Building is cheap now. Demand isn’t. How are you proving anyone will pay?

With a Claude / Codex / Cursor subscription, almost anyone can ship an AI or tools product. The hard part isn’t “can I build it?” anymore.

It’s whether anyone will need it — and pay for it — once you’re done.

If you’re building (or advising builders), answer one:

1. What’s the *first* proof you look for before you trust demand is real?
2. What’s a “validation” signal you’ve learned to ignore?
3. Have you ever shipped something people liked… and still wouldn’t pay for?

Steal-worthy answers welcome. One concrete example beats a theory.

We’re building something for this gap — public validation / early discovery for Indian startups → https://anshkosh.com. Feedback on the framing is as useful as a signup.

What’s yours?