12:59 AM

12:59 AM is an illogical representation in the 24-hours time system. This acts s a metaphor for Soloprenuers breaking the traditional business logic and making something from nothing.

12:59 AM is a tool that takes away weeks of startup validation by deploying AI agents that use Perplexity's Pro Search and reasoning capabilities, it conducts evidence-based research across market reports, competitor websites, community platforms, and trend data.

I built six specialized agents, each making four targeted calls to Perplexity's sonar-pro model. All agents use the same model but with different search configurations:

Agents 1-4 (Market, Competition, Community, Trends) use Pro Search (search_type: "pro") for deep web research. My prompts specifically direct it to Statista, Crunchbase, Grand View Research, and IBISWorld. When Agent 1 researches market size, Pro Search retrieves real reports, extracts data, and provides citations. This grounds every claim in verifiable sources, preventing hallucinations.

Agents 5-6 (Execution, Content) use Fast Search (search_type: "fast") for synthesis without web searching. They receive structured data from the first four agents and focus on strategic planning and content generation.

Orchestration & Data Processing: The orchestrator coordinates parallel execution, running the first four agents simultaneously for speed, then executing Agents 5-6 in a second parallel batch. Real-time progress streams to the client via Server-Sent Events (SSE), updating agent status cards as each completes.

Custom parsers transform unstructured text responses into structured data using regex pattern matching, extracting market metrics, competitor details, community platforms, trend keywords, and execution roadmaps. Scoring algorithms calculate viability metrics from parsed data. Not arbitrary numbers, but computed from actual TAM, CAGR, and community engagement levels.

This architecture delivers institutional-quality validation in under four minutes for less than a dollar.

Built With

• next.js
• perplexity-api
• react
• recharts
• shadcn/ui
• tailwind-css
• typescript
• vercel