Whatbot · Venture builder
Whatbot is a venture-building bot. Tell it what you already have — a rejected crop, a by-product, data only you hold — in five short answers. It runs seven stages of market research and returns a venture case an investor will actually read.
153
cooperative members in the first programme
55%
of mango harvest rejected on looks
30%
of durian graded out
7
research stages Whatbot runs
How Whatbot works
First
One at a time, in your own words. No form, no blank page, no jargon. Each question shows what a reviewer is looking for — and “I don’t know yet” is a real answer.
Then
Seven stages, in your language, against sources in your market — not translated English ones. Watch every step, or ignore all of it.
Finally
Real choices come as proposals: what it wants to do, why, and what happens if you agree. Accept, send back, or ask why. Nothing is written into your venture without you.
The venture pipeline
Not a black box and not a template. Each stage is research with sources attached, and each ends in plain language before the next begins.
You leave with a venture brief and a market landscape you can send on — plus the full record of how each conclusion was reached.
Worked example
What they told Whatbot
“55% of our mango harvest is rejected for cosmetic defects. The fruit is good — it just doesn’t look right on a shelf.”One of five answers. A Chiang Mai cooperative, 153 members.
What Whatbot brought back
That last risk was what they said they were least sure about. Whatbot went there first.
Who it is for
Cooperatives and producer groups
You have supply, members and a problem you can describe precisely. Whatbot supplies the market vocabulary an investor expects.
Researchers and academics
You are already rigorous about evidence. Whatbot asks for the same rigour and does the commercial legwork you have no reason to be trained in.
Extension officers and programme staff
You work across many producers at once. Each venture keeps its own room, its own record, and its own decisions.
Venture studios
Whatbot keeps several ventures in parallel, each with a full audit trail of what was researched, what was decided, and what it rested on.
Said plainly
About ten minutes.
A full seven-stage Whatbot run is real research, not a template. Close the tab and come back.
It will tell you what it couldn’t find.
When a source is paywalled or a number is unverified, that stays visible in the record instead of being smoothed over.
No score out of a hundred.
Readiness is words — strong, developing, needs validation — and it always says what would move it.
Your work stays yours.
Each venture is private to the people you add to it, with a full audit trail of what was decided and what it rested on.
Start with Whatbot
No plan, no pitch, no business model required. One honest sentence about what you have is enough for Whatbot to begin.