Stop Building in the Dark: How I Use BuildOrNot.io to Validate AI Startup Ideas with Real Data
✍️ By Cheng | 📅 August 2025 | 🧠 AI tools, product strategy, idea validation 🚀 The Problem: Great Ideas Aren’t Always Market-Ready We live in an age where building AI products is faster than ever. Tools like OpenAI, Claude, and open-source models allow anyone with some technical skills to launch an “AI-powered” tool in days. But here’s the catch: Just because you can build something, doesn’t mean you should. I’ve seen too many developers (including myself) fall into the trap of chasing trendy ideas without checking if there's actual demand. We often build based on intuition, Reddit threads, or what’s hot on Product Hunt—then wonder why nobody uses our product. That’s when I stumbled upon a game-changing website: BuildOrNot.io . 🔍 What Is BuildOrNot.io? BuildOrNot is a market validation platform for AI ideas. It analyzes real traffic data from over 100,000 AI tools to help you answer the most important question before you build: “Is anyone actually using this ki...