Who hurts
Academic labs, small biotechs and independent research groups.
The problem
Grant-funded equipment is bought, used for one project, and stored forever. Meanwhile underfunded labs can't afford the same instrument new, and there's no trustworthy secondary market.
What you build
A marketplace with the trust problem solved: verified calibration records, a servicing partner network, escrow, and specialist shipping arranged as part of the transaction.
Why now
Research budgets are tightening and institutions are actively looking for ways to recover value from idle capital equipment.
Validate it this week
Email fifty labs in one field and ask what's sitting unused. The inventory list you get back is the entire feasibility study.
Why you'd keep winning
Verification and logistics. Anyone can list equipment; almost nobody can make a stranger trust a used centrifuge.
The honest risk
Long, lumpy sales cycles and institutional procurement rules. Low volume, high value — closer to brokerage than to software.
The prompt is written to make an AI argue with you before it writes code — that first round of pushback is worth more than the scaffold.