Daniel Mueller from idea-L joins Sam to discuss how their AI + Web3 platform helps founders go from idea to live company. He explains how idea-L acts as a “co-founder in your pocket,” validates ideas with feasibility scoring, provides funding through a decentralized VC model, and helps prevent founder burnout. Daniel also shares insights on Web3 trends, AI’s overlooked potential, and bad startup advice to avoid.

Key Timestamps

• [00:00 ] Intro: Helping founders validate ideas & grow from zero to one.

• [00:02 ] Daniel’s background: AI research in Singapore, Web3 connections with SingularityNET.

• [00:03 ] idea-L’s mission: overcoming systemic, financial, and psychological barriers for founders.

• [00:05 ] The scale of the problem: billions of unrealized ideas, 100M startups attempted yearly.

• [00:06 ] AI Co-Founder: personalized support, Duolingo-style roadmaps, nudging actions.

• [00:07 ] idea-L Tinder: gamified idea validation + community leaderboards.

• [00:09 ] Funding: democratizing VC, tokenized LP/GP units, DAO governance.

• [00:13 ] Preventing burnout: support via reinforcement, psychology, and NLP.

• [00:15 ] Investment scope: only backing companies through Idea-L’s platform at pre-seed/seed.

• [00:16 ] Web3 trends: regulation, stablecoins, internet capital markets, treasury companies.

• [00:20 ] AI insights: moving beyond LLMs into reasoning, probabilistic programming & evolutionary learning.

• [00:23 ] Bad startup advice: myths about needing a co-founder, quitting your job, or fully polished ideas.

• [00:25 ] Roadmap: building the realization platform, funding platform, governance token, case studies.

• [00:27 ] Ask: founders, investors, and overlooked regions to join the mission.
  

Connect

https://www.idea-l.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/idea-L/

https://x.com/idea___L

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-muller-sg-cfo/

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