r/startups · r/freelance · r/entrepreneur I'm building an AI tool that analyzes contractors/freelancers before you hire them — would love brutal feedback

Hey r/freelance (and anyone who's ever made a bad hire),

I've been burned by hiring freelancers/contractors before — and I know I'm not alone. After one too many "great on paper, disaster in practice" situations, I started building Clausify — an AI-powered tool that helps you vet contractors before you sign anything.

Here's what it does:

• Analyzes contractor profiles, proposals, and reviews for inconsistencies
• Flags red flags you might miss when you're in "we need this done yesterday" mode
• Generates trust and reliability scores based on available data
• Helps you compare multiple candidates side-by-side, faster

I'm still in validation mode — no hype, just genuinely trying to figure out if this solves a real problem before I build too much of it.

I'd love your honest take on a few things:

1. What's your biggest headache when hiring contractors or freelancers remotely?
2. Would you actually use something like this — and under what circumstances?
3. What would make you trust (or not trust) an AI-generated reliability score?
4. What features would make this worth paying for?

Roast-level feedback is genuinely welcome. "This already exists" is useful. "Nobody would pay for this" is useful. "You're solving the wrong problem" is especially useful.

Particularly curious to hear from:

• Agency owners and startup founders doing remote hiring
• People who've been badly burned by a contractor (tell me the story)
• Contractors themselves — what would you think if a client ran you through something like this?

If you want to poke at an early version or jump on a quick call to share feedback, drop a comment or DM me. Happy to return the favor however I can.

Thanks in advance — even if you just upvote and move on, I appreciate you 🙏