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Operations founder building B2B drone marketplace

The Idea
DroneHire is a B2B marketplace connecting commercial drone pilots with enterprise clients who need aerial data for construction, agricultural mapping, real estate, and infrastructure inspection. It streamlines pilot sourcing, airspace compliance, scheduling, and large dataset transfer.

Who It's For
Enterprise clients who need reliable licensed drone operators, and commercial drone pilots who want a better way to find and manage work.

What's Built
High-fidelity wireframes and a mapped-out user journey. No product built yet.

Early Traction
Spoke with dozens of commercial drone pilots and enterprise customers. Pain point is verified: they are actively losing time and money on scheduling and unreliable pilots.

Their Background
Non-technical founder with a background in operations and sales. Has spent the last few months on market validation, ICP mapping, and building out compliance and regulatory frameworks.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the full architecture and roadmap: full-stack marketplace development, data architecture for heavy file handling and photogrammetry/LiDAR pipelines, and early-stage velocity. Equity split with standard vesting.

Remote Marketplace

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Field service entrepreneur with 100+ gas station clients building AI contractor marketplace

The Idea
Quotio is an AI-powered field service marketplace. Customers upload photos, AI estimates cost and matches them with contractors. Contractors bid on jobs, then use Guide Mode where AI watches through their camera and coaches them in real-time with instructions and upsell suggestions. After completion, AI verifies quality and releases payment. Starting with gas pump detailing, then expanding to HVAC, plumbing, and equipment repair.

Who It's For
Field service contractors and the businesses that hire them. Starting with gas stations, a fragmented, underserved market where scheduling, quality, and payment are all broken.

What's Built
No product built yet, but distribution is already in place: 100+ gas station clients from his existing cleaning business are ready to be the first customers.

Early Traction
100+ gas stations across Michigan actively using his field service business, giving him a direct pipeline for the initial market.

Their Background
Founded Green Clean Tech and grew it to 100+ gas stations with zero outside funding, building scheduling systems, hiring processes, quality checklists, and payment processing from scratch. Previously in sales at Cintas and as a loan officer at Rocket Mortgage. 4 years of college football at Adrian College.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to build mobile apps with AI integration. Offering a 50/50 split. The founder brings customers, sales, operations, and direct industry knowledge.

North America Marketplace Domain Expertise
Idea Stage Needs Technical YC
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Textile industry insider building B2B fabric marketplace for Latin America

The Idea
Beliso is a B2B marketplace connecting fabric suppliers with designers, manufacturers, and brands. Starting in Mexico, where the entire industry still runs on WhatsApp and trade shows, with plans to expand into Colombia, Argentina, Peru, and Spain.

Who It's For
Fabric suppliers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and brands across Latin America looking to move sourcing and sales online.

What's Built
Concept stage. Has an existing network of suppliers and buyers ready to onboard, built through 4 years of direct relationships in the Mexican textile industry.

Early Traction
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Their Background
Four years in fabric distribution at Milan Textil, progressing from sales associate to store leader. Founded Beliso in 2025. Law degree from Universidad de América y España.

What They Need
A technical co-founder with marketplace or B2B platform experience.

LatAm Marketplace Domain Expertise
MVP Built Needs Sales Reddit
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Mumbai founder with influencer marketing platform MVP

The Idea
An influencer marketing and data platform connecting brands with influencers.

Who It's For
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What's Built
MVP is ready.

Early Traction
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Their Background
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What They Need
A marketing co-founder to own GTM.

South Asia Marketplace