5 Tech Startup Ideas that are not based on AI

A quick visit to product hunt shows that 6 out of 10 startups are some kind of AI startups. The market is almost over saturated and its almost cringeworthy to keep ideating more of these. Lets not build another AI tool !. Here are few non AI ideas that can get you started on a software entrepreneurship journey:

1. No resume recruiting platform: University degrees are increasing becoming obsolete and real thing that employers need is skills! The traditional way of screening resume and doing interviews is slowly becoming outdated. In my company we rely extensively on questionnaires and tasks to gauge a candidate skills rather than looking that his/her resume. A large number of companies are adopting location independent salaries and giving the flexibility to work from anywhere. A new recruiting platform that is in-sync with the requirements of such companies is needed.
2. Productivity Phone: You smartphone is no doubt one the biggest impediment in your productivity and stopping you from doing deep work. There are some existing apps like https://www.minimalistphone.com/ , however there is a market/scope for many more such apps
3. Privacy focused SAAS product: Few years back it was common to label people using VPN as criminals. However, now there is a new wave of people looking to adopt privacy focused products like encrypted email, private messaging etc. There is now a huge market for products based on the privacy stack
4. Marketplace/Platform for Creators: In this post, Evan Armstrong highlights describes how most creators are not making any money. This points to a real problem and an opportunity for a better creator economy startup.
5. Remote Team collaboration software: Post covid, the demand of remote work tools has sky rocketed. This is evident with the rise of startups like zoom, notion and miro. Andreesen Horowitz—known as a Silicon Valley kingmaker for its early investments in Roblox and Airbnb—declared that the company of the future is default global. I believe the we have currrently addressed a very small pie of the remote work market. Capacities is an example of a promising startup in this genre