IdeaRoast Analysis
The Roast
"You've basically described a fully-featured SaaS product with the complexity of editing software, the AI integration challenges of a startup like Synthesia, AND the saturated ed-tech market all rolled into one—but your real problem is you're building the Ferrari when the market wants the bicycle. You're solving a problem that's already being solved by Synthesia, Descript, and Claude+Runwayml prompts, except those companies have $50M+ and you're presumably bootstrapping."
Reality Check
đź’€ Why This Fails
- • Synthesia, D-ID, and HeyGen already dominate AI video generation with better funding and brand trust—you're fighting an uphill battle against entrenched competitors
- • The actual bottleneck for educators isn't video *generation*, it's finding time and motivation to create content at all—automation won't fix that
- • Building end-to-end video composition (script→visuals→audio→sync) is a technical nightmare that requires 6-12 months solo; you'll likely hit quality/reliability walls that cost months to debug
- • Your ICP (technical professionals creating AI tutorials) is small and already drowning in free content; monetization is brutally hard at scale
âś… The Pivot
Stop building the full platform. Instead, become a *specialized script-to-video agency* for AI/tech companies and educators—manually produce 5-10 high-quality tutorial videos for paying clients ($2-5K each), then use that revenue and feedback to build a *narrow, focused tool* (e.g., "turns GitHub docs into 2-min explainer videos"). You'll validate demand, build case studies, and actually have paying customers before you code.