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EXPLe Consumer

Consumer-facing apps and community products aimed at everyday users.

Products
18
MRR
$0
Users
0
Net (MRR − Costs)
$0

Products

CheckGresUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Sleeper

Government-data SaaS for municipal efficiency scoring; dormant and not functional until municipal financial data collection and the RAG pipeline exist.

Key signal
City pages published
Not measured
Momentum
Weekly unique visitors
Not measured
Competes with Socrata
Draft StonkUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Incubating

Mobile-first fantasy stock draft game validating a fixture-backed path from stock search through a first pick and board preview; standings, sharing, accounts, live market data, and a packaged application remain deferred

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Competes with Fantasy Stocks
LoadoutworksUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
KIA

Visual firearm builder and community that was killed after payment-provider restrictions made reliable firearms-adjacent monetization economically unviable.

Status
Retired — metrics archived
Competes with Rifle Configuratorloadoutworks.com
Next Level StartupUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Pre-Launch

Customer-discovery operating system for technical B2B SaaS founders with private workspace, assumptions, experiments, evidence, claim review, public proof, reporting, and pricing-readiness hooks implemented; ready for a bounded launch as a portfolio asset, with limited expected standalone SaaS upside

Key signal
Beta workspaces
Not measured
Momentum
Experiments logged weekly
Not measured
Competes with Akiro
B4 (Boston Builds Better Businesses)Unit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
KIA

Boston startup community platform that shipped its planned scope, then died after launch momentum faded, founder/investor pull weakened, event attendance declined, and the required outreach/follow-up became the wrong channel for the founder.

Status
Retired — metrics archived
JIT Life OSUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Incubating

A practical experiment in connecting third-party services for personal administration. Built around subscription and renewal workflows, JIT Life OS explores how APIs—and potentially agent computer use—can help turn scattered information into useful next steps. A runnable, fixture-backed prototype exists; live integrations remain under development.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
AxonUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Sleeper

Parametric architectural modeling studio for exploded axonometric diagrams — turbo monorepo with a working dashboard prototype (grid snapping, panels, camera persistence) under a freemium SaaS spec

Status
Held in reserve
EZGreasyUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Sleeper

Browser-extension product in discovery — ticketing and customer-service workflows with a creator-monetization angle, shaped through research, specs, and an assumption tracker

Status
Held in reserve
TrailBrakeUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
KIA

Preserved sim-racing coaching research from an ended product thesis: no application shipped or recorded adoption emerged, and the owner concluded that credible racing instruction required professional racing or coaching authority the proposed student-built-for-students positioning did not provide.

Status
Retired — metrics archived
Omega WarUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Pre-Alpha

Browser-first 3D real-time strategy game (Divisions 1945) — post-V-E-Day order-of-battle research, division/deck rosters, and a shared unit-data schema for the tactical layer, deck builder, and campaign map.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Football SlamUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
KIA

Playable browser football arcade prototype preserved after its standalone commercial thesis was killed. The completed game and deployed build served primarily as a Fable 5 capability experiment, with no validated demand, adoption, monetization, or go-to-market evidence supporting continued product investment.

Status
Retired — metrics archived
TUI CoastersUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
KIA

Substantial RollerCoaster-Tycoon-style terminal simulator preserved after its standalone commercial thesis was killed. The completed Rust prototype and its unlisted 3D browser-port companion served primarily as Fable 5 capability experiments, without release, distribution, adoption, revenue, or go-to-market evidence supporting continued product investment.

Status
Retired — metrics archived
intMaxxingUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Sleeper

Research-backed concept for a mobile-first ranked cognitive arena; no application code exists, and task depth, anti-cheat, ladder liquidity, and willingness to pay remain unvalidated.

Status
Held in reserve
Omni EditorUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Incubating

Omni Editor web MVP and SwiftUI mobile package skeleton.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Picket ShipsUnit: EXPLe ConsumerStandalone
Public product
Incubating

A twenty-wave naval fire-control campaign with persistent crew management.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Danger CloseUnit: EXPLe ConsumerBrand
Public product
Incubating

A growing family of top-down arcade war games built around battlefield command, supporting fire, and the consequences of getting too close. Includes Danger Close: WW1 and Danger Close: Thunderbolt.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Danger Close: WW1Unit: EXPLe ConsumerApp
Public product
Incubating

Western Front artillery game for browser, iPhone, and iPad. Defend your trench, upgrade your battery between assaults, and avoid hitting your own troops. The native iOS/iPadOS version offers a three-wave free campaign and an optional $4.99 one-time Unlimited Campaign unlock; App Store release remains pending.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public
Danger Close: ThunderboltUnit: EXPLe ConsumerApp
Public product
Incubating

Top-down A-10 close-air-support game in a fictionalized 1991 Gulf War scenario. Designate gun runs, Maverick targets, and bomb strikes to stop armored waves while protecting coalition positions. A browser prototype is available; the separate free native iOS/iPadOS build is archived but not recorded as submitted to the App Store.

Key metrics
Instrumenting in public

Operations

Operations run company-wide today and are not yet scoped to individual business units. See the full slate on the Operations page.

Portfolio Readiness

ProductPortfolio statusLifecyclePublic destination
AxonDormantsleeperNo public URL
B4 (Boston Builds Better Businesses)KilledkilledNo public URL
CheckGresDormantsleeperNo public URL
Danger CloseIncubatingincubatingNo public URL
Danger Close: ThunderboltIncubatingincubatingLinked
Danger Close: WW1IncubatingincubatingLinked
Draft StonkIncubatingincubatingNo public URL
EZGreasyDormantsleeperNo public URL
Football SlamKilledkilledLinked
intMaxxingDormantsleeperNo public URL
JIT Life OSIncubatingincubatingNo public URL
LoadoutworksKilledkilledLinked
Next Level StartupPre-LaunchactiveNo public URL
Omega WarPre-AlphaincubatingNo public URL
Omni EditorIncubatingincubatingNo public URL
Picket ShipsIncubatingincubatingLinked
TrailBrakeKilledkilledNo public URL
TUI CoastersKilledkilledNo public URL