Every validation tool I tried just encouraged me. Friends are polite, co-founders optimistic, ChatGPT is built to agree. So I built the opposite: different AI models prosecute and defend your idea, a 12-model jury scores it, and a formula calculates the verdict, no single model decides. To test if it was actually honest, I ran its own idea through it. It scored 81. I appealed, refused to show my numbers, and it dropped me to 78, with the judge calling my defense "clever but circular." Genuine question for this crowd: do founders actually want an AI that tells them their idea is weak? Or do we secretly prefer the encouragement, even knowing it's useless?
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Tribunal of Ideas because every time I asked someone (or ChatGPT) to review a business idea, I got the same thing back: encouragement. Friends are too polite, co-founders are optimistic, and AI assistants are built to be agreeable. Nobody actually tells you the truth.
The first version was just one AI giving an opinion, and it felt exactly like that problem: one more voice being nice to me. So I rebuilt it as an actual trial. A prosecutor and defense (different AI models) argue it out with real web evidence, witnesses testify for and against, and a 12-model jury scores it across 9 criteria, then cross-reviews each other anonymously before a formula calculates the verdict. No single model decides anything, and you watch the whole thing live.
To prove it isn't just talk, I did the most honest thing I could: I put this very idea on trial. It scored 81 (innocent). Then I appealed, refused to hand over my traction numbers, and my own tribunal dropped me to 78, with the judge calling my defense "clever but circular." Merciless, even with its own maker. That's the point: it's built to find the holes, not to make you feel good.
Would love your honest feedback here, and if you want to run your own idea through it, use code WELCOME20 for 20% off your first trial.
Ran my side project idea through it and the jury actually pulled up two competitors I had missed, the replayable trial format is a really nice touch.
@as_hulya85969 Thank you, this is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Catching competitors you'd missed is the whole reason it searches the web before judging, I didn't want it running on vibes. And the replay is there because I think you learn more watching the argument unfold than from a final score. Curious: did the verdict itself feel fair to you, or did any of the jurors push back in a way you didn't expect?