I Built an AI System That Collects 1,800+ Business Signals Per Day
Dev.to AI
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Generative AI
I built a signal intelligence system that scrapes Reddit, Hacker News, Google Trends, patent filings, job boards, and -- collecting 1,800+ signals per day about business opportunities. What It Does The system runs 32 automated cron jobs across 14+ sources. Each signal gets scored on: Revenue potential (dollar signals mentioned in posts) Pain level (complaints, frustrations, switching behavior) Competition (how many existing solutions) Demand evidence ("I'd pay for. ", "why hasn't someone built.