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by starikovs 2459 days ago
A startup idea: an app to generate a startup idea (based on this list).
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Here you go:

  (function () {
    var els = document.getElementsByTagName("li");
    var startups = ["A web-based platform", "An AI-powered platform", "Uber for",
                    "Subscription-based service", "Blockchain", "A folder that syncs"]
    for(var i = 4 ; i < els.length ; ++i) {
      els[i].innerText = startups[Math.floor(Math.random() * startups.length)] + " for people who " + els[i].innerText;
    }})()
Paste it into dev console on that page to receive an instant list of proper startup ideas.

The code is GPLv3, and can be trivially modified to generate further interesting startup ideas.

EDIT: Modified to add a greater variety of instant startup ideas!

Cool. But it should be in React Native and AI to raise some money.
Don't know about React Native, but updated the app to generate AI-related ideas (and some others).