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Founder & AI Venture Architect
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LatUp AI Venture Studio
Turn real-world insight into a validated AI venture.
LatUp helps founders, industry experts and business owners identify the right opportunity, validate the business case and design a build-ready product before investing heavily in development.
Strategy before software. Evidence before investment.
Find your starting point
What are you bringing to LatUp?
Guidance, not an assessment
You may understand the problem better than anyone, but the product and business model still need to be tested.
- Recommended pathway
- AI Opportunity Session → Founder Discovery Sprint
- First outcome
- A structured opportunity map showing the customer problem, key evidence, product direction and next validation step.
01 — The opportunity pathway
Six decisions before significant development.
The method stays the same. The questions that matter most depend on where you are starting.
Stage 1 of 6
Founder Insight
Key question
What do you know that gives you a credible reason to pursue this opportunity?
Decision
Determine whether the opportunity is supported by experience, access or unique knowledge.
For your situation
Turn years of observation into a clear opportunity statement.
Output
Founder and opportunity context
We do not build every idea. We help determine what deserves to be built.
02 — Services
A commercial progression, not a menu.
Enter at the stage that matches your evidence. Your recommended starting point is highlighted.
- 01Recommended for you
AI Opportunity Session
Best for: industry experts, business owners and founders who need initial clarity.
A structured initial assessment of the problem, possible customer, opportunity and appropriate next step.
Discuss Your Opportunity - 02Recommended for you
Founder Discovery Sprint
Best for: founders with an idea, experts ready to structure an opportunity, teams considering a new product.
A validated problem and customer definition, product concept, commercial hypothesis and validation roadmap.
Apply for a Discovery Sprint - 03
AI Product Blueprint
Best for: opportunities with sufficient evidence and prototypes requiring structure.
A build-ready product definition, MVP scope, user journeys, AI and data requirements and delivery direction.
Plan Your Product - 04
Venture Build & Launch
Best for: selected opportunities with founder commitment, commercial potential and validation evidence.
A structured pathway from Blueprint to pilot or MVP with appropriate delivery partners.
Explore Build Readiness - 05
Venture Readiness & Growth
Best for: existing startups and early products needing commercial, financial or partnership foundations.
Sharper positioning, pricing, go-to-market and readiness planning — with no promise of funding.
Discuss Venture Readiness - 06
Founder Programme Partnership
Best for: universities, hubs and founder communities.
A programme structure combining discovery, validation, venture design and community engagement.
Build a Founder Programme
LatUp does not build every idea. Build and launch support is reserved for selected opportunities that pass the appropriate discovery and validation gates.
03 — Ecosystem
A strong venture needs more than code.
LatUp helps founders identify, validate and structure the right opportunity. OPN Community contributes brand, digital experience, operations and community engineering for selected ventures and programmes.
A validated venture opportunity
Layers are subject to the selected engagement. Not every LatUp engagement includes OPN.
Need both venture clarity and a credible market presence?
04 — For universities, hubs and communities
A structured founder pathway for your cohort.
Combine discovery, validation, venture design and community engagement in a repeatable programme.
05 — The team
A multidisciplinary venture studio team.
AI product strategy, venture operations, financial thinking and strategic partnerships.
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Ricky Tana
Venture Operations Lead
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Celine Nguyen
Investment & Financial Strategy Advisor
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Owen Matheson
Strategic Partnerships & Community Advisor
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Begin with the problem
Bring the problem. Leave with a clearer path.
Share the problem, insight or opportunity you are exploring. LatUp will help determine the most valuable next step.