Creating vertical-specific automation applications for roles like community managers, marketers, or designers, focusing on automating repetitive or 'lemur type' (grunt work) tasks. The goal is to free up professionals to focus on creative, high-value work that cannot be automated by computers.
Opportunity7.2
Why now
The rise of AI and advancements in automation technology (like Zapier) make it possible to automate complex workflows that were previously manual. People want to offload repetitive tasks.
Market gap
Specific, tailored automation solutions for niche professional roles, going beyond general-purpose automation platforms like Zapier.
Business fit
Type
SaaS, AI-powered Tools
Target
Community managers, marketers, designers, small to medium-sized teams
Revenue
High (SaaS subscription, B2B)
Founder
Founders with deep understanding of target role's workflow and automation tech
Scores
Problem
8.0
Feasibility
7.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
8.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
"Automation in general and mapping out how you can automate businesses a lot better"
"one company I really really love is zapier and that's one of those business that probably businesses that probably seemed like super lame for a while but then like in the last I don't know probably like two years it's or two two to three years with the no code movement in 2020 yeah and then now with um the AI movement in 2022 2023 it just feels like zapier has really become like core to the internet and in the infrastructure and automation"
"how do you think about automating for example the work of a community manager how do you think about automating things uh for marketers or designers"
"people would appreciate a lot of their like lemur type work to be automated right if they can only be doing things that like a computer couldn't do for them"
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
AI automation
9,900/mo
+22% YoY
community manager tools
140/mo
-67% YoY
marketing automation
4,400/mo
-70% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
I'm really excited about it's boring but you know we're having we're talking about quote-unquote boring products yeah um Automation in general and mapping out how you can automate businesses a lot better (56:06)