Inspiration

Many first‑time founders at Penn’s incubators told us they were burning 10–15 hours a week hunting grants, cold‑emailing mentors, and tracking policy changes. That admin load was delaying product progress and killing morale. Diascope emerged as a way to hand those chores to an AI “co‑founder.”

What it does

Diascope continuously scrapes public grant portals, pitch‑competition calendars, policy feeds, and LinkedIn. It ranks each item for relevance, auto‑completes applications, drafts personalized outreach messages, and notifies founders of critical deadlines or regulatory shifts—all from one dashboard.

How I built it

Figma, PartyRock

What's next for Diascope

  • Q3 2025: Closed beta with three university accelerators; launch Stripe billing.
  • Q4 2025: Public release, mobile push notifications, and Zapier integration.
  • 2026: Expand beyond Mid‑Atlantic to national coverage, add team‑collaboration features, and raise a $500 k seed round to scale scraping infrastructure and sales.

Built With

  • figma
  • partyrock
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