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Proof of Usefulness Report

FanSifter

Analysis completed on 3/16/2026

+284.63
Proof of Usefulness Score
Gaining Momentum

FanSifter addresses a real data-silo problem in the music industry with a compelling B2B proposition and verifiable background (Techstars 2020 alum). However, the submission contains severely exaggerated and vague claims regarding audience reach ('everyone') and traction ('most people have used my product'). Due to poor response quality in the metrics fields and highly unsupported quantitative claims, the evidence and reach criteria received significant penalties, categorizing it as small but promising with traction red flags.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+150.0
Audience Reach Impact+10.0
Technical Innovation+75.0
Evidence Of Traction+18.75
Market Timing Relevance+60.0
Functional Completeness+2.5
Subtotal+316.25
Usefulness Multiplierx0.9
Final Score+285

Project Details

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Description
FanSifter is a fan data management platform that leverages machine learning to help rights holders in music, entertainment, and sports increase tickets, music, merch, experiences, and sponsorships sales. We look forward to connecting and collaborating with: Artists and artist managements, Music management companies, Labels, Promoters, Merch stores, Artist/label services, Digital agencies working in music. Our value prop: FanSifter helps industry stakeholders to bring their first-party opt-in fan data sets out of silos and collaborate on what they know about their fans through our collaborative customer data platform, in compliance with all privacy laws. We enable them to see all of their audience data in one place in one format. Collaborative fan data management need is coming from how the music industry operates, where business revolves around an artist´s brand, and each partner has captured some data points about the fans in the fanbase of the same artist. Each partner (e.g. artist/music management, label, merch stores, promoters, agent, etc) sees a narrow window into the life of the fan - we make it possible to pull these data points together in compliance with CCPA/GDPR and understand fans and audiences deeper and more granularly. Because FanSifter makes these collaborative data alliances possible, operating as a data escrow, our industry-specific machine-learning models surface better insights/analytics about fans + power smarter segmentation of fanbase that can be activated to campaigns and ad distro channels directly from FanSifter. Audience segments marketplace: By securely storing audience data with Fansifter, brands, media buyers and promoters can now target ad buys to artist audiences without actually sharing data, and artists and their partners can better monetize their audiences without violating the law or infringing on fan privacy. FanSifter is a prestigious Techstars Music Los Angeles 2020 program alum. Wallifornia MusicTech alum. BPI member.

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