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Proof of Usefulness Report

Compris Inc.

Analysis completed on 3/17/2026

+42
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

Compris Inc. offers a potentially valuable clinical assessment tool for addiction diagnostics. However, the submission is significantly undermined by vague and highly exaggerated claims, such as 'most people have used my product' for traction and 'everyone' for audience reach. Combined with unclear financial metrics ('all time marketcap: 2500000'), the project scores in the minimal traction tier despite its strong market relevance in the healthcare and telehealth sectors.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+18.75
Audience Reach Impact+1.50
Technical Innovation+7.50
Evidence Of Traction+1.25
Market Timing Relevance+8.00
Functional Completeness+0.38
Subtotal+37.38
Usefulness Multiplierx1.12
Final Score+42

Project Details

Project URL
Description
Compris: Comprehensive Addiction Diagnostics. A Longer Life-Saving View Compris is the only substance use assessment available that offers comprehensive addiction diagnostics and risk stratification consistent with a chronic illness treatment paradigm. Its carefully designed algorithms translate evidence-based lifetime risk and resilience factors, substance use illness acuity and severity, motivation and denial, into the first complete prevention and long-term addiction management guide to also include level of care placement and medication selection/minimum duration. Our online addiction assessment takes 15-20 minutes and is automated to deliver the Compris Profile© to providers within minutes of completion. Compris’ timely needs assessment helps mitigate the ongoing addiction epidemic by: 1) predicting addiction risk to help prevent it, 2) offering providers research-based prevention, treatment, and remission-sustaining guidance, 3) Level of care placement including adjustments for those with varying resilience resources, 4) Supporting increased telehealth treatment access, and 5) Creating an unprecedented research and practice-informing database with machine learning to accelerate our knowledge of how best to treat and manage this devastating chronic illness.

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline