The Pai Company · deal-memo sweep · July 2026

Every Shark Tank pitch, re-underwritten for an AI bootstrap

All 16 US seasons (2009–2025), no gates, no search-volume filters — one question per company: could three engineers rebuild this online in 2026, better, with AI?

1,422
pitches, all time
178
viable primarily online
24
deep-dived
4
survive adversarial review

The verdict

AI leverage is already priced in

The obvious 2026 strategy — take a validated Shark Tank idea and redo it with AI — mostly self-destructs, and for one reason: the same AI that makes a product cheap for us makes it cheap for everyone. Twenty of twenty-four finalists died in deep dive, and the pattern repeats: the AI remake already exists (often free, often as a platform feature), so the contest shifts to distribution, trust, and audience — the assets a bootstrapped trio doesn't have. Engineering skill alone bought nothing anywhere in this sweep.

What survived shares a shape: the product is an ongoing agent relationship (monitoring, a hotline, an assessment loop) rather than a one-shot generation, sold to a specific reachable buyer (client-facing professionals, adult children of seniors, individual instructors) who can be acquired without a media brand. All four survivors are "watch" — worth cheap validation probes, not blind builds.

4 of 1,422

The survivors

BrandYourself

Season 6 · Online reputation management SaaS platform · original company: acquired

8eval scoreconfidence 6/10

AI reputation agent monitoring Google and LLM answers about you, auto-generating fixes and suppression content as SaaS.

The wedge

Self-serve AI reputation agent for individuals and client-facing professionals (doctors, lawyers, advisors, executives, job seekers) at $29-99/mo — the personal segment the VC-funded brand tools ignore and agencies overprice.

90-day MVP

Free "What does AI say about you?" scan across ChatGPT/Perplexity/Gemini/Google AIO, scoring accuracy and sentiment, plus paid tier: continuous monitoring, alerts, and auto-generated remediation kit (bio pages, schema, profile fixes).

First $10K MRR

Viral free scan as lead magnet, SEO/GEO content on "AI said something wrong about me," then convert professionals to $49-99/mo monitoring; 150-200 subscribers or a few white-label agency deals reaches $10K MRR.

Top risks

  • Remediation efficacy is weak — can't reliably change what LLMs say, refunds/churn follow
  • Brand-side tools ($300M+ funded) can add personal tier overnight
  • Individuals churn once fixed; CAC hard with no audience
2026 landscape & incumbents

Reputation management split into three lanes. Brand-side AI visibility (Profound $1B valuation, Peec, Otterly) absorbed $300M+ VC funding in 12 months and is saturated with 20+ tools. SMB review management (Birdeye, Reputation.com) is mature and consolidated. Personal/executive reputation remains agency-heavy and pre-AI: ReputationDefender (Norton), NetReputation at $1.5-10K/mo services; BrandYourself lives on inside fintech Array as a $399/mo legacy DIY tool. AI answers about people are now the front door of reputation.

  • Profound — enterprise AI-visibility leader, $499+/mo, $155M raised, $1B valuation, Fortune 500 focus
  • Peec AI — fast-growing mid-market AI search analytics, €89-199/mo, $29M raised
  • Otterly.ai — affordable AI answer monitoring from $29/mo, 20K+ SEO users
  • ReputationDefender (Norton/Gen Digital) — legacy personal reputation services, $3-5K+/mo, agency model
  • BrandYourself (Array) — original DIY personal ORM at ~$399/mo, now an identity-protection add-on, not AI-native
What the skeptics said
  • ○ survived AI-visibility monitoring is already commoditized (Otterly at $29/mo, dozens of GEO trackers), and personal-ORM incumbents — BrandYourself itself, Gen Digital's ReputationDefender, and LLM-ORM agencies — already market this and dominate the exact SEO keywords the team's distribution depends on.
  • ✕ killed Personal ORM is panic-driven and episodic: subscribers churn once the crisis passes, reputation keywords are priced for $1,500/mo agencies, the "AI wrong about me" query barely exists yet, and you can't reliably change LLM answers — driving refunds.

Real 2026 tailwind and a genuinely underserved personal niche, but the core promise — changing what LLMs say about you — is slow and unreliable, and the adjacent brand-visibility space is a VC-funded knife fight. Viable as a wedge product, not a durable standalone. Watch unless the free-scan funnel proves conversion.

PCClassesOnline

Season 4 · Online live tech/computer classes for consumers · original company: pivoted

6.5eval scoreconfidence 6/10

Patient AI voice tutor for seniors: screen-share agent teaches any device; adult children subscribe; unlimited calls.

The wedge

Sell to the adult child, not the senior: a phone number Mom calls anytime, AI patiently walks her through any device via voice + screen share, flags scams, and texts the kid a summary. Consumer-direct, no B2B2C sales cycle.

90-day MVP

Voice agent (phone number) + dead-simple screen-share companion app for iPhone/iPad; handles top 50 senior tech tasks and scam checks; family dashboard; $15-25/mo billed to adult children; escalation-to-human fallback.

First $10K MRR

400-600 subscribers at ~$20/mo via caregiver subreddits/Facebook groups, SEO on "tech help for elderly parents", TikTok demos of the agent's patience, and gift-subscription push at holidays. Later: senior-living and MA-plan pilots.

Top risks

  • Seniors distrust AI callers; product pattern-matches to phone scams
  • Free alternatives everywhere (family, Apple support, libraries, AARP) cap willingness to pay
  • Apple/Google on-device AI assistants commoditize the core job within 1-2 years
2026 landscape & incumbents

Senior tech-help is a fragmented, mostly-human market: Candoo Tech sells $19/mo human concierge memberships (mainly B2B2C via health plans), GetSetUp runs live peer classes through agencies-on-aging, AARP/Senior Planet and libraries give it away free, Best Buy bundles 24/7 support at $180/yr. AI-native entrants (Apo by Carevocacy, LUNA, Meela, inTouch) are appearing but are early and companion-skewed. Original company pivoted to free YouTube (Tech Talk America) because paid consumer classes didn't scale.

  • Candoo Tech — $19/mo human tech-concierge membership + $75-90 sessions; distributes via Medicare Advantage/senior-living partners
  • GetSetUp — live online classes taught by older adults; B2B2C via agencies on aging and health plans
  • Senior Planet (AARP/OATS) — free hotline, classes, and centers; the free floor that caps consumer pricing
  • Best Buy Total / Geek Squad — $179.99/yr 24/7 all-device support; default mass-market answer
  • Apo by Carevocacy / LUNA — early AI-native tech-support agents for older adults; validates the thesis, no dominant winner yet
What the skeptics said
  • ○ survived Google already gives free Gemini Live screen-share tutoring on every Android and iPhone; Apo, Ato, Meela, SeniorTalk, AARP's free programs crowd the niche; the product is a thin wrapper any of them copies in weeks.
  • ✕ killed Buyer isn't the user: gift subscriptions die at activation because screen-share setup demands the very skill the senior lacks; caregiver channels ban promotion and senior-care CPCs are priced for medical-alert LTVs; "unlimited" calls from lonely users torch $20/mo margins.

Real pain, buildable in 90 days, and human incumbents are ripe for AI disruption — but the founder himself proved consumers won't pay for this (pivoted to free YouTube), real money flows through slow B2B2C health-plan channels, and OS-level AI is closing in. Watch unless a distribution unlock appears.

PackbackBooks

Season 5 · Digital textbook rentals; became online student discussion edtech platform · original company: pivoted

6.5eval scoreconfidence 6/10

AI Socratic discussion and grading copilot for instructors, sold bottom-up; AI-cheating crisis creates fresh assessment demand.

The wedge

AI-conducted oral defense of submitted work: student uploads assignment, voice agent interrogates them on it, instructor gets a defended/undefended report with transcript. Sold per-course to individual instructors, not institutions.

90-day MVP

Web app: upload assignment, LLM generates probing questions, voice agent runs a recorded 10-minute viva, produces scored comprehension report + transcript. Canvas LTI integration. Pilot with 10-20 instructors.

First $10K MRR

Bottom-up instructor freemium ($20-50/course/month) or Packback-style student-pays ($5-10/course). ~100-200 course sections = $10K MRR; reach via faculty communities, r/Professors, teaching-center word of mouth during the assessment-redesign wave.

Top risks

  • Higher-ed procurement and FERPA/accessibility compliance crush bootstrapped sales cycles
  • Turnitin or Packback ships the same viva feature with existing distribution
  • Accusation liability: false 'undefended' flags trigger student appeals and instructor churn
2026 landscape & incumbents

Packback survived its pivot: PSG-backed, 600+ institutions, 1.5M students, student-pays ~$29/course. The broader job (assess student thinking despite AI) is a land grab: Turnitin/Gradescope owns institutional integrity+grading and is shipping Clarity for writing-process transparency; K-12 grading tools (EssayGrader, CoGrader, Brisk) race to the bottom with free tiers. 45% of institutions are redesigning assessments toward oral defenses and staged drafts — but scalable tooling for that barely exists commercially.

  • Packback — AI Socratic discussion + writing feedback; student-pays ~$29/course; 600+ institutions, now PE-backed
  • Turnitin/Gradescope — institutional integrity, AI detection, AI-assisted grading; new Clarity product tracks writing process; enterprise pricing
  • Grammarly Authorship — writing-process provenance inside Word/Google Docs; freemium consumer distribution
  • EssayGrader / CoGrader / Brisk — bottom-up teacher AI grading, generous free tiers, K-12 heavy, ~$10-20/mo per teacher
  • Yellowdig / Perusall / Harmonize — legacy discussion/annotation platforms, institutional licenses, weak AI stories
What the skeptics said
  • ○ survived Canvas/OpenAI already embed AI-led assignment dialogues with gradebook transcripts; Turnitin owns integrity budgets; Google gives Gemini to schools free. A voice viva is a thin wrapper they can ship as a free checkbox, instantly commoditizing it.
  • ✕ killed Consequential assessment that records student voices cannot stay bottom-up: one student complaint triggers FERPA/ADA/IT review individual instructors can't survive, while formative-only use guts demand. Sherpa Labs and free university-built vivas already occupy the wedge.

The original pivot worked — Packback is PE-backed, so don't clone it. The real 2026 opening is scalable AI oral defense, a genuinely underserved niche with fresh demand. But higher-ed sales, FERPA, and Turnitin's gravity make it a grind for a bootstrapped trio. Watch; build only if pilot instructors pull hard.

TheMurderMysteryCo

Season 15 · Live murder mystery events; virtual/AI-hosted versions plausible · original company: alive

6eval scoreconfidence 6/10

AI game-master hosts bespoke mysteries: generated scripts, voice-acted suspects; premium hosted parties for remote teams and home events.

The wedge

Fully personalized, AI-hosted mysteries with interrogatable voice suspects — sold two ways: premium consumer kits ($49-99) and AI-hosted remote corporate events at ~$10-15/pp, undercutting $25-50/pp human-hosted incumbents.

90-day MVP

Web app: theme + guest-list intake generates full personalized kit (characters, clues, printables) plus voice AI host and interrogatable suspects over video call; Stripe checkout, SEO content engine, one corporate event package.

First $10K MRR

SEO/TikTok long-tail on "murder mystery party" queries for $49-99 kits, plus outbound to HR/remote-team-event planners; ~8 corporate events/month at $800 or ~150 kits/month reaches $10K MRR.

Top risks

  • Near-zero moat — anyone with an LLM can clone; AI generators already exist
  • One-off occasion purchase: low LTV, constant acquisition treadmill
  • Funded players (Wolf Games) and incumbents bolt on AI, own distribution
2026 landscape & incumbents

Original company thrives as a live-events/actors business (25+ ticketed venues, ~7,500 shows/yr, Blumhouse at 10%) — not replicable by 3 engineers. The digital layer: static PDF kits ($25-50), Hunt A Killer boxes ($24-35/mo, acquired by Relatable; US segment ~$50M, doubled since 2020), human-hosted virtual corporate events ($12-50/pp), and a first wave of AI generators already live (mysterygames.ai, murdermysterygameai.com) plus $13M-funded Wolf Games on the consumer app side.

  • The Murder Mystery Co / American Immersion Theater — live hosted shows, $950-2,500/event, 25+ venues, Blumhouse-backed
  • Hunt A Killer (Relatable) — market-leading subscription boxes $24-35/mo, retail distribution
  • Broadway Murder Mysteries / Masters of Mystery / Night of Mystery — static downloadable kits $25-50, strong SEO
  • Wolf Games — $13M raised, Dick Wolf/NBCU-backed AI daily mystery app (Public Eye), consumer-app lane
  • mysterygames.ai and similar — early AI-generated party kits with virtual host, low prices, weak polish
What the skeptics said
  • ○ survived AI mystery generation is free (ChatGPT/Copilot, free GPTs); funded Wolf Games plus DETECTIVE.OS and Vaudeville already ship voice-interrogatable AI suspects; kits are $30-50 Etsy/Amazon commodities; and "murder mystery party" SEO is locked up by incumbent listicles.
  • ✕ killed The wedge is already commoditized: free ChatGPT prompts and multiple 2025-26 AI mystery-kit startups (MysteryPartyNow, MurderMysteryGameAI, Wolf Games) own their exact SEO terms, while hosted incumbents already price down to $12/pp — erasing the corporate undercut entirely.

Real demand and the AI product is genuinely buildable in weeks, but it's a defensibility-free, occasion-based purchase in a lane already filling with AI clones and a $13M-funded player. Fine lifestyle side-bet, not a company. Only escalate if corporate AI-hosted events show pull at premium pricing.

Post-mortem

How the other 20 finalists died

AI made it free

The 2026 remake is a Gemini prompt, a Khan Academy feature, or an OS default. Room visualization, SAT prep, call screening, audio tours, bedtime stories, AI Santa — all commoditized before we'd start.

Distribution beats code

Ghostwriting, memoirs, matchmaking, kids' coding, image consulting: the tech is trivial, so winners are decided by audience, trust, and sales motion. Repeatedly: "the one asset three unknown engineers don't have."

The incumbent already won

Teamworks owns athlete ops, Brightwheel owns childcare, PNP owns Santa, Packback owns AI discussion. The survivor niches left over are budget-poor, regulated, or relationship-sales grinds.

All 20 kill reports, one line each
  • BusinessGhost (eval 7.5) — First-pass scored this before checking the field. The 2026 pitch already exists at every price point, from $10/mo tools to $100K prestige books, and the winning ingredient is distribution and executive trust — the one asset three unknown engineers don't have. The tech moat is zero. Pass.
  • ZoomInteriors (eval 7) — The first-pass aiLeverage 10 was right but backwards: AI leverage is so total that the product is now a free Gemini prompt. The original died on the exact monetization the 2026 pitch proposes, and every adjacent niche is crowded. No wedge for three engineers without distribution. Pass.
  • PrepWellAcademy (eval 7) — The 2026 pitch is already built, VC-subsidized, and free. What survives is founder-brand coaching and $10K+ human trust services — the opposite of a 3-engineer, no-audience play. Feasibility was never the problem; there's nothing left to charge for. Pass.
  • Remento (eval 7) — Demand is real and Remento thrives, but the AI-voice-memoir idea is already commoditized — Tell Mel and Storii ship our exact pitch today. This is a brand/distribution war, not an engineering problem. Three engineers with no audience have no wedge. Pass.
  • JumpForward (eval 7) — The 2010 opportunity is gone: Teamworks already won the department side and NIL/rev-share compliance is being nationalized via NIL Go/CAPS. The remaining niche (small-program GM tooling) is real but budget-poor and relationship-sales-heavy — a bad fit for three networkless bootstrapped engineers. Pass.
  • Scholly (eval 7) — Scholly's exit was a data-monetization play, not product economics. In 2026 the AI features are table stakes, incumbents are free, and agentic mass-apply fights active AI-detection countermeasures on the supply side. No durable wedge for three bootstrapped engineers without distribution. Pass.
  • 2400Expert (eval 7) — The original company won, but the 2026 remake is dead on arrival: Gemini and Khan Academy give AI SAT prep away free, and several funded startups already occupy the $49/mo slot. The tutor-B2B wedge is real but small and contested. Better opportunities exist elsewhere in the sweep.
  • ThreeDayRule (eval 6.5) — The pitch is already built — by the original company, for free-to-$99/mo, plus $16M+ of VC-backed clones. Consumer dating is a liquidity and CAC game bootstrapped engineers can't win. The only salvageable angle is B2B tooling for human matchmakers, which is a different, smaller business. Pass.
  • StressFreeKids (eval 6) — The 2026 remix already exists many times over — AI bedtime-story apps are a commodity category with funded incumbents, terrible indie economics, and active safety scrutiny of AI kids mental-health products. Three engineers with no clinical credibility or parent audience have no wedge here. Pass.
  • MyTherapyJournal (eval 6) — The 2026 version of this idea already exists on both sides — funded consumer journals and free-tier clinician platforms — with regulators hostile and ChatGPT eating the core use case. A 3-engineer team has no distribution edge into therapists, which is what killed the original. Pass.
  • SealedbySanta (eval 6) — The 2026 pitch was pre-empted: Tavus already shipped a viral, free, real-time AI video Santa, and PNP owns the paid market. Seasonal, safety-sensitive, no moat, price anchored near zero. Fun weekend demo, bad bootstrapped business. Pass.
  • JollyRoger (eval 6) — The job-to-be-done got absorbed into the operating system for free, and every remaining paid angle is held by scale incumbents or freshly funded AI-native teams. Jolly Roger's own $1.2M ARR ceiling after a decade is the tell. Great fit for our skills, terrible market structure. Pass.
  • Autio (eval 6) — The tech is now trivial and the market proves it: a dozen AI audio-guide apps launched since 2023, none breaking out, while Autio's edge is Kevin Costner and iHeart deals — assets we don't have. Engineering skill buys nothing here; distribution and content brand decide winners. Pass.
  • AlphaM (eval 6) — The tech is trivially buildable now, which is exactly the problem: dozens of funded and viral incumbents, commodity APIs, and success determined entirely by TikTok distribution — the one asset three engineers with no audience lack. Marino's own path proves this was always a media business, not software.
  • TaylorRobinsonMusic (eval 6) — The original survived, but this category punishes bootstrappers: marketplaces have cold-start plus 5-15% take rates, and the AI-coach pitch is already a shipped feature at Yousician/Skoove with 50M-install distribution. The teacher-SaaS fallback is a $17/mo knife-fight. No wedge worth three engineers.
  • Fixed (eval 6) — The tech is now trivial; the business isn't. Fixed died from government hostility, not missing AI, and that's unchanged. Winning requires an attorney partner, city-by-city grinding, and $30 transactions — a bad fit for three visa-constrained engineers seeking scalable bootstrapped software revenue.
  • Brightwheel (eval 6) — Brightwheel won and the category is now saturated with AI-forward, funded players including ones aimed squarely at home daycares. The remaining niche (CACFP/subsidy paperwork) is real but requires slow institutional sales to a shrinking, low-WTP customer base. Wrong fight for three bootstrapped engineers with no distribution.
  • Bitsbox (eval 6) — The market validated Bitsbox — and then got flooded. Incumbents are entrenched, free AI tools give away the wow moment, churn is savage, and the category is drowning in VC-funded AI edtech. Three bootstrapped engineers with no audience have no distribution edge here. Pass; the pedagogy wedge is real but a marketing-heavy grind.
  • NovelEffect (eval 6) — Tech is now easy — which is exactly the problem. The market is small (incumbent's decade got to $4M/yr), buyers distrust AI for kids' content, distribution favors school-sales incumbents, and a free indie app already proved weak willingness-to-pay for auto-SFX. Great demo, bad bootstrapped business. Pass.
  • RewardStock (eval 6) — The AI concierge version of RewardStock is already being built by funded and free players, and the real moat — award data access — is a legally hostile scraping treadmill, not an engineering problem three founders can out-code. Niche wedges exist but cap out small. Pass.

Full results

Leaderboard — all 178 online-viable pitches

Of the 178: 88 original companies still alive, 23 acquired, 47 dead. Sub-scores read feasibility · AI leverage · market openness · demand evidence. The 1,244 physical-product pitches (food, apparel, gadgets) were excluded at classification.

#Company / 2026 angleWhat happenedStatusF·A·M·DScoreVerdict
1 BrandYourself S6deep-dive: watch
Online reputation management SaaS platform
AI reputation agent monitoring Google and LLM answers about you, auto-generating fixes and suppression content as SaaS.
 Thrived without a deal; acquired by fintech Array in 2022; still operating acquired 8·9·7·8 8 pursue
2 BusinessGhost S3deep-dive: pass
Ghostwriting service for executive books; AI-writable online
Voice agent interviews executives; AI drafts, humans polish; thought-leadership books and content engines at 10x lower cost.
 No deal; acquired by Advantage Media/Forbes Books 2016; founder still ghostwrites independently. acquired 9·10·6·7 7.5 pursue
3 2400Expert S7deep-dive: pass
SAT prep courses, deliverable as online edtech
AI tutor with adaptive digital-SAT practice, score guarantees, parent dashboards at $49/month versus $1,000 courses; CAC is the risk.
 Rebranded Prep Expert; ~$45M annual revenue; one of Cuban's best deals alive 9·9·5·9 7 maybe
4 JumpForward S1deep-dive: pass
Online athletic recruiting software platform
AI recruiting copilot: profiles auto-built from game film, NIL and compliance agents for coaches, athletes, small programs.
 Shark deal collapsed; grew to 150+ athletic departments; Active Network acquired it in 2016. acquired 8·8·6·8 7 maybe
5 PrepWellAcademy S11deep-dive: pass
Online college-prep coaching program for students
AI admissions counselor: 4-year roadmap, essay feedback, parent dashboard at $30/month versus $5K humans.
 No deal; solo founder grew subscription college-prep coaching to ~$900K/year alive 9·9·6·7 7 maybe
6 Remento S16deep-dive: pass
App recording family stories, AI-transcribed into memoir books
AI voice agent phones grandparents weekly, interviews them, writes memoir chapters; print-on-demand books; target non-US and aged-care B2B.
 Alive; Mark Cuban deal; $7M sales within a year, 500K+ stories recorded. alive 8·9·5·9 7 pursue
7 Scholly S6deep-dive: pass
Scholarship search and matching app for students
Agentic scholarship copilot: matches, drafts essays, autofills and tracks applications end-to-end; pay per submitted application.
 Grew to 5M users, $30M revenue; Sallie Mae acquired 2023; founder now suing acquired 8·9·6·9 7 maybe
8 ZoomInteriors S6deep-dive: pass
Online virtual interior design service
Photo-to-photorealistic room redesign with shoppable product lists and affiliate checkout; designer-free, instant, freemium funnel.
 Barbara's deal never closed; pivoted to Homee then Hutch, raised $17M via Zillow pivoted 9·10·6·7 7 maybe
9 PCClassesOnline S4deep-dive: watch
Online live tech/computer classes for consumers
Patient AI voice tutor for seniors: screen-share agent teaches any device; adult children subscribe; unlimited calls.
 No deal; Cox pivoted to free YouTube channel Tech Talk America. pivoted 9·9·6·6 6.5 maybe
10 PackbackBooks S5deep-dive: watch
Digital textbook rentals; became online student discussion edtech platform
AI Socratic discussion and grading copilot for instructors, sold bottom-up; AI-cheating crisis creates fresh assessment demand.
 Dropped textbook rentals 2018; pivoted to AI discussion platform Packback; alive and VC-funded pivoted 9·9·5·7 6.5 maybe
11 ThreeDayRule S4deep-dive: pass
Tech-enabled matchmaking/dating service
AI matchmaker agent: voice-interviews singles, vets and curates matches, coaches dates — $500 concierge replacing $5K humans.
 No deal; still operating premium human matchmaking, roughly $5M revenue, Match.com partnership. alive 7·8·6·8 6.5 maybe
12 AlphaM S4deep-dive: pass
Men's image consulting; became online video content business
Vision-AI image consultant: upload photos, get face-shape grooming, wardrobe audits, virtual try-on, affiliate shopping links.
 No deal; Marino built YouTube empire plus Pete & Pedro and Tiege Hanley brands. pivoted 9·8·5·7 6 maybe
13 Autio S14deep-dive: pass
Location-based audio travel storytelling app (Kevin Costner backed)
GPS-triggered LLM-generated audio stories with studio-grade synthetic narration for anywhere on Earth, any language, personalized.
 No deal; alive, raised $5.9M, iHeartMedia and JetBlue partnerships alive 9·9·4·7 6 maybe
14 Bitsbox S8deep-dive: pass
kids coding edtech subscription with web app
Voice-first AI coding tutor for kids that builds real shareable games; adaptive curriculum, parent-facing progress subscription.
 No deal; tripled sales post-show, ~$12.5M/year by 2023, still active alive 8·8·4·8 6 maybe
15 Brightwheel S7deep-dive: pass
SaaS platform for preschool/daycare management
AI-native back office for underserved home daycares: agent auto-handles licensing paperwork, billing, and parent updates.
 Massive winner: ~$75M revenue, ~$700M valuation, 25K+ schools by 2024 alive 8·7·4·9 6 maybe
16 Fixed S7deep-dive: pass
app that contests parking tickets automatically
Vision reads tickets, agent drafts code-cited appeals and e-files; success-fee pricing; document-prep framing to manage UPL risk.
 Cities blocked access, legal complaints; Cuban deal never closed; acquired by Lawgix, then shut down acquired 7·8·5·7 6 maybe
17 JollyRoger S10deep-dive: pass
Software bot service that wastes robocallers' time
Real-time voice agents screen unknown calls, detect scams, protect seniors, bait robocallers; family plans and telco channel deals.
 Alive; no deal, bots now ChatGPT-powered, ~$1M annual revenue at $24/year. alive 9·9·4·5 6 maybe
18 Legit Kits S16
Quilt patterns/kits; design software and digital patterns core
Vision AI converts any photo into foundation-piecing quilt patterns; sell digital patterns, partner-fulfill fabric kits, zero inventory.
 Alive; Kevin royalty deal; tripled facility, ~50 designs, certified instructor network. alive 7·7·6·7 6 maybe
19 MyTherapyJournal S1deep-dive: pass
Online therapeutic journaling web app
LLM journaling companion prescribed by therapists: between-session insights, clinician dashboard, sold B2B2C through practices
 On-air deal fell through; shut down December 2009, months after airing dead 10·10·4·6 6 maybe
20 NovelEffect S9deep-dive: pass
read-aloud app adding synced sound effects
Generative-audio engine scoring ANY children's book in real time as parents read — kills per-book manual sound design.
 Lori deal rescinded; raised $3M Series A; thriving with 750+ book library. alive 7·9·5·8 6 maybe
21 RewardStock S10deep-dive: pass
Website optimizing travel booking with reward points
AI points concierge agent: monitors balances, plans transfer-partner redemptions, hunts award seats, books automatically.
 Mark Cuban deal; grew, acquired by Experian 2020, absorbed into their platform acquired 8·7·4·8 6 maybe
22 SealedbySanta S8deep-dive: pass
personalized Santa letters; could be digital/video messages
Real-time AI video Santa calls plus print-API letters: deep personalization at software margins; seasonal, child-safety sensitivities.
 Greiner deal fell through; thriving anyway, added Santa video chats, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy. alive 8·8·6·7 6 maybe
23 StressFreeKids S1deep-dive: pass
Kids relaxation audio CDs and books
AI-personalized calming stories for kids: child's name, their specific fear, generated voice, parent dashboard
 Barbara's deal never closed; thrived anyway, roughly $5M annual revenue by 2022 alive 9·8·4·8 6 maybe
24 TaylorRobinsonMusic S5deep-dive: pass
Online marketplace matching music teachers with students
Hybrid marketplace: AI practice coach gives real-time audio feedback between human lessons, lifting margins beyond thin lesson commissions
 No deal; survived anyway — ~$2M revenue, 14K instructors, still operating in 2026 alive 9·7·5·7 6 maybe
25 TheMurderMysteryCo S15deep-dive: watch
Live murder mystery events; virtual/AI-hosted versions plausible
AI game-master hosts bespoke mysteries: generated scripts, voice-acted suspects; premium hosted parties for remote teams and home events.
 Blum deal closed at 5%; expanded to 25+ ticketed venues nationwide; thriving. alive 8·8·5·7 6 maybe
26 Bot-It S15
AI bot automating online bookings and repetitive web tasks
Scheduled vertical booking agents (tee times, camps, permits) — reliable cron-style automation where general browser agents are overkill.
 Alive; Cuban/Rubin deal reportedly closed; subscriptions grew, raised further funding for AI alive 9·9·3·7 5.5 maybe
27 CoffeeMeetsBagel S6
Curated online dating app
AI matchmaker agent interviews users by voice, hand-curates weekly intros in one city niche; paid vetted matches.
 Rejected Cuban's record $30M buyout; raised VC, ~$36M revenue, still operating. alive 6·8·4·8 5.5 maybe
28 Hopscotch S12
Kids coding app for making games
Kids describe games in natural language; AI scaffolds editable code they remix and learn from.
 Cuban deal never closed; app thriving — 24M+ downloads, now independent alive 9·7·4·8 5.5 maybe
29 MamaSingMySong S15
Personalized children's songs, digital content delivered online
Instant personalized kids' songs via generative music pipeline, $10-30 per song, SEO on name-song queries; thin moat though.
 Alive; 10,000+ custom songs written; three-shark deal closing unconfirmed alive 10·10·3·7 5.5 maybe
30 MyWonderfulLife S3
Website for planning your own funeral online
Conversational end-of-life planning agent: funeral wishes, obituary drafts, document vault; distribute via funeral homes and insurers.
 No deal; grew into largest US online funeral pre-planning platform; ~$1M annual sales. alive 9·6·5·6 5.5 maybe
31 NearlyNewlywed S4
Online marketplace for pre-owned wedding dresses
AI-native bridal resale: vision auto-listing, sizing/fit match, virtual try-on; outclass Stillwhite's static classifieds.
 No deal; grew to millions in revenue, Kleinfeld partnership, acquired 2020, founder exited. acquired 6·6·4·7 5.5 maybe
32 PaparazziProposals S5
Secret proposal photographer booking; online marketplace layer
AI proposal-planning concierge plus vetted photographer marketplace; agents run sales and logistics, vision AI culls and delivers photos
 On-air deal never closed; grew anyway to ~36 cities, $13M+ cumulative revenue alive 6·6·6·8 5.5 maybe
33 ReVestor S4
Real estate investment search engine website
Agentic underwriting: AI scans every listing nightly, models cash flow and comps, emails investors buy-box matches.
 No deal; founder built Griffin Funding mortgage company; Revestor relaunched San Diego only. pivoted 6·7·5·5 5.5 maybe
34 Salespreneur S3
Sales training/coaching program; deliverable as online courses
AI voyce-roleplay buyers: reps drill objections against simulated prospects, get scored coaching; sold to SMB sales teams.
 No deal; closed August 2012; 2015 relaunch also failed; founder returned to corporate sales. dead 9·9·4·6 5.5 maybe
35 AdventureHunt S10
App-organized treasure hunt events; app/platform is the core
Self-serve app: LLMs generate city-specific hunts, vision verifies photo challenges; sell corporate team-building subscriptions, no event ops.
 Alive; Robert's deal closed, ~$1M annual revenue, corporate team-building focus. alive 5·7·5·6 5 maybe
36 Alice'sTable S9
Online platform enabling women to host flower-arranging classes
AI business-in-a-box agent handles curriculum, marketing, bookings and payments for anyone hosting paid classes or workshops
 Deal closed; ~$6M lifetime sales, pivoted online, acquired by 1-800-Flowers 2022 acquired 7·7·4·7 5 maybe
37 ClassroomJams S1
Educational songs/music curriculum for schools
AI-generated, standards-aligned curriculum songs on demand for any lesson; subscription sold direct to teachers
 All-five-shark deal never closed; faded away; founder went back to teaching dead 9·9·5·4 5 maybe
38 CreatorCamp S16
Kids maker/STEM camps; teachable via online AI education
AI mentor guides kids shipping real YouTube channels and Roblox games; async cohorts replace human instructors and physical camps.
 Alive; Barbara deal; expanding camp locations plus online Zoom workshops, international plans. alive 6·7·4·7 5 maybe
39 DatingByBlaine S15
Human dating coaching, deliverable as AI-powered online coaching
AI dating coach: profile rewrites, texting feedback, voice practice dates — subscription replacing $6K human coaching packages.
 Alive and profitable; Cuban deal never closed; founder declined outside capital alive 9·9·4·8 5 maybe
40 HelloPrenup S13
Online legaltech platform generating prenuptial agreements
Don't fight the incumbent; clone the proven playbook — LLM-drafted state-compliant agreements in an unowned legal vertical (postnups, cohabitation).
 Thriving; $3M+ lifetime sales, 32+ states, LegalZoom founder invested, ~$22M valuation alive 6·8·4·9 5 maybe
41 LegalGrind S1
Coffee shop offering affordable legal advice
AI legal triage: answer consumer questions, draft documents, escalate to flat-fee attorneys. UPL rules and free AI loom.
 No deal; last coffee shop closed 2021; persists as online lawyer-referral site. pivoted 6·9·5·6 5 maybe
42 MTAILOR S7
app measures body via camera for custom clothing
Video body-measurement sizing API sold to apparel brands to cut returns; never touch manufacturing or inventory.
 No deal; thriving anyway — roughly $13M sales by 2022, expanded product lines alive 5·8·4·7 5 maybe
43 MetricMate S14
Gym workout-tracking device; value is its data/app layer
Phone-camera vision AI counts reps, sets, and form on any gym equipment — no sensor hardware needed.
 No deal; still alive but early-stage, app live, modest traction alive 8·9·5·4 5 maybe
44 Qeepsake S9
SMS-based baby memory journaling subscription
AI memory-keeper over SMS/WhatsApp: smart prompts, photo understanding, auto-narrated milestone books, searchable family-memory chat.
 Declined deals; raised $900K; still alive with ~700K users and real revenue. alive 9·7·4·8 5 maybe
45 Savy S9
Online price-negotiation shopping service
AI haggling agent negotiates discounts via merchant chat/email, tracks prices, auto-checkouts at target — heavy platform-feature risk
 No deal; never scaled past ~1,000 users, shut down by 2018 dead 8·8·3·3 5 maybe
46 StemCenterUSA S7
In-person STEM/robotics classes; could be online AI tutoring
AI robotics tutor for kids: vision checks real kit builds, voice guidance, project curriculum, subscription — no physical centers.
 Lori's deal never closed; still operating, ~$2M revenue, 43K+ students, in-person plus virtual. alive 8·8·4·7 5 maybe
47 Trobo S7
STEM storytelling toy; core is app/AI story content
Hardware-free voice AI storytelling companion: personalized STEM tales starring the child, strict parental controls, COPPA-first.
 Herjavec deal fell through; hardware, licensing and retail costs killed it by 2017 dead 6·9·4·5 5 maybe
48 VerbalizeIt S4
On-demand human translation app/platform
Certified-translation service: LLM drafts, human verifies legal/immigration/medical docs; sell compliance and turnaround, not words.
 Pivoted to B2B translation; acquired by Smartling in December 2016. acquired 9·10·3·7 5 maybe
49 Wedy S15
Digital wedding planning and vendor marketplace app
AI planner agent emails/calls vendors, negotiates quotes, builds budgets and timelines; flat fee to couples, no marketplace.
 No deal; joined Techstars NYC, strong post-show growth, still operating 2026. alive 7·8·5·6 5 maybe
50 ZooBean S5
Curated kids book recommendations; became Beanstack reading-tracking software
 Cuban deal; pivoted to Beanstack library/school reading SaaS, ~$5M revenue, thriving pivoted 8·7·4·8 5 pass
51 FootFairy S5
iPad app measuring kids' feet to sell shoes
 Cuban deal collapsed in due diligence; buggy inaccurate app shut down within six months dead 8·9·4·5 4.5 pass
52 PrettyPaddedRoom S4
Online therapy/counseling platform for women
 No deal; rebranded twice (Your Corner, The Difference), both shut down; founder solo-practices. dead 5·9·3·7 4.5 pass
53 SmartPlate S7
meal-analysis tech; AI photo food tracking replaces plate
 No deal; conflicting reports — website defunct 2023 versus small subscription business surviving unknown 9·10·3·7 4.5 pass
54 BabyQuip S11
Online marketplace for baby gear rentals to travelers
 Declined O'Leary's offer; thriving — ~$9M annual revenue, 600+ cities, Uber partnership alive 6·4·3·8 4 pass
55 BeneathTheInk S6
Ebook software embedding interactive content in books
 Pivoted to PageDip B2B content platform; profitable with $2.5M revenue by 2022 pivoted 9·6·5·6 4 pass
56 BlackSandsEntertainment S13
Black-owned indie comics/animation media studio, digital content
 Deal closed with Cuban and Kevin Hart; alive, $2M+ lifetime sales, expanding into anime alive 7·8·4·6 4 pass
57 CertifiKID S10
Online deals site for family activities and events
 Alive; Kevin's deal closed, acquired Hulafrog 2023, ~$5M annual revenue. alive 6·6·4·7 4 pass
58 ChessUp S14
Smart chessboard; AI chess teaching deliverable as online app
 Alive; Lori deal never closed; ~$1.4M revenue, raised seed funding alive 9·7·3·7 4 pass
59 CoatChex S4
Ticketless coat-check system; core value is check-in software
 Rejected Cuban's offer; rebranded Chexology, checks any item; enterprise clients; still operating 2026. pivoted 8·5·5·6 4 pass
60 CoinOut S9
Digital wallet/receipt-cashback fintech app
 Pivoted to receipt-scan cashback; acquired by IRI 2021, still active acquired 6·8·2·8 4 pass
61 DNASimple S9
online platform matching saliva donors with researchers
 Cuban deal never closed; survived eight years; acquired by Joined Bio in 2025. acquired 4·5·5·7 4 pass
62 DaVinciEyeApp S15
AR drawing-tracing app teaching people to draw
 Alive and profitable without a deal; hit #1 during Vision Pro launch alive 9·6·4·7 4 pass
63 DartDrones S8
in-person drone pilot training, could be online courses
 Cuban deal reportedly never closed; still alive, ~$5M revenue, 30+ cities alive 8·6·4·7 4 pass
64 EmergenSee S6
Personal safety app streaming video to emergency contacts
 No deal; big downloads but bankrupt; founder died tragically in 2017. dead 8·7·3·4 4 pass
65 FaceYogaWithKoko S11
Face yoga instruction classes; deliverable as online video/AI coaching
 No deal; went fully virtual (app/YouTube), still profitable, ~$1.5M niche business alive 8·8·5·5 4 pass
66 Felt S7
app to send handwritten greeting cards
 O'Leary deal never closed; still alive, roughly $4M revenue printing handwritten cards. alive 7·5·4·7 4 pass
67 GoodGriefCelebrations S1
Funeral/memorial event planning consulting service
 No deal; only $11K revenue; ceased operations around 2011 dead 8·8·5·2 4 pass
68 HatchBaby S7
smart baby pad; value is app/data tracking layer
 Pivoted to Hatch sleep-device brand; $140M+ lifetime sales; original smart pad abandoned pivoted 8·6·3·6 4 pass
69 HireSanta S10
Online marketplace booking Santa performers for events
 Alive; Barbara deal closed, $7M+ lifetime sales, corporate clients, virtual-Santa COVID pivot. alive 7·5·4·7 4 pass
70 HistoryByMail S16
Historical document replica subscription; content deliverable digitally
 Alive; Lubetzky deal closed (not Barbara); passed $2M annual revenue, million letters shipped. alive 6·4·5·8 4 pass
71 Honeyfund S6
Online honeymoon registry and crowdfunding website
 Kevin's royalty deal; thriving, $750M+ gifts facilitated, ~$3M annual revenue. alive 9·4·3·8 4 pass
72 HotelsByDay S8
online marketplace booking daytime hotel rooms
 No deal; grew anyway to ~$5M annual revenue, international day-use hotel marketplace alive 5·4·4·7 4 pass
73 LiberateStudio S13
Mental-health-focused fitness classes deliverable via streaming
 No deal; pivoted to B2B corporate wellness, 200+ clients, founder made Forbes 30 Under 30 alive 8·8·3·6 4 pass
74 Lose12Inches S4
Weight-loss fitness program; deliverable as online coaching
 Got Daymond deal; never scaled, founder pivoted to Barre6 boutique studio in 2021. pivoted 9·8·3·5 4 pass
75 MisoMedia S3
Music-education app teaching instruments interactively
 Got Cuban's $300K; pivoted guitar app to sheet music; ran out of money, closed 2013. dead 8·8·2·7 4 pass
76 Overplay S15
App turning videos into playable mobile games
 Cuban deal; raised $3.6M, 300K downloads, Netflix/NASCAR partnerships; active 2026. alive 7·8·3·6 4 pass
77 Pearachute S9
online marketplace/subscription for kids' activity classes
 Cuban deal fell through; raised $3.1M VC; shut down June 2022. dead 4·5·5·5 4 pass
78 Petnostics S7
pet urine test read by smartphone app diagnostics
 Deal never closed; product vanished from Amazon by 2022; physical test-kit inventory business dead 5·7·5·4 4 pass
79 Rethink S8
anti-cyberbullying content-filtering software
 Cuban/Greiner deal never closed; app alive, 5M+ users, drifted toward advocacy over revenue. alive 8·8·3·5 4 pass
80 SimpleHabit S9
subscription meditation app
 No deal; grew to millions of users; sold to Ingenio in 2023. acquired 9·8·2·8 4 pass
81 Sparketh S13
Online art class subscription edtech for kids
 Alive; ~$2M annual revenue, 1,000+ lessons, strong homeschool subscription base alive 8·5·5·7 4 pass
82 SurpriseRide S5
Kids activity-kit subscription; job doable as online edtech
 Thrived post-show, O'Leary invested later; acquired by Fat Brain Toys 2018 acquired 5·6·3·6 4 pass
83 Sworkit S7
personalized workout app, digital fitness subscription
 Cuban deal collapsed in diligence; grew anyway to 30M+ downloads, ~$60M sales alive 9·8·2·8 4 pass
84 TheFidgetGame S15
Card game teaching kids to read; AI reading-tutor digitizable
 Physical product; thriving card game in 50,000+ schools, 40+ SKUs alive 8·8·3·8 4 pass
85 ThePlayer’sTrunk S13
Online NIL marketplace for college athletes' gear
 Declined Cuban/Hart $650K-for-30% offer; alive, growing athlete partnerships and auctions alive 6·5·4·6 4 pass
86 TheWoobles S14
Beginner crochet kits; core value is video tutorials/instruction
 Deal; thriving — $7M revenue 2022, Walmart retail, big brand-IP collabs alive 4·7·4·8 4 pass
87 VanRobotics S11
Robot math tutor; job doable as AI tutoring app
 No deal; survived anyway — ~$16M lifetime revenue, 3,000+ ABii robots by 2024 alive 9·9·3·7 4 pass
88 Woof S14
Mobile app for pet safety and lost-pet rescue
 No deal; alive but tiny — hundreds of subscribers, ~$1M valuation alive 9·8·5·4 4 pass
89 Zuvaa S9
Online marketplace for African-inspired fashion
 No deal; hit $2M sales, rebranded Uju Media, then folded dead 6·6·4·6 4 pass
90 Candi S13
App for paid group video chats with celebrities
 No deal; still alive but small, ~15% yearly growth in Cameo's shadow alive 6·6·3·4 3.5 pass
91 Card.io S16
Mobile app turning cardio workouts into games
 Alive in 2026; Daymond/Rashaun deal closed; only ~$4K/month revenue despite growth. alive 9·5·3·4 3.5 pass
92 DanceWithMe S3
In-person dance instruction studios; teachable via online video/AI
 Zumba-contingent deal collapsed; rebranded to Dance It Out; Billy Blanks Jr. still active. pivoted 7·6·3·6 3.5 pass
93 Flora S15
Sensor hardware whose value is app and plant-care data
 Nominally alive but struggling: broken website, quiet socials, tariffs squeezing hardware margins alive 9·8·3·4 3.5 pass
94 GrooveBook S5
App subscription turning phone photos into monthly photo books
 Acquired by Shutterfly for $14.5M in 2014; Shutterfly killed the service in 2022 acquired 6·6·3·5 3.5 pass
95 MajorMom S7
in-person organizing service; coaching could go online/AI
 Grew to $5M, rebranded Major Organizers 2022, then went quiet; status unclear unknown 8·6·5·4 3.5 pass
96 TheAveVenice S3
Custom-designed sneakers; differentiation is online design customization
 No deal; patented printer, rebranded The Ave Los Angeles, still selling custom shoes 2026 alive 5·7·3·6 3.5 pass
97 Basepaws S10
Cat DNA test; value is genetic data/reports platform
 Acquired by Zoetis 2022 for $50M+; physical DNA kits plus wet-lab operations. acquired 2·4·3·8 3 pass
98 BollyX S10
Bollywood dance fitness classes; deliverable via streaming workouts
 Alive; no deal but ~$48M lifetime sales, 4,000 certified instructors worldwide. alive 4·4·2·7 3 pass
99 ChangEd S9
Fintech app rounding up purchases toward student loans
 Alive; ~$6M revenue 2024, $2B loans managed, survived Synapse collapse alive 3·3·4·8 3 pass
100 Cheek'd S5
Dating service; cards linking to online profiles, later app
 Pivoted cards to Bluetooth dating app; crushed by Tinder and Bumble; site defunct dead 8·7·2·3 3 pass
101 DDPYoga S5
Diamond Dallas Page yoga workout program; became streaming app
 No deal; thrived anyway as streaming app, roughly $7M revenue in 2022, still active alive 8·6·2·7 3 pass
102 DoAmore S13
Online custom engagement ring retailer; design/consult digitizable
 Thriving, ~$12M annual sales; physical product (jewelry e-commerce with sourcing and inventory) alive 4·5·3·8 3 pass
103 EZVIP S3
Online marketplace booking VIP nightclub tables and packages
 Got deal, Pitbull endorsement; venues resisted prepaid bookings; dead ~2015, founder left for trucking. dead 5·3·4·5 3 pass
104 ElephantChat S5
Couples communication prompt object; could be relationship app
 No deal; physical product; founders divorced within months, company folded dead 9·7·3·2 3 pass
105 EverlyWell S9
At-home lab tests; value is digital results/telehealth layer
 Alive; grew into Everly Health, $1B+ lifetime sales, peak ~$2.9B valuation alive 2·5·3·9 3 pass
106 FitDeck S5
Exercise playing cards; workout content easily an app
 No deal; unprofitable despite sales; founder sold brand to Implus; physical card product acquired 9·8·2·4 3 pass
107 FutureCircus S16
Location-based VR theme park; experience deliverable via home VR
 No deal; rebranded Dream Park Immersive; runs location-based mixed-reality pop-ups in California. pivoted 4·6·3·3 3 pass
108 GiftCardRescue S1
Online marketplace to buy/sell gift cards
 Declined deal, grew to $15M revenue, collapsed 2016 from fraud and cash-flow dead 3·6·3·7 3 pass
109 GuardLlama S8
panic-button device; core is app-based emergency dispatch service
 Barbara's deal never closed; founder indicted for drug trafficking; shut down 2021 dead 4·6·2·4 3 pass
110 Hater S9
dating app matching users by shared dislikes
 Cuban deal closed; 500K downloads but never monetized; shut down June 2019. dead 7·6·3·4 3 pass
111 Jiggaerobics S11
Hip-hop dance fitness classes; deliverable as online workouts
 No deal; ~$900K annual sales, founder-led classes for schools and communities alive 8·5·3·5 3 pass
112 Lectec S16
DIY e-skateboard STEM kits with online curriculum layer
 Alive; Robert deal; expanded to scooter kits, launched Lectec Academy; physical product core. alive 3·4·5·6 3 pass
113 LilAdvents S13
Potty training reward system; could be app-based coaching
 No deal (sharks: too niche); alive, small, sells physical kits via Amazon and Walmart alive 8·6·4·3 3 pass
114 Nameberry S16
Baby-name content website and community
 Alive; $1.1M revenue, $650K profit; Kevin took 24.9% for $350K. alive 9·4·2·6 3 pass
115 Notehall S1
Online marketplace for college class notes
 Skipped Barbara's deal; grew via DreamIt; Chegg acquired it in 2011 (~$3.7M). acquired 9·7·2·4 3 pass
116 Pavlok S7
habit-change wearable; behavior coaching could be app/AI
 No deal; still selling shock wearables and Shock Clocks. Core is physical product. alive 4·6·3·6 3 pass
117 Proven S11
AI-personalized skincare; data/quiz layer is the differentiation
 No deal; hit $24M revenue (2023), raised $12.2M Series A, 100K+ subscribers alive 3·6·3·8 3 pass
118 Rent-A-Grandma S3
Caregiver/domestic staffing agency; online matching marketplace
 No deal; survives as niche caregiver-matching site, 300+ grandmas, expanded service categories. alive 6·4·3·6 3 pass
119 RentLikeAChampion S7
Online marketplace renting homes for college game weekends
 Cuban/Sacca deal closed; grew to ~$12.6M revenue by 2024, expanded to PGA/NASCAR. alive 6·4·3·8 3 pass
120 RoloDoc S5
Social/messaging app connecting doctors and patients
 Infamous worst-ever pitch; no users, no deal; app abandoned, domain for sale. dead 5·6·3·3 3 pass
121 SilkRoll S10
Online marketplace for trading designer clothing
 Alive; no deal, reportedly ~$20M lifetime sales, co-founder exited 2019. alive 5·7·2·6 3 pass
122 SmartGurlz S9
coding-education dolls; real value is coding app curriculum
 Hit $1.2M sales; Daymond deal never closed; defunct since ~2021, website gone. dead 6·7·3·4 3 pass
123 Songlorious S13
Online custom-song commissioning service delivered digitally
 Alive; ~$2.9M lifetime sales, dropped shark deal, now markets human-made songs versus AI alive 9·9·2·7 3 pass
124 SpyEscapeAndEvasion S5
In-person spy skills training courses; deliverable as online courses
 Still operating; roughly $3M annual revenue from courses, books, and safety products alive 8·4·3·6 3 pass
125 Swimply S11
Airbnb-style online marketplace for renting private pools
 No deal; COVID boom drove $70M lifetime sales, 15K hosts across three countries alive 6·3·2·9 3 pass
126 Tanoshi S11
Kids tablet; edtech software layer is core value
 Hit ~$4M revenue post-deal; tablets discontinued, founder left 2022; hardware business defunct dead 6·7·3·5 3 pass
127 TotalMerchantResources S5
Merchant cash advance lending; fintech deliverable online
 O'Leary deal never closed; MCA business grew 500% post-show, still operating. alive 2·7·3·7 3 pass
128 Trippie S9
airport navigation and amenities app
 No deal; app survives but founder went full-time into VC; effectively stagnant. alive 7·7·2·3 3 pass
129 WeddingWagon S6
Mobile wedding officiant service; weddings bookable/officiated online
 No deal; still operating as Las Vegas Wedding Wagon; one founder left for food truck. alive 4·3·5·5 3 pass
130 Wedfuly S13
Virtual wedding livestream planning and production service
 Robert's deal never closed; acquired by Wedgewood Weddings in 2023 after 1,300+ weddings acquired 6·5·3·5 3 pass
131 Wine&Design S8
paint-and-sip class franchise; classes could go virtual
 O'Leary deal closed; ~$12M sales 2023, contracted to 58 franchise locations alive 4·3·3·5 3 pass
132 Wispots S1
Wi-Fi kiosks/portals for medical waiting rooms
 No deal; pivoted repeatedly (WiFiciency, AIRwave), never scaled, now defunct dead 4·6·3·2 3 pass
133 ChordBuddy S3
Guitar-learning device; job is learnable via app tutoring
 Physical product; alive at ~$1M/year via QVC, Amazon, and music retailers. alive 4·5·2·7 2.5 pass
134 CodibyPillarLearning S12
Educational robot toy; core edtech content deliverable via app
 Physical product; Robert's deal never closed; sold out, conflicting reports, possibly defunct unknown 3·6·4·3 2.5 pass
135 MagicMoments S5
App for capturing/sharing family memories; uncertain details
 No deal; pre-revenue; shut down months after airing in 2013 dead 8·6·2·2 2.5 pass
136 VillageScholarships S7
online crowdfunding platform for college scholarships
 Shut down December 2016; couldn't justify fees versus free alternatives like GoFundMe dead 7·3·3·2 2.5 pass
137 iReTron S5
Online electronics trade-in and recycling buyback platform
 Shark deal never closed; shut down 2019; founder became a healthcare product manager dead 3·5·3·5 2.5 pass
138 #besomebody S8
marketplace app booking live learning experiences
 No deal; app sold 2017, founder pivoted to $20M corporate-training business. pivoted 8·4·3·3 2 pass
139 Aira S11
App connecting blind users to remote visual-assistance agents
 Physical product, misclassified: Shark Tank's Aira is wireless-charging hardware, now FreePower pivoted 2·2·3·6 2 pass
140 BarBees S15
In-person cocktail classes; virtual classes plausible online
 Alive; deal closed, expanded to ten cities; in-person service business alive 3·2·4·6 2 pass
141 Beulr S13
Software bot attending and recording Zoom meetings
 No deal; pivoted to meeting transcription, shut down November 2023 as incumbents won category dead 10·9·1·5 2 pass
142 BoogieBoxFitness S1
Dance fitness workout program/classes
 No deal; about $15K lifetime sales; ceased operations by 2020 dead 7·5·2·2 2 pass
143 Bravo S9
cashless tipping fintech app
 Deal never closed; pivoted to Famigo, a Patreon-style creator payments platform. pivoted 5·3·2·3 2 pass
144 Cycloramic S5
iPhone app taking hands-free panoramic photos
 App died when iPhone redesign broke the spin trick; founder's Car360 pivot sold to Carvana $22M pivoted 9·5·1·3 2 pass
145 Doorman S6
App-based on-demand evening package delivery service
 Robert's deal; shut down October 2017 — subsidized unlimited deliveries killed unit economics. dead 2·3·2·4 2 pass
146 FashionTap S7
fashion social network app with affiliate shopping
 No deal; Instagram shopping features crushed it; shut down 2018 dead 8·6·2·3 2 pass
147 Goalsetter S10
Fintech savings and financial education app for kids
 Alive; no deal but raised $31M including Cuban and NBA players, ~$4M revenue. alive 3·4·2·7 2 pass
148 Hidrent S13
App marketplace booking off-duty firefighters for handyman jobs
 Alive; passed $1M revenue, nationwide, but modest-scale local-labor marketplace with heavy ops alive 3·3·3·6 2 pass
149 HoopMaps S9
app locating nearby pickup basketball games
 No deal; went dormant 2020, killed by monetization struggles and COVID. dead 9·3·4·2 2 pass
150 HowToBeARedhead S15
Content/community brand for redheads plus beauty products
 Physical product; alive 15+ years, beauty products plus membership, ~$1.1M sales alive 3·3·4·7 2 pass
151 LoveSync S11
Bedside buttons signaling couples' intimacy interest; app could replace
 No deal; ~$1.2M lifetime sales, socials dormant since 2022, appears to be declining alive 9·3·4·3 2 pass
152 PopUpPlay S8
kids design playsets via app; design layer is digital
 Took Sacca deal; shut down by 2019. Physical product, brutal custom-manufacturing economics. dead 3·4·4·3 2 pass
153 PostcardOnTheRun S5
App turning phone photos into mailed postcards
 Shut down October 2015, outcompeted by cheaper postcard apps; MyPostcard bought the URL. dead 8·3·2·3 2 pass
154 Recharj S9
In-person nap/meditation studios; job digitizable via meditation apps
 No deal; studio closed during pandemic, company formally dissolved 2022 dead 8·6·2·2 2 pass
155 RocketBook S8
reusable smart notebook; differentiation is scan-to-cloud app
 Physical product; acquired by BIC for $40M in 2020 after $32M sales acquired 3·5·2·8 2 pass
156 Scan S5
QR code scanning app; later acquired by Snapchat
 No deal; Snapchat acquired it for $54M in 2014, became Snapcodes. acquired 8·2·1·5 2 pass
157 SnagaStool S6
App to reserve bar seats in advance
 Never gained bar partnerships or revenue; shut down September 2016 dead 5·3·4·2 2 pass
158 SundayNightSlowJams S5
Syndicated radio show; audio content streamable online
 No deal; thrived anyway, expanded past 200 stations with a private investor. alive 3·3·3·6 2 pass
159 Tabby S13
Niche dating app for cat lovers
 Kevin's deal never closed; buggy app, low engagement, pulled from App Store, dead by 2022 dead 9·4·2·2 2 pass
160 TheRealElf S13
Personalized digital Santa video messages for kids
 Alive; tiny one-performer seasonal business, roughly $20K per season, charity tie-in alive 9·9·3·3 2 pass
161 TippiToes S2
Children's dance class franchise
 Cuban deal never closed; franchise thrived anyway — 36+ franchises, 80 locations, virtual classes. alive 2·3·4·8 2 pass
162 TycoonRealEstate S6
Real estate crowdfunding investment platform
 No deal; acquired by crowdfunding consortium 2015, then shut down in 2016. acquired 2·4·2·5 2 pass
163 UniKeyTechnologies S3
Smartphone keyless entry software platform, licensed tech
 On-air deal fell through; licensed tech to Kwikset and Honeywell; roughly $5.5M revenue. alive 3·3·2·7 2 pass
164 ValPark S7
Mobile app for valet parking payment
 Shut down within about a year of airing; founder pivoted to nightlife venues dead 3·5·2·3 2 pass
165 Validated S8
app: merchants validate customers' ride/parking costs
 Acquired by moovel 2019; acquirer's ReachNow platform shut down two months later acquired 4·3·2·3 2 pass
166 Woosh S14
Smart HVAC filter; differentiation is sensor/app subscription layer
 physical product; O'Leary deal collapsed in diligence; alive, raised $2.3M VC, ~$1M revenue alive 2·4·4·6 2 pass
167 iCPooch S6
Pet video-chat treat dispenser; value is software layer
 Physical product; hardware business ceased operations 2017; Furbo and Petcube own category dead 2·6·3·4 2 pass
168 AdvancedSportsTechnology S7
sports league/licensing; media and licensing digitizable; uncertain
 No deal; bubble soccer fad faded; physical league/equipment business; shut down 2016 dead 2·2·3·2 1.5 pass
169 CATEapp S4
Mobile app hiding calls and texts (Call And Text Eraser)
 Deal never closed; app shut down after failed law-enforcement and government pivots. dead 9·2·2·2 1.5 pass
170 Cab20RockBand S3
Rock band seeking label funding; music is digital media
 No deal; band released three albums to middling success, disbanded around 2014. dead 4·5·2·2 1.5 pass
171 IWantToDrawACatForYou S3
Novelty website selling custom cat drawings online
 Got Cuban deal, drew 18,794 cats; closed 2015, later resumed as small personal novelty. alive 9·2·2·3 1.5 pass
172 TieTry S4
Netflix-style online necktie rental subscription service
 Physical rental logistics; only 110 subscribers, absorbed by competitor FreshNeck in 2013. acquired 2·2·2·2 1.5 pass
173 50StateCapitalsin50Minutes S1
Educational memorization book/DVD for kids
 No deal, near-zero sales, out of business dead 9·5·1·1 1 pass
174 Bundil S10
App investing spare change into cryptocurrency
 Deal rejected after show; app struggled, shut down early 2023 dead 3·2·2·2 1 pass
175 CopyKeyboard S14
USB copy-paste gadget; job doable purely in software
 Physical product; no deal; dead by mid-2023, founder joined Tesla dead 10·3·1·1 1 pass
176 Flag S8
ad-supported free photo printing app
 Physical print fulfillment; ad-supported free-printing model burned cash, ceased production 2017 dead 3·2·2·3 1 pass
177 Splikity S7
Password manager app syncing across devices
 Little demand post-show; couldn't compete with LastPass/1Password; app gone by 2024 dead 7·2·1·3 1 pass
178 TheFunhouseProject S1
Entertainment/reality show concept; uncertain
 No deal; physical Times Square venue never built; founders returned to stage careers. dead 1·2·3·1 1 pass

Take the data

Structured data for further analysis

Every number on this page is published as machine-readable data, joinable on a stable id. Fetch /data/index.json first — it is a self-describing manifest with row counts, the full field schema, and enum definitions.

index.jsonManifest + field schema. Fetch this first. pitches.jsonAll 1,422 pitches: base facts + classification; 178 with scores & verdict. pitches.csvFlat table for pandas / spreadsheets. finalists.jsonFull dossiers for the 24 deep-dived finalists. 
curl -s https://allsharktankcompanies.darcydouglas.com/data/pitches.json \
  | jq '[.[] | select(.verdict=="pursue")]'

Method. Database: the community-maintained Shark Tank US dataset (same source as the Kaggle original) — 1,422 unique pitches, seasons 1–16. Pipeline: 19 classification agents sorted every pitch by whether its core value could be delivered primarily online (102 already-online + 76 digitizable, 1,244 physical excluded). 178 evaluations with live web checks on each company's fate, scored for bootstrap feasibility, AI leverage, market openness, and demand evidence. Top 24 got researched deep dives (2026 landscape, incumbents, wedge, 90-day MVP), then two adversarial skeptics — market-saturation and distribution/execution — tried to kill each one; survival required beating at least one. 123 agents, ~3.5M tokens, July 6 2026. Scores are model judgment informed by live web research, not financial data — treat as a shortlist generator, not diligence.