LAB 04

RESEARCHAI2026.08

AI Product
Discovery

We don't bolt on AI.
We find problems that need it.

Research that finds recurring problems and tests whether AI is actually a better solution.

THE QUESTION

What problem should Newon's
next operated AI product solve?

STATUS
RESEARCH
STAGE
RESEARCH
CATEGORY
AI
ENTER EXPERIMENT

CORE PRINCIPLE

WE DON'T START WITH AI.
WE START WITH THE PROBLEM.

DISCOVERY PIPELINE

  1. 01
    PROBLEM

    Find recurring user problems

  2. 02
    SIGNAL

    Confirm demand & behavior signals

  3. 03
    AI FIT

    Judge if AI beats existing approaches

  4. 04
    PROTOTYPE

    Minimum viable experiment

  5. 05
    VALIDATE

    Validate with real users

  6. 06
    PRODUCT

    Graduate to a Newon product

EXPERIMENT BOARD

RESEARCH CONCEPT

RESEARCH CONCEPT

PROBLEM
Prioritizing App Store review themes
TARGET USER
Product teams / solo makers
FREQUENCY
HIGH
AI FIT
HIGH
BUSINESS POTENTIAL
MED
STATUS
RESEARCH

RESEARCH CONCEPT

PROBLEM
Drafting / routing support inquiries
TARGET USER
Small ops teams
FREQUENCY
MED
AI FIT
MED
BUSINESS POTENTIAL
MED
STATUS
RESEARCH

RESEARCH CONCEPT

PROBLEM
Turning lab notes into product hypotheses
TARGET USER
Newon internal
FREQUENCY
LOW
AI FIT
MED
BUSINESS POTENTIAL
LOW
STATUS
RESEARCH

IDEA TEST

PROTOTYPE HEURISTIC — not a live AI API

LAB NOTE

What we found

Vague problems always score high on AI fit. Frequency and alternatives are the real filters.

Next to verify

Keep or cut one non–review-intelligence candidate on the board.