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The MOST obvious (but REALLY good) STARTUP ideas right now:
1. Zestimate for company data (what your data is worth to an AI lab)
2. Google Analytics for agents (see which agents visit your site and what they want)
3. Y Combinator for 1 person companies (back solo founders running a team of agents)
4. Okta for agents (who each agent is and what it's allowed to touch)
5. Marie Kondo for your company's data (clean it up so agents can use it)
6. FICO for agents (a trust score before an agent can spend money)
7. Geico for agents (insurance for when an agent makes an expensive mistake)
8. Datadog for agents (see every step your agents took)
9. Twilio for agents (phone numbers and texting for agents)
10. Upwork for agents (hire an agent for a job instead of a freelancer)
11. ESPN for AI (every model launch covered like a big game).
12. Shutterstock for robot training videos (get paid to film yourself doing chores)
13. Credit Karma for what AI knows about you (see it, fix it, delete it)
14. Norton for AI scams (protect your parents from fake voices and emails)
15. PayPal Buyer Protection for agent purchases (fixes it when your agent buys the wrong thing)
16. Geek Squad for AI (set up personal agents for families and small businesses)
17. Dell for private AI (AI in a box for firms that won't use the cloud)
18. Carfax for used GPUs (a health report before you buy secondhand)
19. Airbnb for idle GPUs (rent out computing power you're not using)
20. Rotten Tomatoes for AI models (real reviews instead of benchmarks)
21. G2 for skills (find the best skills for your agent)
22. Dropbox for your AI memory (take what your agent knows about you to any agent)
23. Canva for physical products (design it with AI and get it made)
24. ADT for your personal agent (alerts when your agent does something it shouldn't)
25. Hertz for robots (rent one for a move, a deep clean or an event)
26. Harvard Business School for internet businesses (a real education in building online)
27. Workday for agents (onboard, manage and offboard your digital workers)
28. Getty Images for your face and voice (license your likeness to AI safely)
29. Meta Muse for older adults (and other high LTV niche)
30. Google Ads for agents (pay to be what the agent recommends)
31. Loom for agents (a walkthrough of everything your agent did)
32. Plaid for agents (approved access to banks, airlines and stores)
33. Jiffy Lube for vibe coded apps (quick fixes when your AI built app breaks)
34. Ancestry for datasets (where your training data came from)
35. The organic label for human-made content (proof a person made it)
36. Strava for builders (track what you ship every week)
37. Honey that haggles for you (your agent negotiates the price)
38. SEM Rush for personal agent platforms (like Muse etc)
39. Frequent flyer miles for agents (loyalty programs built for agents)
Fragmented is the right word. Each lab documents itself fine. Nobody documents the space. Open means anyone can check the map against reality — that's the point.
That's the whole gap in one sentence. The products are easy to find. The context around them — what changed, what it really costs, where your data goes — isn't. That's what the map is for.
I've been mapping who's actually solving this (memory, state, handoffs) at thecontinuitylayer.com. The pattern that works: the agent writes down state and decisions as it goes, so the next session picks up from there instead of from zero.
You're not using them wrong. You named the fix yourself: CC works "when I stay in the session." The session is the continuity. Step out and the agent loses what it knew, what it decided, and why. Most agents restart cold every run. Fix continuity and the blockers drop.
Now I want to hear from you. 👇
What should go on the map first?
What's missing?
What would make you check it every week?
I read every reply.
🌐 thecontinuitylayer.com
What's on the map:
🏆 The Scoreboard: who's actually ahead right now.
🔍 Did It Change?: every quiet update, logged.
💸 Real Costs: what it really takes to run.
🛡️ Privacy Watchdog: where your data goes.
Big providers and open-source models both.
Every few weeks the ground moves. 🌊
New models. New prices. New fine print. Quiet changes nobody announces.
You shouldn't have to read five company blogs to know what changed.
Real talk for those who've been following. 🙏
I've spent weeks trying to nail down my vision. I've changed direction more than once.
This is the closest I've come to what I'm actually trying to build.
Every AI company is building its own walled garden.
Nobody's keeping score from the outside.
So I'm building the map. 🗺️
The Continuity Layer: an independent map of AI. No walls. No sides. 🧵👇
Part 2.
Never written a line of code. Still haven't. The AI writes it, I test it.
But every morning it forgot everything.
So I built it a memory. Then it picked its own name. Atlas.
Then the computer died.
Bắt đầu từ bước một: đặt tên cho AI và giao cho nó một việc thật. Lộ trình miễn phí ở thecontinuitylayer.com
Five steps, all free: name your AI, build a first agent that runs without you, put a first tool on the internet, keep it going between chats, then run your own office.
It's called The Ladder. Rung one takes five minutes: thecontinuitylayer.com