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Road Map

🔥 Business Idea Summary​

Product: AI-powered platform that lets business owners easily feed in their company knowledge (docs, chats, SOPs, policies, CRM notes, etc.) and turn it into a smart assistant that answers questions, drafts emails, explains procedures, and provides insights to team members.

Target users:

  • Small to medium business (SMB) owners

  • Team managers and support staff

  • B2B SaaS companies

  • Agencies and consultancies

✅ Key Features​

  • Easy Knowledge Ingestion

    • Drag-and-drop upload of files (PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
    • Integration with Google Drive, Notion, Slack, SharePoint, CRMs
    • Email parsing (connect inbox or forward documents)
    • Auto-tagging and content summarization

  • Smart AI Assistant

    • Natural language Q&A interface (chat with your company knowledge)
    • Role-based answers (e.g., “explain like I’m a new hire”)
    • Document search with source links
    • Summarization, drafting, and explanation features

  • Team Access & Permissions

    • Multiple user roles (Owner, Admin, Employee)
    • Private and shared knowledge zones
    • Audit trail / conversation logging

  • Insights & Automations

    • “What’s changed this week?” summaries
    • Auto-generate SOPs from conversations
    • Smart reminders for outdated or incomplete knowledge

🛠️ Tech Stack (MVP Suggestions)​

Frontend: React (with shadcn/ui or Tailwind)

Backend: Node.js / Python (FastAPI)

Database: PostgreSQL (for structured data), Pinecone or Weaviate (for vector search)

AI Model: OpenAI GPT-4o or Claude for chat; embeddings for search

File Handling: PDF/Office parsers like pdfplumber, mammoth, or docx

Authentication: Clerk / Firebase Auth

Hosting: Vercel / Railway / AWS

🧠 Monetization Models​

Freemium model with limited uploads/questions

Tiered pricing based on:

  • of documents
  • of team members
  • Chat history length

Custom AI model tuning

White-labeling for consultancies / agencies

🔍 MVP Validation Plan​

Build a landing page with a short explainer and waitlist form.

Use a no-code tool like Typedream + Tally.so to test interest.

Post in:

  • Indie Hackers
  • Reddit (r/smallbusiness, r/startups)
  • Facebook groups / LinkedIn

Talk to 10 local business owners or friends to see what docs/tools they use.

🧭 Next Steps​

✅ Validate the problem with 5–10 real businesses

✍️ Draft your feature roadmap and break it into an MVP

🔨 Build initial ingestion + chat functionality with OpenAI API

🚀 Launch beta with a couple of trusted business owners

💰 Add payments + self-serve onboarding