THE BEARPEAK BLOG

"A lot of companies become heavily married to finding out if their solution works rather than digging into whether they're actually solving the right problem," Trevor says. "Many founders interview customers hoping to validate an idea." He recommends that instead, they should be validating the existence, frequency, and importance of the problem itself. It's a subtle but critical difference.

You wouldn’t launch a product without testing it. Same deal here. Validation means you run your AI through real-world scenarios, edge cases, and even a few curveballs to see if it'll hold up.