01
Describe your idea
Six short questions. A sentence each is plenty, and 'not sure yet' is a real answer.
The idea gauntlet, explained
Gauntlyt | Startup idea validator and mentor
Gauntlyt is a friendly, straight-talking critic for young founders. You describe an idea in a few sentences; it scores six dimensions, names what's already strong, and hands you one concrete move per weak spot.
How a quest runs
4 steps, 5 minutes
02
Get it scored
Your idea is measured across six dimensions, what's already strong, and what's still thin.
03
See your next move
Every low score comes with a single concrete step that would actually lift it. No vague advice.
04
Unlock your mentor
Clear a quest with a Pursue verdict and a mentor opens up for that idea, grounded in your answers.
Six trials
What every idea is measured on
LVL 01
A real problem?
Is this a real pain for someone specific?
LVL 02
Enough people, right now?
Are there enough of them, and why now?
LVL 03
Your edge?
What can you do that most others can't?
LVL 04
Who else is out there?
Who else helps these people today?
LVL 05
A path to money?
Is there a believable way to earn?
LVL 06
Why you?
Why are you the right person to try?
Six founder classes
The Archetypes
After two quests, the shape of your scores points at one of these. It describes how you think, never whether your idea is good.
Founder class
The Insider
Builds for a tribe they know intimately.
Your strength is firsthand proximity to the pain. You see problems others can't because you've lived inside them. Your risk is assuming the world outside your tribe is as big, or as urgent, as it feels from the inside.
Questions people ask
Before you press start
▸Is it going to tear my idea apart?
No. Every read opens with what's genuinely working. Gaps are framed as the next thing to go find out, not a rejection.
▸What do the verdicts mean?
Pursue means go build the next piece. Refine & Resubmit means one or two things need sharpening. Rethink means the core assumption needs a different angle.
▸What's a founder class?
After two quests the shape of your scores, not their height, suggests how you think: insider, visionary, operator, connector, tinkerer or wildcard.
▸Do I need a finished business?
Rough and half-formed is the point. Most quests start as one line typed on the home screen.
▸How long does a quest take?
About five minutes. Six short questions, one sentence each, and 'not sure yet' is always a valid answer.
▸Is my idea private?
Yes by default. Every idea you submit is visible only to you unless you change its visibility yourself.