Founders lose time and face takedowns because their automations scrape third‑party sites. FlowGuard lets users build reliable, code‑first workflows that run on API‑first integrations with a spreadsheet‑style UI, eliminating C&D risk and keeping data pipelines stable.
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growth rate
9
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
9
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
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Evidence Signal (1)
Raw Complaint Log
hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Meta shut us down. LinkedIn took us to court. We're still building
Hey HN, I'm Vikesh, founder of TexAu. Happy to answer anything.A few things the post doesn't cover that might be useful context:What we got wrong with V1 and V2. We built a browser automation tool that depended entirely on platforms we didn't control. That's an obvious mistake in hindsight, but at the time, every company in our space was doing the same thing. The C&Ds were inevitable. We just didn't want to see it.Why we chose a spreadsheet interface for V3. We tested three approaches: a workflow builder (what V2 was), a dashboard UI, and a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet won because our user
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