SolutionsFor founders
Pick the venture you can defend.Then build it.
You have more ideas than runway. LiteSurface scores each one with two independent evaluators and shows the evidence behind every number. Then it brands the winner, designs its screens, and has an AI agent build the app, so the one you build has earned its place.
- Solo is free during early access
- Explore a sample project first
- Your own OpenAI and Anthropic keys
The situation
Every idea sounds rightat two in the morning.
Founders make the highest-stakes bet with the least support: no research team, no second opinion, and a notes app full of ideas that all read well.
Conviction without evidence
The idea you are most excited about is rarely the one with the strongest demand signal, and the difference is hard to see from the inside.
Research that never converges
Tabs pile up and notes scatter. A week later, you cannot say which source supported which conclusion, or whether anything contradicted it.
One model, one opinion
Asking a single chatbot to rate an idea returns fluent encouragement, not a score you can take apart criterion by criterion.
Every tool starts from zero
The research sits in one place, the logo in another, the mockups in a third, and the coding assistant sees none of them. Each hand-off loses a little of why you started.
The workflow
From a list of hunchesto a first version you own.
Six steps, one project. Each step leaves durable objects the next one reads, so nothing depends on remembering a conversation or retyping a brief.
- Step 01
Frame the bet
Write a one-sentence objective and your real constraints: build horizon, capital, risk tolerance, and the channels you can reach. Then choose the capabilities you want to build on.
Capability Atlas - Step 02
Gather evidence
Research runs plan queries, fetch sources, and extract atomic claims with locators. Add your own interview notes and links to the same library.
Evidence - Step 03
Generate and score concepts
Ideas become structured concept genomes. OpenAI and Anthropic score each criterion independently; code takes the median and applies the gates.
Evaluation - Step 04
Test the riskiest assumption
Promote the leader and get a validation plan ranked by importance, uncertainty, and cost of being wrong, with kill criteria set before anything runs.
Validation - Step 05
Name it and design it
Brand Studio screens names and builds a brand kit from the research. Mockup Studio plans the flows and designs each screen in that brand.
Brand Studio - Step 06
Build it and ship it
The Builder imports the design package and the handoff, and an agent builds the app in a live sandbox. Open a pull request on your GitHub repository or download the ZIP.
Builder
What matters most
The parts founderslean on most.
- EvaluationTwo evaluators, one transparent score.A second, independent evaluator is the closest thing to a cofounder who disagrees with you. Where the two models diverge, you see it instead of an average that hides it.
- EvidenceSources and atomic, cited claims.Every claim keeps its source and paragraph locator, so a number in your pitch can be traced back to where it came from.
- Brand StudioName, logo, palette, and type from the research.Names are screened for pronunciation in 12 languages and pre-screened against US and EU trademarks, with domains and handles checked. It is a first pass, not legal clearance.
- Mockup StudioFlows and screens, designed in your brand.See the app before anyone builds it, and send a prototype link to the people you are testing with. Draft screens cost fewer credits than finals, so you can explore first.
- BuilderAn AI agent builds the real app, live.An agent builds against the screens you confirmed, and every request shows its cost. Solo includes a trial-size Builder: 1 live session and 60 build minutes a month.
- ShipA pull request, a ZIP, or a live preview.Pull requests and ZIP export are on every plan, so the code is yours from the first version. Deploy previews with their own database come with Team.
Four ideas on a Friday, a first version three weeks later
A solo developer with a 14-day build horizon has four ideas for mobile tools built on on-device speech recognition, and one month of savings set aside to test them.
An illustrative scenario, not a customer story. Names and numbers are invented to show how the workflow behaves.
Friday evening
Sets the objective and a 14-day horizon, and excludes regulated health use cases. Selects on-device speech and background audio from the atlas.
Saturday
A balanced research run collects sources and cited claims. Concept generation drafts six genomes, and the judge flags two as near-duplicates of others.
Sunday
Dual evaluation ranks the field: the leader scores 76, and another fails the build-horizon gate. The validation plan puts willingness to pay first, and a pricing-page test goes up with its kill criterion written down.
Week 2
The test clears its bar. Brand Studio screens names from the research, the founder picks one after checking its domain, and publishes a kit with a vector logo and an accessible palette.
Week 3
Mockup Studio designs the capture and review flows for mobile. The Builder imports the confirmed screens and the handoff, the agent builds the capture-to-task flow, and the founder opens a pull request on their own repository.
Portfolio
Illustrative data- 76 out of 100Voice memo to task listStrong bandValidate
- 64 out of 100Meeting recap for field crewsHold bandHold
- 70 out of 100Podcast clip finderBlocked by a hard gateGate failed
- 55 out of 100Language drill coachWeak bandReject
The result
Instead of building the idea that felt best on Friday, the founder tests the one with the strongest evidence, then builds it in the same project. The name, the screens, and the code all trace back to the research.
In the project at the end
- Cited evidence
- Ranked portfolio
- Test outcome
- Brand kit
- Confirmed screens
- Builder app
- Pull request
Which plan fits
Start with Solo.Change plans as you grow.
Solo runs the whole path for one workspace with unlimited projects: the research pipeline, both studios, and a trial-size Builder with pull requests and ZIP export. It is free during early access. Move to Team for deploy previews, or when a cofounder needs a seat.
SoloBest fit
Free
during early access
One workspace, unlimited projects, idea to app.
- 400 image credits a month
- 60 build minutes a month
- No deploy previews
Team
Free
during early access
Shared workspaces, roles, and the admin console.
- 4,000 image credits a month
- 600 build minutes a month
- Deploy previews
Enterprise
Custom
annual agreement
Dedicated deployment, managed keys, and procurement support.
- 20,000 image credits a month
- 3,000 build minutes a month
- Deploy previews
Bring the idea list.Build the one that earns it.
Explore a sample project first, then connect OpenAI and Anthropic when you want live research and dual evaluation.
- Solo and Team are free during early access
- Explore a sample project first
- Bring your own OpenAI and Anthropic keys