Dan Trapp

AI-native product builder / growth operator

I Build Solutions For Complex Problems

I use 26 years of acquisition, startup, and market-pattern experience to find gaps in products and markets, then build the solution that capitalizes on the demand.

Sometimes that is a standalone business. Sometimes it is a workflow, data layer, OSS tool, or activation path. The point is the same: fill the wedge with something real.

26 years

Growth, acquisition, and startup pattern recognition

30+ startups

B2C, B2B, marketplace, and PLG

Build range

Businesses, workflows, data layers, and OSS

Surface area

Product growthActivationPLGMarket gapsData productsWorkflow toolsMarketplacesOpen source

Portfolio Projects

Built As Solutions To Real Gaps

Live businesses, open-source workflow, public data products, prototypes, and operational tools.

01Standalone businessHealthcareFlagship

TrialLayer

A production clinical-trial intelligence platform with 500k+ trials, proprietary Trial Health Scores, authenticated dashboards, billing, AI analysis, and background data infrastructure.

Decision Impact

Makes trial, sponsor, site, and investigator risk visible before teams commit time, capital, or protocol strategy.

TrialLayer sponsor portfolio detail for AstraZeneca

Sponsor analysis and portfolio health

Live
02Standalone businessHome services

Renovetted

A trust-first renovation marketplace for high-anxiety home projects.

Decision Impact

Turns renovation anxiety into a clearer trust path before the homeowner becomes a lead.

Renovetted home services marketplace interface

Trust-first renovation marketplace

Live
03Open-source infrastructureDeveloper educationFlagship

Claude Code Workflow

An open-source workflow system for running Claude Code with specs, repo rules, PR discipline, and human review built in.

Decision Impact

Gives AI builders a repeatable workflow before fast LLM output turns into unreviewed code debt.

AI development workflow

Spec → Build → PR → Review

Live

Files

6

Examples

8

Setup

5m

A repeatable Claude Code workflow for solo builders, teams, and vibe coders.

04PLG / activation wedgeRecruiting

Dover Hiring Planner

A self-serve hiring planner built from Dover's marketplace data.

Decision Impact

Compresses the first hiring-fit question into a self-serve plan instead of a sales conversation.

Dover Hiring Planner self-serve hiring interface

Self-serve hiring planner

Prototype
05Workflow solutionAviation operationsFlagship

FlightOps

A comprehensive flight-school operating system for scheduling, billing, instructor pay, aircraft utilization, and Part 141 training operations.

Decision Impact

Connects the operational layer that determines aircraft capacity, billing accuracy, instructor pay, and Part 141 progress.

FlightOps dashboard with flight school scheduling and billing metrics

Flight school operating dashboard

Prototype
06Data intelligenceEnergy infrastructureFlagship

Queue Intel OS

A cleaner way to read ISO interconnection queue pressure.

Decision Impact

Turns ISO queue noise into a go/no-go market-entry view for developers and investors.

Queue Intel OS dashboard showing interconnection risk signals

Queue movement and interconnection risk dashboard

Prototype
07Data intelligencePhilanthropy intelligence

Imara Fund Intelligence Platform

A geospatial intelligence map for funds, partners, competitors, and co-funding opportunities.

Decision Impact

Makes partner overlap, donor leverage, and geographic strategy visible at the portfolio level.

Imara Fund Intelligence Platform geospatial command center

Fund intelligence command center

Prototype
08Workflow solutionLegal operations

NDA Deal Triage

A legal workflow prototype for quickly separating routine NDA work from real deal risk.

Decision Impact

Separates routine NDA review from real deal risk before legal time gets spent.

Legal AI Intelligence Brief NDA review interface

NDA review, risk flags, and trial activation flow

Prototype
09Workflow solutionRevenue operations

Sales Recovery Engine

A small operating system for recovering revenue from stalled sales conversations.

Decision Impact

Finds leverage in stalled pipeline without needing a new acquisition channel.

Sales Recovery Engine dormant pipeline workflow

Dormant revenue recovery queue

Prototype
10Workflow solutionPrediction markets

Polybot

A heavily iterated prediction-market automation system that treats execution discipline as the product.

Decision Impact

Turns fast crypto-market movement into an inspectable trade/skip decision with guardrails.

Execution guard

15m+ market automation

Prototype

Cap

$20

Iterations

100s

Mode

Guarded

Freshness, edge, bankroll cap, no-trade reasons, and hundreds of strategy iterations.

11Open-source infrastructureDeveloper infrastructure

Open Source Infrastructure

OSS work around Claude Code workflow discipline, MCP visibility, public API access, and Infisical Agent Vault diagnostics.

Decision Impact

Makes AI and MCP development more inspectable, repeatable, and easier to trust.

Developer workflow

Spec → Build → PR → Review

Live

Mode

OSS

Focus

AI dev

Goal

Repeatable

Claude Code workflow structure, MCP visibility, public API tools, and Agent Vault diagnostics.

12Data intelligencePerformance marketing

ARIE

An AI reporting intelligence engine for turning ad-platform exports into growth recommendations.

Decision Impact

Turns scattered ad-platform exports into a faster optimization recommendation loop.

ARIE impact dashboard for campaign reach and efficiency

Ad reach impact dashboard

Prototype
13Learning systemEngineering education

Senior SWE Pattern Trainer

A spaced-repetition system for training senior engineering judgment and situation recognition.

Decision Impact

Turns senior engineering judgment into repeatable pattern recognition instead of waiting years for painful exposure.

Senior SWE Pattern Trainer lesson interface

Senior engineering judgment trainer

Live
14Open-source infrastructureDigital identity

VC Inspector

A Rust trust-boundary inspector for W3C Verifiable Credentials and DID proof wiring.

Decision Impact

Shows credential trust-boundary failures before a team relies on a verifier flow.

Trust report

Pass / warn / fail

Prototype

Lang

Rust

Boundary

Trust

Output

JSON/MD

Credential structure, DID proof wiring, and verification readiness.

Tell Me About Your Project

Bring Me The Bottleneck.
I’ll Build The Answer.

Tell me what people are trying to do, where the current path breaks, and what kind of useful answer should exist.

Market Gap

Demand exists, but the answer is missing.

Workflow Drag

The work is still too manual, slow, or scattered.

Product Wedge

A small surface could prove the larger opportunity.

Quick Note