Tinder, but for Startup Ideas — idea-L® Turns Discord Into Founder-Matchmaking Game
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idea-L®, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered venture-validation platform, has revealed ‘idea-L® Tinder’, a Discord-native ‘swipe game’ that lets would-be founders pitch their next great idea, judge other people’s concepts, climb a live leaderboard, and win token airdrops. All of this is contained within the world’s fastest-growing social arena for Gen Z builders, as Discord now hosts more than 200 million monthly active users, a perfect natural arena for idea-L®’s next act of gamifying entrepreneurship. “If Tinder and Shark Tank had a Discord baby, this would be it,” said Peter Goodwin, CEO and Founder of idea-L®. “We’re turning validation, one of the dullest and most expensive elements of the startup life, into a 90-second game loop you can play on a bus.” How the Discord Game Works Once the bot is installed, players launch ‘idea-L® Tinder’ from the Discord Activities tray, complete a brief tutorial, and enter a raw idea. Within the next matter of seconds, the platform’s fast-Feasibility™ engine spits out an AI viability score and generates a collectible idea card complete with evocative art, title, and an initial ranking. The card then enters a communal deck that shuffles together sparks from every other participant. The next phase swaps dreamer for deal-maker, where players choose a VC persona, inspired by real-world investors like Musk, Bezos, Oprah and other iconoclastic archetypes, to receive a stack of 20 random idea cards to judge. Swiping ‘fund’ on a high-quality concept earns five points backing a clunker or rejecting a gem costs three. The mechanic rewards pattern-recognition skill while idea-L®’s underlying models quietly adjudicate each call. After 20 swipes, the bot reveals a cumulative score, a global rank, and a share button. Tweeting the card nudges the tally up by 15 and directly converts social reach into on-chain influence. Leaderboards reset twice during the 2025…
Filed under: News - @ June 18, 2025 5:27 pm