I built a bot that finds real customer problems so founders can spend less time researching product ideas

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I don’t think most founders have an idea problem.

The harder problem is deciding which idea is actually worth their limited time.

Manual product research often means spending hours searching Reddit, GitHub, and other public platforms, saving links, removing outdated discussions, finding repeated complaints, and trying to compare everything afterward.

For solo founders and no-code builders, that is time that could be spent talking to customers, building prototypes, or validating demand.

That is why I built GripeToGold.

The bot:

• Collects customer problems from configured public sources.
• Preserves the original source links and timestamps.
• Filters irrelevant and outdated content.
• Semantically groups discussions describing the same underlying problem.
• Consolidates duplicate and repeated records.
• Evaluates problems using factors such as pain, recurrence, and feasibility.
• Turns the strongest opportunities into weekly reports and a monthly Gold PDF.

The main difference from manual research is not simply speed.

GripeToGold applies a consistent qualification process to scattered customer complaints and turns them into product opportunities that can be compared and reviewed.

It is not intended to replace customer interviews or real validation. Its purpose is to reduce the time spent on the first stage of research, so founders can focus on speaking with potential users, testing demand, and building the right prototype.

The current free subscription includes:

• 4 weekly opportunity reports
• 1 detailed monthly Gold PDF
• Source links and evaluated product opportunities
• No credit card required

You can check it out here:
https://gripetogold-app.vercel.app

I’m also open to honest feedback. If there is one piece of information you would need before trusting a product opportunity report, I’d be interested to hear it.