Stop guessing.
Start proving.
Waypoint helps you turn an idea into evidence. An AI coach that reads your deck the way a reviewer would, a weekly check-in that keeps you honest, and real mentors when you get stuck.
Free during launch. No credit card.
Readiness for this audience
62 / 100- FACT7 restaurant owners interviewed about delivery costs
- CLAIM"Restaurants will switch within three months"
- HYPOTHESISOwners will pay a flat monthly fee per route
NEXT ACTION
Run a paid pilot with 2 restaurants before you build the app.
The problem
Founders rarely fail for lack of effort. They fail by building the wrong thing for too long, and experience doesn't make anyone immune.
Everything scattered
Interviews in a notebook, numbers in a spreadsheet, the latest deck in someone's inbox. Nobody, including you, sees the whole picture.
Assumptions dressed up as facts
The deck says customers want it. But how many have you actually asked, and would any of them pay?
Too many priorities, no next step
Product, fundraising, hiring, the next application deadline. Everything feels urgent, and Monday still starts without a plan.
How it works
A framework, not another tool. Build, measure, learn, with someone keeping score.
One loop, repeated every week. Each version of your startup gets sharper than the last, and you can see why. Skip what you already know; use what helps.
- STEP 01
Bring your idea or deck
Answer a guided 8-question idea form, fill in a canvas or upload your pitch deck. Tell us who will read it: incubator, accelerator, angel, VC or a public call.
- STEP 02
Get an honest diagnosis
The AI Coach separates facts, claims and hypotheses, scores your readiness for that audience and checks your fit with the program call, criterion by criterion.
- STEP 03
Commit to the next action
Three to five priorities become tasks. Every Monday, a two-minute Pulse check-in: what's moving, what's blocked, one goal for the week.
- STEP 04
Prove it, then iterate
Attach evidence, validate or kill hypotheses, run a new version and compare. Stuck? Book a mentor or bring it to a Startup Clinic.
What's inside
Your whole startup, in one place.
AI Coach
Reads your deck with the right rubric for the right audience. Ask follow-ups, practise your pitch and prepare for mentor sessions.
Founder Pulse
A weekly check-in across six tracks: Customer, Product, Revenue, Growth, Team, Capital & Foundations. It compares what you feel with what your project proves.
Mentors
Volunteer and expert mentors, matched to the track where you're stuck. Book in three steps; your project context comes with you.
Academy & Community
Startup Clinics, Pitch Practice, masterclasses and Demo Days. Ask for help on a specific hypothesis and swap deck reviews with other founders.
Evidence over opinion
Including your own.
Every founder is an optimist. That's the job. Waypoint puts how you feel about each part of your business next to what your project can actually prove, so you spend this week on the gap that matters.
You feel this is moving, but no one has paid yet. Make it this week's focus.
Who it's for
Any founder. Any stage. Whatever venture number this is.
Starting out
A clear path from idea to evidence, so you don't skip the steps that matter.
Done it before
A faster, structured way to test a new idea, market or audience, and to keep your co-founders on the same page.
Running a program
Give every founder in your cohort or club the same framework, and see where they're stuck.
You have a problem worth solving
Test several ideas before you pick one.
You're validating
Interviews, hypotheses, first experiments.
You're building
First users, first revenue, first pivots.
You're applying or pitching
Incubators, accelerators, grants, angels.
Our principles
One next action, always.
Every screen answers the same question: what should you do next?
AI for speed, humans for judgement.
The Coach gives you a fast, structured first read. Mentors bring the context and networks no model has.
Your startup stays yours.
Only you and the teammates you invite see your project. Sponsors never see or influence your analysis, and nothing is shared without your consent.
Pricing
Free
during launch
AI analyses, the weekly Pulse, events, community and volunteer mentor sessions, at no cost while we launch. Expert mentors set their own rates per session.
Get in touchFAQ
Questions founders ask us.
Contact
Building something? Let's talk.
Tell us where you are and what you're stuck on. Founders, mentors and partners are all welcome. Your message goes straight to the founding team.