Question 1

What is an AI cofounder?

Accepted Answer

An AI business partner that validates your idea with real market data, structures memory around your score, your commitments, and your progress, and pushes back with evidence. Prova scans Reddit, X, and competitor reviews, then scores your idea across 6 dimensions.

Question 2

How does FounderDive validate a startup idea?

Accepted Answer

The Deep Dive scans Reddit, X/Twitter, competitor app reviews, and the web — then gives you a bull case, a bear case, and a score across 6 dimensions (Market, Competition, Monetisation, Distribution, Timing, Founder Fit) plus an archetype label and percentile rank.

Question 3

Is FounderDive free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — 10 free chat messages to get started, enough for a real conversation and a first Deep Dive preview. No credit card required. Paid plans start at $10/mo.

Question 4

How is Prova different from ChatGPT?

Accepted Answer

General chatbots start fresh each session and lack business context. Prova persists your score, commitments, and decisions across sessions, cites live data from Reddit, X, the App Store, and the web, and tracks whether you follow through on commitments instead of telling you what you want to hear.

Question 5

Who is FounderDive for?

Accepted Answer

Solo founders, indie hackers, bootstrapped startups, and anyone building alone who wants data-backed validation, structured memory, and accountability from idea to launch.

Question 6

What makes Prova's memory different?

Accepted Answer

Prova uses a 3-tier memory system: hot (current session), warm (last 30 days of decisions), and cold (everything else, retrievable via pgvector semantic search). Memory is structured around your score, your commitments, and your progress — not just facts. ChatGPT and other general tools reset every session; Prova ties every analysis, pivot, and commitment to one business-shaped timeline and brings them back unprompted.

Question 7

How much does FounderDive cost?

Accepted Answer

Starter is $10/mo (5 Deep Dives, 150 messages, 1 business). Builder is $35/mo (5 Deep Dives, 500 messages, 2 businesses) — most popular. Founder is $89/mo (15 Deep Dives, 1,500 messages, 3 businesses, priority support). Annual billing is 35% off. Free tier available, no credit card required.

Question 8

How long does a Deep Dive take?

Accepted Answer

About 3 minutes. FounderDive scans Reddit, X/Twitter, competitor app reviews, and the web in parallel — then scores your idea across 6 dimensions with a bull case, a bear case, an archetype label, and a percentile rank.

Question 9

What data sources does FounderDive use?

Accepted Answer

Live data from Reddit (PRAW), X/Twitter (Grok X Search, two calls per dive, direct from xAI), App Store reviews (SerpAPI), and the open web (Perplexity Sonar). Synthesised by DeepSeek into bull/bear analysis and 6-dimension scoring. No cached or generic responses — every Deep Dive pulls fresh market data.

Question 10

Is my idea data shared with other founders?

Accepted Answer

No. Your business data is private to your account. FounderDive does not train public models on your inputs and does not show your idea to other users. See /legal/privacy for the full data handling policy.

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