AI Startup Advisor

Inspiration

Many aspiring founders struggle to validate their startup ideas — they often lack access to mentors, market data, or resources to create investor-ready pitches. We wanted to build a tool that acts like a virtual startup advisory board, powered by AI. That’s how AI Startup Advisor was born — an intelligent multi-agent system that analyzes your idea, researches your market, and writes a professional pitch deck — all in minutes.

What it does

AI Startup Advisor helps innovators transform raw ideas into actionable business insights through a team of specialized AI agents:

Idea Evaluator Agent — Assesses innovation, problem clarity, feasibility, and scalability. Market Researcher Agent — Analyzes market size, competition, and audience segments using Gemini. Pitch Writer Agent — Generates a professional startup summary and elevator pitch. Virtual Advisory Board — A panel of simulated personas (VC, Founder, Domain Expert) provides tailored feedback and next steps.

Users simply submit their idea, and within moments receive a complete founder report and downloadable pitch deck.

How we built it

Built using Google’s Agent Development Kit (Genkit) to define and orchestrate multi-agent workflows.
Integrated Gemini 1.5 Pro via Google AI Studio for intelligent reasoning and text generation. Each agent runs as an independent Cloud Run service, communicating through Cloud Pub/Sub. Persistent data storage handled by Firebase Firestore. Frontend built with Next.js + Tailwind CSS, deployed via Firebase Hosting, connected to the backend Cloud Run APIs. All services connected under a serverless architecture for scalability and zero-maintenance deployment.

Challenges we ran into

Setting up seamless inter-agent communication using Pub/Sub required careful message structuring. Managing authentication and user history across multiple Cloud Run services. Fine-tuning Gemini prompts to produce structured, context-aware startup analyses. Coordinating Cloud Run multi-service deployment and routing with Firebase Hosting integration.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully built a multi-agent AI platform using Google ADK (Genkit). Deployed multiple Cloud Run services (frontend + backend + agents). Achieved smooth integration with Gemini for advanced AI reasoning. Created an elegant, card-based UI that visualizes startup insights and generates downloadable pitch decks.

What we learned

How to build and orchestrate multi-agent systems using Google’s Genkit. The power of Gemini 1.5 Pro for structured reasoning and pitch generation. How Cloud Run + Pub/Sub + Firebase can work together to create scalable serverless architectures. Real-world deployment workflow for AI apps — from Firebase Studio prototyping to Cloud Run production.

What's next for AI Startup Advisor

Add Financial Analyst Agent to generate automated 3-year projections. Expand the Virtual Board with more advisor personas. Introduce real-time collaboration for co-founders to brainstorm ideas. Launch a public beta on Firebase Hosting with integrated user dashboards. Extend multi-language support using Gemini 1.5 Flash for global accessibility.

Built With

• express.js
• firebase
• gemini
• genkit
• github
• google-cloud-run
• next.js
• node.js
• tailwind-css