Microphone – Talk out your side-project ideas, then test them with ads
If you are an aspiring founder, any VC will ask you this question: “why are you the only person who could solve this”. If you want to generate passive income with your side idea, get ready to enter a crowded market as everyone and their mother is shipping. Unless you have an active X account or you’re a TikTok sensation distribution is going to be tough. I just launched the trie.dev microphone beta to help folks find their edge. You yap into your phone about your ideas; Trie turns the rambling into hypotheses, then prioritizes them based on your experience and your realistic ability to…
Microphone – Talk out your side-project ideas, then test them with ads launched on July 14, 2026 with 10 votes, #1,657 of 24,623 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Microphone is a tool for side-project founders to refine and validate business ideas. Users speak their concept into their phone, and the tool converts the rambling into testable hypotheses, then ranks them based on the user's expertise and distribution capability. From the app, founders can immediately create and run Meta ads to test their ideas against real audiences, all without setup or technical configuration. It targets aspiring founders and side-hustlers looking to identify which ideas they're uniquely positioned to execute.
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From the sources
Trie is a growth product studio for SMBs. Prove demand, build products, and grow them through GTM validation, design engineering, and growth marketing. Includes Trie Microphone for live ad experiments.
In the maker’s words, at launch
If you are an aspiring founder, any VC will ask you this question: “why are you the only person who could solve this”. If you want to generate passive income with your side idea, get ready to enter a crowded market as everyone and their mother is shipping. Unless you have an active X account or you’re a TikTok…
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