AI Use Case Library

Assess the readiness levels of technologies

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:54:53 GMT

1. Describe the task

Assessing a new technology topic means researching each candidate and assigning it a maturity score, typically TRL. Done manually, this takes weeks and depends on whatever information is easiest to find, not necessarily the most current.

Scout and rank startups in a specific industry

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:56:28 GMT

1. Describe the task

Startup scouting usually means searching news, LinkedIn, and funding trackers by hand, then tracking the shortlist in a spreadsheet. That list goes stale fast, since funding rounds close and companies change status in the meantime.

Recommend which initiatives to continue, re-assess or stop

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:54:09 GMT

1. Describe the task

Deciding which R&D initiatives to continue, review, or close usually means going through each one's health status, budget variance, and schedule by hand. That process can miss initiatives that have quietly stalled with no spend against them.

Evaluate an idea and give a go/no-go recommendation

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:52:05 GMT

1. Describe the task

Evaluating an idea against strategy and existing opportunities takes time few reviewers have for every submission, and a decision made on gut feel is hard to defend later.

Understand your competitors' R&D from their patents

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:49:00 GMT

1. Describe the task

Tracking a competitor's filings one at a time tells you what they filed, not what they're building toward. Reading fifty patents by hand to find the pattern takes longer than most scouts have for one competitor.

Populate your tech radar with scored technologies

rossouw.nel@itonics-innovation.com (Rossouw Nel) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:22:59 GMT

1. Describe the task

Prism can read recent external signals for a technology topic and turn them into a populated radar. It queries the signals pool (news, patents, research) and the web via Perplexity, extracts the distinct technologies, and creates a technology element for each. Each element lands on your radar, segmented and scored against your configured readiness scale.