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The AI Research Stack That Finds Winners Before They Trend

Finding winners before they trend is a data problem. The exact research stack we run every week.

By Jacob 1 min read
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Finding a winner before it trends is mostly a data problem. Here's the exact research stack we run every week.

Signal sources

We watch sudden review velocity on marketplaces, rising search terms, and ad libraries for creatives that have been running long enough to be profitable.

Scoring

Every candidate gets scored on margin headroom, shipping friction, and how easily we can make a native-feeling video. Anything that fails one pillar is cut.

The shortlist rule

  • Margin headroom over 3x landed cost.
  • Sub-2kg, no fragile shipping.
  • At least one obvious three-second hook.
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Jacob

Founder of Shopnaires. Operator turned builder — writes about margins, AI tooling, and the unglamorous math behind scaling a store.

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