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    },
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    },
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      "definition": "Clarity that a buyer owns budget or already spends time, money, or reputation on the job."
    },
    {
      "id": "competitive-saturation",
      "label": "Competitive saturation",
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      "definition": "How much room remains after incumbents, substitutes, and broad AI tools are considered."
    },
    {
      "id": "feasibility",
      "label": "Feasibility",
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      "definition": "Realism of shipping and validating the first useful workflow with a small team."
    }
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    "version": "INAV-THESIS-ADAPTER-2026-06",
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        "low": 7.2,
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    },
    "disclaimer": "The thesis adapter scores self-reported inputs only; it is not a researched IdeaNavigator verdict."
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        "weights": {
          "demand-signal": 0.2,
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        "rationale": "Liability-bearing care workflows need severe pain and budget proof more than broad market noise."
      },
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        "rationale": "Risk, audit trails, and penalties make severity and willingness to pay the main gates."
      },
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        },
        "rationale": "Finance buyers reward clear budget ownership and recurring money workflows."
      },
      "real-estate-property": {
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        "rationale": "Property operators need visible repeated pain and a lightweight path through fragmented teams."
      },
      "construction-field-trades": {
        "weights": {
          "demand-signal": 0.22,
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        "rationale": "Field-trade products win when painful jobsite friction can be shipped into a simple first workflow."
      },
      "education": {
        "weights": {
          "demand-signal": 0.23,
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          "willingness-to-pay": 0.18,
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        "rationale": "Education budgets are slower, so visible demand and differentiation matter before broad builds."
      },
      "government-public-sector": {
        "weights": {
          "demand-signal": 0.18,
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          "willingness-to-pay": 0.22,
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        "rationale": "Public-sector opportunities hinge on mandate pain, procurement clarity, and feasible delivery."
      },
      "manufacturing-supply-chain": {
        "weights": {
          "demand-signal": 0.21,
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        "rationale": "Operational downtime and quality pain should outweigh abstract market interest."
      },
      "hospitality-food": {
        "weights": {
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        "rationale": "Thin-margin operators need visible pull and enough competitive room to justify attention."
      },
      "retail-consumer": {
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        "rationale": "Crowded local and consumer markets need stronger differentiation before demand is trusted."
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        "rationale": "Service firms buy when the wedge protects margin and stays differentiated from generic tooling."
      },
      "nonprofit-community": {
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        },
        "rationale": "Nonprofit buyers need urgent need and a very feasible low-friction path around budget limits."
      },
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        "weights": {
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        "rationale": "Fast-moving software markets punish crowded wedges, so saturation carries the heaviest lens."
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        "rationale": "Horizontal operations keeps the global rubric because the buyer context varies widely."
      }
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