Manual Startup Ideas

2 years ago

An automation platform that helps businesses manage the manual steps involved in order fulfillment, from tracking and managing inventory to automating how orders are processed.

218

3 years ago

A tool that automates some of the manual steps involved in running a company. It’s designed to help companies like restaurants and hotels manage expenses.

157

3 years ago

A tool for helping people with heavy lifting and other manual labor jobs.

155

3 years ago

A digital assistant for the wine industry, helping professionals like sommeliers and winemakers learn from the data they have without having to manually track it.

149

3 years ago

Innovative SaaS startup that helps brands and agencies create sales funnels, eliminating the need for manual lead expansion.

131

3 years ago

A tool that helps businesses track inventory for their e-commerce site, which is the dream of every store owner but impossible to do manually.

130

3 years ago

A company that’s building a “novel” construction management system for construction projects that use “smart data” to predict how expensive a project will be down to the square foot of a building. It’s meant to replace the current method where a project management team manually calculates the costs.

126

3 years ago

A OCR startup that’s building AI to help companies with manual transcription. The startup wants to make the process easier and more accurate.

124

3 years ago

A startup building a platform for mortgage brokers to manage their day-to-day tasks. They want to automate tasks that are often done manually, like pulling data from legal documents.

120

2 years ago

A company focused on helping companies find and recruit people who create content like blogs, podcasts, or YouTube channels. Content creators have to manually fill out applications and get approval from the startup to be on their platform. The startup has already raised $100,000 and is looking for more investment.

117

2 years ago

A software company that makes it easier for restaurants to track standard operating procedures and create a standard operating procedure manual. The platform is currently in use by 25% of all restaurants in the US.

110

2 years ago

This company is building a “truly independent” alternative to Google News. It looks at all the news sources on the web and aggregates them into a single stream, eliminating the need for users to manually visit all their sources.

106

2 years ago

An AI-enabled accounting platform for the travel and hospitality industries. This startup is taking a hybrid approach, using AI to make the process more efficient, and also manually coding the interface so it’s more intuitive.

103

2 years ago

A chatbot for cleaning services that can be used by small employers, bringing a bit of automation to a very manual process.

100

2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses build and manage their customer databases, moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes to digitized solutions

97

2 years ago

A tool for electronics repair technicians that is now available in the US. The idea is to give them better tools beyond the manual they’re given to learn.

95

2 years ago

The idea: a data platform for the sharing economy. The startup wants to take a lot of the manual labor out of the process of sharing things like vehicles, pets, or tools.

93

2 years ago

One of the winners of the YC Engineer Day, providing a service to help companies automate their user onboarding process, making it easier for them to onboard users without needing to manually create a signup flow.

87

8 months ago

A “manual” for machine learning, intended as a supplement to a machine learning textbook.

82

2 years ago

Instead of having to manually create and manage your own social media pages, this startup is building a single platform for all your different social media accounts.

79

2 years ago

A tool that helps insurance companies manage their claims. The startup is aiming to help insurers save money on manual processing and offer better customer service.

78

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help companies reduce manual errors on contracts by automating the process with machine learning.

77

1 year ago

A home Wi-Fi router with an app to manage it. The startup wants to provide a way to manage home routers with an app instead of the current manual process.

77

8 months ago

A manual for doctors on how to treat patients at a hospital emergency room. The startup wants to help ambulance services, which are often understaffed, treat patients more quickly.

76

2 years ago

A startup that helps employees set up automatic recurring payments from their paycheck. The service is aimed at companies who don’t use a software for auto payments, and the company is focused on helping these companies avoid the hassle and expense of manually setting up recurring payments.

75

2 years ago

This is an app that helps users track their own GPS data, rather than relying on an app that has to be updated manually

73

1 year ago

A startup that wants to automate the intake process for new users in an app, removing the need for manual coding.

71

1 year ago

A startup that wants to replace the old “bunch of keys” business model that requires manual labor to file tax returns from tax preparation services to online forms.

65

1 year ago

Booking.com has 50 million customers, but they still have to manually approve bookings. The startup wants to build a system that automatically approves bookings for hotels, without human intervention.

64

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for companies to use AI to create software that can perform customer service inquiries and other tasks that are too manual for the average employee.

62

1 year ago

A tool for helping journalists report their stories, eliminating the time it takes to manually transcribe interviews.

62

7 months ago

This startup wants to replace the manual process of gathering data from social networks with a software solution. It’ll aggregate data from multiple social networks and present it in a way that’ll allow users to make better decisions.

60

1 year ago

The startup aims to replace the outdated process of manually sending invoices to clients with an automated process that allows clients to request more information to either pay or dispute an invoice.

59

8 months ago

A real estate brokerage software startup that enables brokers to work with multiple listing services (MLSs) without having to manually enter each property into multiple systems.

59

1 year ago

A software company that uses AI to reduce the manual work involved in filling out education forms for student loans.

56

11 months ago

A company that wants to selectively make a person’s inbox more efficient by automatically removing messages that are less important, without having to manually flag them.

56

7 months ago

A startup building a predictive analytics tool for restaurants. Rather than manually input data, users can choose their ingredients and the startup will tell them what it believes will turn out best.

53

6 months ago

A digital library of instruction manuals and product manuals for products in the industrial and medical industries.

52

6 months ago

A platform that helps companies streamline their marketing. They work with franchises to help manage their marketing for a lower cost and without too much manual work.

51

11 months ago

A startup that is looking to use AI to create “routine checklists” and “manuals” for doctors to help improve patient outcomes.

50

1 month ago

An automated ticketing platform for conferences, allowing conference organizers to schedule and sell tickets with greater precision than can be done manually

47

1 year ago

A hardware startup that aims to enable more automation and less manual labor in the home.

45

10 months ago

A program that helps government agencies run background checks efficiently and collaboratively. The startup claims that it saves 10-30% of the time it previously took to run a background check, with a process that’s “10x faster than manual checklists”.

45

11 months ago

A startup for hotels and other businesses that need to keep track of complex, manual processes for accounts receivable.

42

1 year ago

A tool for retailers to boost the productivity of their store staff by simplifying manual data entry tasks that could be done automatically.

37

11 days ago

A mobile app that helps people inject consent to their posts, allowing them to create posts with biometric data without the burden of having to manually type in their passwords.

36

10 months ago

A “smart” vending machine that dispenses medical supplies and operates on an algorithm, rather than manually dispensed ones.

35

10 months ago

A startup that wants to help people with disabilities make online purchases. The startup wants to automate the manual process of filling out forms by using technology to automate the process.

35

4 months ago

A small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

35

18 days ago

This company wants to make a mobile-first point-of-sale system for restaurants that allows them to get cash out as soon as the customer walks up to their counter. The more they can automate, the less they have to manage manually, the better.

26

5 months ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup focused on making it easier for small businesses to manage their stock. Right now, a lot of small businesses have to hire a stock broker to set up a stock account with a bank and manage their stock manually.

25

2 months ago

A startup that makes it easier for employees to easily request time off, so they don’t have to wait for HR to manually approve requests.

25

3 months ago

A tool for retailers to track their orders using machine vision in stores, allowing them to eliminate manual order taking and handle orders faster.

20

2 months ago

Automating the manual process of managing the supply chain for restaurants. The company works with restaurant chains on optimizing their order fulfillment operations.

20

3 days ago

This mobile payment company is looking to partner with companies to help them avoid inefficient and time-consuming manual processes.

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Manual Startup Ideas

An automation platform that helps businesses manage the manual steps involved in order fulfillment, from tracking and managing inventory to automating how orders are processed.

A tool that automates some of the manual steps involved in running a company. It’s designed to help companies like restaurants and hotels manage expenses.

A tool for helping people with heavy lifting and other manual labor jobs.

A digital assistant for the wine industry, helping professionals like sommeliers and winemakers learn from the data they have without having to manually track it.

Innovative SaaS startup that helps brands and agencies create sales funnels, eliminating the need for manual lead expansion.

A tool that helps businesses track inventory for their e-commerce site, which is the dream of every store owner but impossible to do manually.

A OCR startup that’s building AI to help companies with manual transcription. The startup wants to make the process easier and more accurate.

A startup building a platform for mortgage brokers to manage their day-to-day tasks. They want to automate tasks that are often done manually, like pulling data from legal documents.

A software company that makes it easier for restaurants to track standard operating procedures and create a standard operating procedure manual. The platform is currently in use by 25% of all restaurants in the US.

This company is building a “truly independent” alternative to Google News. It looks at all the news sources on the web and aggregates them into a single stream, eliminating the need for users to manually visit all their sources.

An AI-enabled accounting platform for the travel and hospitality industries. This startup is taking a hybrid approach, using AI to make the process more efficient, and also manually coding the interface so it’s more intuitive.

A chatbot for cleaning services that can be used by small employers, bringing a bit of automation to a very manual process.

A startup that helps businesses build and manage their customer databases, moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes to digitized solutions

A tool for electronics repair technicians that is now available in the US. The idea is to give them better tools beyond the manual they’re given to learn.

The idea: a data platform for the sharing economy. The startup wants to take a lot of the manual labor out of the process of sharing things like vehicles, pets, or tools.

One of the winners of the YC Engineer Day, providing a service to help companies automate their user onboarding process, making it easier for them to onboard users without needing to manually create a signup flow.

A “manual” for machine learning, intended as a supplement to a machine learning textbook.

Instead of having to manually create and manage your own social media pages, this startup is building a single platform for all your different social media accounts.

A tool that helps insurance companies manage their claims. The startup is aiming to help insurers save money on manual processing and offer better customer service.

This startup is building a tool to help companies reduce manual errors on contracts by automating the process with machine learning.

A home Wi-Fi router with an app to manage it. The startup wants to provide a way to manage home routers with an app instead of the current manual process.

A manual for doctors on how to treat patients at a hospital emergency room. The startup wants to help ambulance services, which are often understaffed, treat patients more quickly.

A startup that helps employees set up automatic recurring payments from their paycheck. The service is aimed at companies who don’t use a software for auto payments, and the company is focused on helping these companies avoid the hassle and expense of manually setting up recurring payments.

This is an app that helps users track their own GPS data, rather than relying on an app that has to be updated manually

A startup that wants to automate the intake process for new users in an app, removing the need for manual coding.

A startup that wants to replace the old “bunch of keys” business model that requires manual labor to file tax returns from tax preparation services to online forms.

Booking.com has 50 million customers, but they still have to manually approve bookings. The startup wants to build a system that automatically approves bookings for hotels, without human intervention.

This startup is building a platform for companies to use AI to create software that can perform customer service inquiries and other tasks that are too manual for the average employee.

A tool for helping journalists report their stories, eliminating the time it takes to manually transcribe interviews.

This startup wants to replace the manual process of gathering data from social networks with a software solution. It’ll aggregate data from multiple social networks and present it in a way that’ll allow users to make better decisions.

The startup aims to replace the outdated process of manually sending invoices to clients with an automated process that allows clients to request more information to either pay or dispute an invoice.

A real estate brokerage software startup that enables brokers to work with multiple listing services (MLSs) without having to manually enter each property into multiple systems.

A software company that uses AI to reduce the manual work involved in filling out education forms for student loans.

A company that wants to selectively make a person’s inbox more efficient by automatically removing messages that are less important, without having to manually flag them.

A startup building a predictive analytics tool for restaurants. Rather than manually input data, users can choose their ingredients and the startup will tell them what it believes will turn out best.

A digital library of instruction manuals and product manuals for products in the industrial and medical industries.

A platform that helps companies streamline their marketing. They work with franchises to help manage their marketing for a lower cost and without too much manual work.

A startup that is looking to use AI to create “routine checklists” and “manuals” for doctors to help improve patient outcomes.

An automated ticketing platform for conferences, allowing conference organizers to schedule and sell tickets with greater precision than can be done manually

A hardware startup that aims to enable more automation and less manual labor in the home.

A program that helps government agencies run background checks efficiently and collaboratively. The startup claims that it saves 10-30% of the time it previously took to run a background check, with a process that’s “10x faster than manual checklists”.

A startup for hotels and other businesses that need to keep track of complex, manual processes for accounts receivable.

A tool for retailers to boost the productivity of their store staff by simplifying manual data entry tasks that could be done automatically.

A mobile app that helps people inject consent to their posts, allowing them to create posts with biometric data without the burden of having to manually type in their passwords.

A “smart” vending machine that dispenses medical supplies and operates on an algorithm, rather than manually dispensed ones.

A startup that wants to help people with disabilities make online purchases. The startup wants to automate the manual process of filling out forms by using technology to automate the process.

A small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

This company wants to make a mobile-first point-of-sale system for restaurants that allows them to get cash out as soon as the customer walks up to their counter. The more they can automate, the less they have to manage manually, the better.

A Y Combinator-backed startup focused on making it easier for small businesses to manage their stock. Right now, a lot of small businesses have to hire a stock broker to set up a stock account with a bank and manage their stock manually.

A startup that makes it easier for employees to easily request time off, so they don’t have to wait for HR to manually approve requests.

A tool for retailers to track their orders using machine vision in stores, allowing them to eliminate manual order taking and handle orders faster.

Automating the manual process of managing the supply chain for restaurants. The company works with restaurant chains on optimizing their order fulfillment operations.

This mobile payment company is looking to partner with companies to help them avoid inefficient and time-consuming manual processes.