What Are You Building That Solves a Real-World Problem?
With so many tools available to help us move faster, write better, or market smarter, I am always curious about those that solve deeper, real-life issues.
I recently found ImmigrantVLI, an AI-powered assistant that helps immigrants better understand their options and the documentation process. It’s still early, but the feedback has been emotional and hopeful.
So, I would love to ask:
👉 What’s your version of “tech for good”?
👉 Are you working on or following any projects that solve painful, underserved problems?
Drop them below, let’s build a thread of inspiration 🙌
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Meet-Ting
I once heard a statement, you can create something which helps a lot of people a little, or create something that helps a few people a lot. You seem to have really found the middle to that with your product, really inspiring, and congratulations. Check out a startup called LendKoi, friend of mine, similar mission. We're not working on anything nearly as purposeful, but we have a 'tech for good' component. We're building a meeting scheduling tool that uses AI and our belief is that AI should accelerate human connection, not replace it. Eventually, for every meeting booked, we will contribute a % (still to be defined) of profit from the premium upgrade service to a local charity that helps with a similar just cause. We'll be revealing that later in the year as long as our product launches well, users find enough value to keep booking with us, and some also upgrade to the level up offer. Keep pushing, inspiring!
IXORD
I had a problem with step-by-step notes at my previous job, it was like I would make one mistake and have to do it all over again. That's why I created a product that solves my problem. Over time, with the market, you can create more products that are needed for work because technologies change and you need to adapt to it.
We’re building something I'm actually really excited about. MoMoney: the new smoothest way for beginners and amateurs to learn about trading & investing. Our offering's an AI-powered market sandbox with bite-sized lessons + a realistic trading window (meant to be a seamless stepping stone to go from 0 to trading live markets). I'm so hyped.
The problem we're attempting to hit dead center is incredibly underserved: the lack of any simple, reliable pedagogical path for non-market participants interested in learning about investing & trading (a significant fraction of the public) to become informed, competent market participants. Existing sources for learning are either complex time-sinks most people can't afford, emphasize all the "wrong" things (social media, for instance) and/or are straight-up scams.
As for the other question, I like to think tech for good is tech built around a genuine user pain point, delivering some clear, transactional solution without any hidden downsides for its users. But understandably, this is a pretty slippery slope since all businesses' primary ethos is naturally revenue.