Proof of Usefulness Report

Neongecko.com Inc.

Analysis completed on 2/9/2026

+49
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

Neon AI (Neongecko) is a long-standing participant in the open-source voice AI ecosystem, offering privacy-focused alternatives to major assistants. While the project holds valid patents and contributes to the Open Voice OS community, the submission suffers significantly from unsupported hyperbolic claims (e.g., 'most people have used my product') and a lack of verifiable user metrics. The 'marketcap' figure appears to represent valuation or funding rather than revenue. Despite technical merit and historical persistence, the project currently demonstrates niche traction within the enthusiast/developer community (estimated <5k active users) rather than the mass-market adoption claimed.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+70
Audience Reach Impact+20
Technical Innovation+75
Evidence Of Traction+20
Market Timing Relevance+70
Functional Completeness+20
Subtotal+42.75
Usefulness Multiplierx1.15
Final Score+49

Project Details

Project URL
neon.ai
Description
Neon AI is a trade name of Neongecko.com, Inc. “The future is voice, not keyboards.” - Richard Leeds, President, Neongecko.com Inc. While recording and playing speech have been available since Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877, speech recognition and voice processing were not possible until 100 years later, with the digital electronics and computing revolution. 1952 Bell Labs - Audrey - 10 digits 1962 IBM - Shoebox - 16 English words 1976 Carnegie Mellon - Harpy - 1,011 words 1985 IBM - Tangora - 20,000 words 1990 Dragon - Dictate - Consumer speech recognition 1993 Carnegie Mellon - Sphynx-II continuous speech recognition 2001 Conversation Processing Intelligence - Adaptive Forums patent app 2002 Microsoft - Office 2006 IBM - Watson 2008 Google - Voice Search for iPhones 2011 Apple - Siri 2013 China - Baidu, TenCent, Alibaba 2014 Microsoft - Cortana 2015 Amazon - Alexa 2016 Mycroft.ai - Open Source Conversational AI 2018 Amazon - Alexa API - Application Programming Interface 2019 Neongecko - Neon AI U & X Devices - Open Source Desktop Assistants 2019 - Neon AI SDK - Conversational Software Development Kit 2019 - Neon AI Nano - HTML for Website Designers 2019 - Neon AI Android - For mobile phones Neon AI applications and demonstration devices enabled for interactive voice conversations, where sentences can be spoken or typed, and heard or read, with desktop assistant AI, include: * Android cell phones with the Neon AI Google Play Store App * Websites enabled with Neon AI Nano™ HTML * PC's with customizable conversational assistant (Linux and Windows) * Custom smart speakers and interactive notebooks * Public and private SDK repositories (software development kit on GitHub) * Unified communications consoles “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." - Albert Einstein

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