FREE DIAGNOSTIC · 4 MINUTES · NO CREDIT CARD
In four minutes, find out exactly where your AI workflow is leaking your time.
12 honest questions across 4 categories. A real score out of 60, a calibrated read on where you're slowest, and an adaptive 7-day Ship Sprint built around your weakest area. No course pitch up front.
before we ask for anything.
Built by Alex Russo · 17 founders inside VibeFounders
I can describe what I'm building this quarter in one sentence, without jargon.
THE THING NOBODY IS NAMING
Most founders using AI aren't shipping faster. They just feel like they are.
slower on real tasks with AI tools. They believed they were 20% faster: a 39-point perception gap.
METR · 2025 RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
of the time AI "saves" gets eaten back by reviewing, fact-checking and fixing the output.
WORKDAY · 2026
of generative AI pilots never make it past pilot stage.
MIT · THE GENAI DIVIDE
The way most founders use AI is structurally broken, and nobody's measuring it. This scorecard measures it.
THE DIAGNOSTIC
Fix your biggest execution leak today. Watch real users test your build by Day 7.
Four dimensions where AI-first founders leak the most time: Direction, Execution, AI Workflow, and Operator Habits. Three questions each. Twelve in total. A real score out of 60 that pinpoints exactly where you are leaking momentum.
CATEGORY 1
Direction
Do you know what you're building, why, and for whom? Or are you just busy?
CATEGORY 2
Execution
Does the work leave your machine and reach the world? Or pile up in drafts?
CATEGORY 3
AI Workflow
Is AI compounding your time, or quietly eating it? Most founders can't tell.
CATEGORY 4
Operator Habits
Do your hours compound, or do they thrash? The hardest category to score honestly.
AFTER THE SCORE
A 7-day Ship Sprint, calibrated to your weakest area.
Seven focused days with concrete steps for each one, opening on the category where you scored lowest. Two to three hours a day. One live thing in real users' hands by Sunday.
DAY 1
Pick the one thing
ADAPTS TO YOU
DAY 2
Strip scope
DAY 3
Build the spine
DAY 4
Wire what's missing
DAY 5
Live usability test
DAY 6
Fix the one thing
DAY 7
Ship. Tell three people.
BUILT BY AN OPERATOR
Alex Russo. 3× founder. 20 years in tech.
I built this Scorecard because I kept watching smart founders treat AI like a magic productivity multiplier and then quietly wonder why they were shipping less. It's the diagnostic I wish I'd had three years ago, and the same framework I use inside Smart Launch AI with the 17 founders in VibeFounders.
LISBON-BASED · INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZER · BUILT SOFTWARE FOR FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES
READY WHEN YOU ARE
12 questions. 4 minutes. The truth about your AI workflow.
Be honest. The score is for you, not for me. You'll see it before we ask for your email.
One email a week, sometimes less.
BEFORE YOU START