AI looks up the numbers for your market, builds a first financial forecast, and puts your project in writing. It doesn’t validate the idea for you: your future customers, your banker, and your accountant do that.
AI helps entrepreneurs with tasks such as “Run a first market study,” “Survey your future customers,” and “Build a three-year financial forecast.” Start with a single task, in Perplexity: allow 20 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
Perplexity · “Research”
TodayYou sense there is a market, but the banker asks for numbers, competitors, and sources.
With PerplexityA sourced report on your market, your competitors, and the regulations, to complete with fieldwork.
Tally · “Create with AI”
TodayFriends and family all think the idea is great. What you need to know is whether strangers would pay, and how much.
With TallyA short questionnaire that measures the real need and the accepted price, with answers that arrive in a spreadsheet.
Claude · Excel file, in the conversation
TodayThe spreadsheet is intimidating, so you put it off. Without it, there is no way to know how much to borrow or when you can pay yourself.
With ClaudeAn Excel file with your assumptions, the income statement, month-by-month cash flow, and the break-even point.
Also
A comparison table in plain language and the list of questions to ask the accountant.
The list of aid available in your situation, with the office, the conditions, and the official page.
Claude · “Projects”
A fifteen-page business plan, backed by your documents, with the weak points flagged.
Claude · “Projects”
A mock interview with a banker’s questions, then the list of your weak answers.
Legalstart · Company setup questionnaire
A complete company setup file, submitted online, and the real cost of the process known before you pay.
Qonto · “The Operator”
A quote ready to send, then the invoice prepared once the quote is accepted.
Wix · “Create with AI”
A four-page business website, to review and complete before you publish it.
All 10 use cases on this page are in Nova, each with its steps and its prompt.
Try the interactive demoWhat to check
A cited source isn’t always summarized correctly: open each link before you use a number in your file. The free plan gives you one “Research” report per month.
Run a first market studyPerplexity · “Research”The prompt to copy
I am preparing to start a [business type] company in [city or area], for [consumers, businesses of a given type]. Do a first market study. Gather: the size and trend of the market in France according to public sources (INSEE, trade associations, industry studies); the number of companies in the sector in my area; the established competitors, with what they offer and their listed prices; customers’ habits and expectations; the regulations, degrees, or permits required to operate. Give the source and the date of each number. Separate facts from estimates. End with what the sources can’t tell me and what I will have to check in the field.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite the business plan
In your jobSend your first quote and first invoice
In your jobRun a first market study
In your jobSurvey your future customers
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
It builds the forecast in a real Excel file, writes the business plan from your documents, and plays the banker who asks the tough questions.
Recommended planFree to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you work in it every day.
For market research and the search for aid: it searches the web and gives the source of each number, which you open in one click.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
The questionnaire sent to your future customers, built by describing it. Belgian vendor, data stored in Europe.
Recommended planFree, $0
To set up a company in France online through a questionnaire: articles of association, legal notice, filing with the one-stop registration portal, through to the Kbis, the official proof of registration. No AI assistant here, but this is the step that brings the company into existence.
Recommended planCompany setup Standard, €99 excl. tax, one-time payment, plus legal fees. The Starter package shows €0 excl. tax, with a support subscription that becomes paid after 30 days
The business account where “The Operator” prepares your first quote and your first invoice from one sentence. You approve everything before it is sent.
Recommended planBasic, €9 per month, excl. tax, billed yearly
You describe your business, and AI builds a first business website that you then adjust by chatting.
Recommended planFree, €0, to build the site. Your own domain name and payments require a paid plan
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, Perplexity, Tally, Legalstart, Qonto, and Wix. 4 of them can be used for free to get started.
It builds the forecast in a real Excel file, writes the business plan from your documents, and plays the banker who asks the tough questions. The plan to choose: Free to start. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly), if you work in it every day.
With “Run a first market study,” in Perplexity (“Research”). Allow 20 minutes the first time. A sourced report on your market, your competitors, and the regulations, to complete with fieldwork.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.