdowns, market maturity scoring.

TAM$48.3B
SAM$8.6B
SOM$920M
Module 02

Competitor Intelligence

Automated competitor discovery, positioning maps, feature gaps, pricing intelligence.

Price →14 competitors
Module 03

Evidence Engine

Every insight backed by real sources. Data provenance displayed. No hallucinated markets.

01McKinsey Logistics Report 2024
02Crunchbase — Last-mile funding rounds
03U.S. Bureau of Transportation Stats
04SEC filings — DoorDash, Uber Freight
05Gartner Supply Chain Outlook 2025
Module 04

Financial Engine

Revenue modeling, margin analysis, unit economics, growth projections, scenario modeling.

Y1Base · $4.8M ARRY5
Module 05

Validation Score

A structured 0–100 score across six dimensions: market, team fit, competition, financials, timing, investor attractiveness.

Validation
78 / 100
Module 06

Investor Memo

A publication-quality investor document generated from your analysis. Structured, cited, exportable.

Investor Memo · Draftp. 01
Executive Summary

A vertically integrated logistics intelligence platform addressing a $48.3B addressable market with 68% projected gross margins…

Every layer of intelligence is connected. Every output is built on the one before it.

The Process

From idea to investor-ready. Here is exactly what happens.

01 · 0:00
You submit your idea.
Free text. No forms. No templates.
02 · 0:24
Intelligence agents activate.
Six analyses run in parallel.
03 · 1:10
Markets are mapped.
TAM, SAM, SOM sized with evidence.
04 · 2:05
Competitors are found.
Direct and indirect competitors profiled.
05 · 3:18
Financials are modeled.
Revenue, margin, unit economics derived.
06 · 4:02
Your idea is scored.
0–100 across six weighted dimensions.
07 · 4:12
Your report is ready.
Investor memo generated and exportable.
4:12
Average time to a complete, investor-ready analysis.

Evidence Engine

Every claim is citable. Every market is verified. Every competitor is real.

StartupDeckAI does not generate plausible-sounding market data. It analyzes, structures, and cites real data. Every market figure in your report includes its source.

Every competitor identified is a real company. If the evidence does not support a claim, the platform says so.

Source categories
Public financial filingsMarket research databasesRegulatory disclosuresPatent databasesLinkedIn organizational dataCrunchbase funding dataIndustry reportsWeb intelligence
Report Excerpt · §2 Market Intelligence
p. 04

The U.S. last-mile logistics market is projected to reach $61.4B by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 9.4%1. Consolidation among incumbents accelerated in 2023, with 14 acquisitions above $50M2. Emerging AI-native entrants captured $1.8B in venture funding across the same period3.

Sources
  1. 1.Global Logistics Technology Market Report, McKinsey & Company, 2024.
  2. 2.Crunchbase — Last-Mile Delivery, Funding & M&A 2021–2024.
  3. 3.U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Annual Freight Report 2024.

Validation Score

Validation Score · Segments weighted by dimension
Market Opportunity88
Competitive Differentiation72
Financial Viability74
Team Fit68
Timing82
Investor Attractiveness84
84%
Investor Match Score
Match against active Series A funds.
14
Competitors Identified
Direct and adjacent, positioned and profiled.
48
Sources Cited
Every claim traceable to a real source.

The score is one output. The intelligence behind it is the real product.

The Deliverable

Your investor memo, ready to send.

Included in every report
  • Executive Summaryp. 1
  • Market Intelligence Analysisp. 3–6
  • Competitive Landscapep. 7–9
  • Financial Projectionsp. 10–11
  • Validation Score Breakdownp. 12
  • Investor Fit Assessmentp. 13
  • Strategic Recommendationsp. 14
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StartupDeckAI · Investor Intelligence Report
Meridian Logistics · AI Last-Mile Optimization
Prepared 2026-06-14 · Confidential
Validation
78
/ 100
Executive Summary

Meridian Logistics targets a $48.3B U.S. last-mile delivery market with an AI-native routing platform that reduces per-drop cost by 22–28% versus incumbents. The team has domain depth from Amazon Logistics and Convoy.

Market Intelligence

Projected 9.4% CAGR through 2028. Consolidation accelerating among Tier-1 operators. 14 direct competitors identified; three in adjacent segments.

Competitive Landscape

Differentiation is strongest on real-time re-routing latency (sub-800ms) and integrated carrier pricing intelligence. Weakness: brand distribution vs. entrenched incumbents.

Financial Projections

Base case: $4.8M ARR by month 24, 68% gross margin, LTV/CAC 4.2x. Upside case contingent on enterprise design-partner conversion.

Strategic Recommendation

Proceed with pre-seed raise of $1.6M to secure two lighthouse pilots by Q2 2027 before Series A.

The Ecosystem

Not a tool. A complete founder operating system.

Premium · Included in Pro
Generate
Startup Idea Generator
Structured ideation grounded in market whitespace.
Validate
A/B Testing
Compare two ideas against the same evidence framework.
Assess
Founder Fit
How your background maps to your chosen market.
Match
Investor Match
Aligned funds and thesis-fit for your stage.
Decide
Pivot Predictor
Model the impact of a directional change before you take it.
Learn
Startup Autopsy
Post-mortems of comparable companies, structured.
Operate
Founder OS
A running system for evidence-backed decisions.
Collaborate
Workspaces
Share analyses with co-founders and advisors.
Organize
Projects
Multiple ideas, tracked over time, versioned.
Connect
Knowledge Graph
Every insight linked to its evidence, forever.

From founders who used it

We walked into our seed pitch with a 74/100 validation score and a 23-competitor map. The investors had never seen that level of preparation from a pre-seed team.

Priya Ramanathan
Founder, Chorus Data · Seed — $4.2M raised

It took two weekends of manual research to get what StartupDeckAI produced in four minutes. And their financial model was more defensible than mine.

Marcus Ellinger
Founder, Arbor Freight · YC W25

The evidence engine is what sold me. I could hand our lead investor a memo where every number had a source. That is not something an AI wrapper can do.

Sofia Delacroix
Co-founder, Ledger Systems · Pre-seed, 8 months in

Pricing

Transparent pricing. No surprises.

Starter
$0/ forever

For founders exploring their first idea.

  • 1 full validation analysis
  • Market intelligence report
  • Basic competitor discovery
  • Validation score
  • PDF export
Start free
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Pro
$49/ month

For founders building seriously.

  • Unlimited validations
  • Full investor memo generation
  • Evidence engine with citations
  • Financial modeling suite
  • Investor match & fit assessment
  • All premium tools included
  • Priority processing
Start 14-day trial
Studio
$199/ month

For accelerators, VCs, and studios.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Team workspaces
  • Portfolio-level analytics
  • Custom report branding
  • API access
  • Dedicated support
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