Building the Real-Time Operational Status Layer.
A two-sided data platform. Consumers contribute real-time operational reports for free. Businesses pay for alerts, response tools, analytics, recurring-issue detection, staff access, and multi-location intelligence.
Stage
Pre-seed
Pursuing pre-seed funding and non-dilutive grants.
Product
Live Controlled Beta
Early testers onboarding. Billing intentionally disabled during validation.
Revenue
None yet
Focus is on validation, distribution, and business claims.
The Problem
People routinely travel to businesses only to discover that the product, machine, pump, card reader, equipment, or service they need is broken or unavailable.
The Solution
A real-time platform where consumers report and verify operational issues, and businesses respond, resolve, and learn from them.
Why Now
Consumers expect real-time information about the world around them. Physical businesses have adopted digital tools but still lack a purpose-built layer for item-level and service-level operational status.
Market Opportunity
Every physical business location — restaurants, retailers, financial institutions, gas stations, healthcare facilities, entertainment venues, public facilities, service businesses — is a potential participant in a real-time operational network.
Business Model
A two-sided data platform: free consumer reporting builds a useful information network; businesses pay for alerts, analytics, response tools, staff access, and multi-location intelligence.
Product Status
Controlled beta is live. Early testers are being onboarded. No revenue yet. Billing is intentionally disabled during validation. Mobile distribution is being prepared.
Go-to-Market Strategy
Concentrate on a local market first, build community reporting density, onboard local businesses through direct founder-led outreach, then expand.
Competitive Positioning
Reviews are broad and often outdated. Navigation apps focus on directions. Outage services focus mainly on digital systems. It Ain't Working is differentiated by real-time, item-level and service-level operational status for physical businesses.
Founder
Malcolm Barrett — approximately ten years in banking operations, compliance, and issue resolution; MBA candidate at UNC Pembroke; founder and CEO of IAW Technologies.
Long-Term Vision
Become the trusted real-time operational status layer connecting consumers and physical businesses nationwide.
Contact
Talk with the founder.
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