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  "$schema": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/schema-v1.json",
  "name": "FixMyProblem — EU startup problems worth solving with AI",
  "url": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/",
  "publisher": "Hlido (hlido.eu) — independent AI agent reviews",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-12T00:00:00Z",
  "how_to_submit": {
    "human": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/#submit",
    "note": "MCP tools list_problems/report_problem planned; agents can read this file freely (CC-BY-4.0, attribute 'Hlido')."
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "problems": [
    {
      "id": "catch-missed-calls",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/catch-missed-calls/",
      "title": "Missed call, lost customer",
      "problem": "I work alone. When I'm with a client, I can't pick up the phone — and the caller just books the next company on Google.",
      "wanted": "An AI that answers every call, books the appointment into my calendar, and texts me a two-line summary.",
      "category": "Voice & phone calls",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "weak-supply",
        "note": "Phone-answering agents exist, but the best we've independently tested scores 58/100. Demand is ahead of quality here.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "klariqo",
            "score": 58,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/klariqo/"
          },
          {
            "slug": "usercall",
            "score": 40,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/usercall/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1jwbhpr/how_are_other_solo_business_owners_handling/",
          "title": "How are solo business owners handling missed calls?",
          "date": "2025-04"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1rg71mb/has_anyone_tried_automated_phone_answering/",
          "title": "Has anyone tried automated phone answering services?",
          "date": "2026-02"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1tgp5w7/how_are_small_businesses_handling_missed_calls/",
          "title": "How are small businesses handling missed calls and slow follow-ups?",
          "date": "2026-05"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "receipts-pile",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/receipts-pile/",
      "title": "300 receipts every month",
      "problem": "Each month I photograph a pile of receipts and retype them into my accounting tool, line by line. It eats a full weekend.",
      "wanted": "An agent that reads receipts and invoices, books every transaction into the right category, reconciles monthly, and asks me only about the odd ones.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — among 845 independently reviewed agents, no credible bookkeeping agent yet.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46238354",
          "title": "Tell HN: AI coding is sexy, but accounting is the real low-hanging target",
          "date": "2025-12-11",
          "engagement": "64 points"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Bookkeeping/comments/1j6ssts/bookkeeping_in_2025_feels_stuck_in_the_stone/",
          "title": "Bookkeeping in 2025 feels stuck in the stone age — why?",
          "date": "2025-03"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Accounting/comments/1ktrrtt/making_a_list_of_ai_tools_in_accountingwhat_are/",
          "title": "Where are the real AI tools in accounting?",
          "date": "2025-05"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "bot-cant-see-order",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/bot-cant-see-order/",
      "title": "My bot answers nothing",
      "problem": "I installed a support chatbot for my shop. It sends customers help-center links but can't check their order — so 8 of 10 chats still end up with me.",
      "wanted": "A bot that actually reads the customer's order and history, solves the real problem, and hands over to me fast when it can't.",
      "category": "Support & customer service",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "Good ones exist — two support agents scored 90/100 in our independent testing. Most deployed bots are just badly chosen.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "mavenagi",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/mavenagi/"
          },
          {
            "slug": "sitegpt",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/sitegpt/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48087925",
          "title": "Ask HN: Will low quality AI customer support be the new normal?",
          "date": "2026-05-10",
          "engagement": "27 points"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473585",
          "title": "Tell HN: Stripe seems to have suspended human customer support",
          "date": "2025-10-04"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "quotes-die-silently",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/quotes-die-silently/",
      "title": "Quotes die silently",
      "problem": "I send offers, get busy, and forget to follow up. Weeks later I learn the customer went elsewhere because nobody chased the quote.",
      "wanted": "An agent that watches my sent quotes and politely follows up every few days until there's a yes, a no, or a booked call.",
      "category": "Sales & getting customers",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "Partial solutions rated 78–80/100 in our testing; the full hands-off follow-up flow is still stitched together by hand.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "parakeeet-ai",
            "score": 80,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/parakeeet-ai/"
          },
          {
            "slug": "smartlead",
            "score": 78,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/smartlead/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1rf3dqh/looking_for_an_ai_that_runs_the_entire_sales/",
          "title": "Looking for an AI that runs the entire sales workflow automatically",
          "date": "2026-02"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1io1b8e/how_are_you_using_ai_for_emails_and_follow_ups/",
          "title": "How are you using AI for emails and follow ups?",
          "date": "2025-02"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "posts-sound-like-ai",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/posts-sound-like-ai/",
      "title": "Posts sound like AI",
      "problem": "I tried every AI writing tool for our company LinkedIn. They all produce the same plastic voice — my customers can tell in one sentence.",
      "wanted": "A writer that learns from my last 100 posts and our real company facts, and drafts in MY voice — not template text.",
      "category": "Writing & content",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "Top writing tools score 90/100 on capability in our tests — but 'sounds like me' (voice fidelity) is exactly the part nobody measures. We should.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "jasper",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/jasper/"
          },
          {
            "slug": "anyword",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/anyword/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/content_marketing/comments/1u1s2zk/ive_tried_every_ai_content_tool_and_they_all_have/",
          "title": "I've tried every AI content tool and they all have the same problem",
          "date": "2026-06"
        },
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/content_marketing/comments/1pv92ii/am_i_the_only_one_who_thinks_ai_writing_tools_are/",
          "title": "Am I the only one who thinks AI writing tools are way too expensive?",
          "date": "2025-12"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "38k-surprise-bill",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/38k-surprise-bill/",
      "title": "€35,000 surprise AI bill",
      "problem": "One developer's coding agent silently skipped prompt caching — the cloud bill came to $38,000. Nothing warned him while it was happening.",
      "wanted": "A hard spending cap per agent: track every model call live, show who spent what, and stop the workflow before the bill explodes.",
      "category": "Coding & building software",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "A spend-guard agent scored 90/100 in our independent testing — this problem is more solved than people know.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "llm-spend-guard",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/llm-spend-guard/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933355",
          "title": "$38k AWS Bedrock bill caused by a simple prompt caching miss",
          "date": "2026-04-28"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48567889",
          "title": "Which AI agent spent the money on your OpenAI/Anthropic bill",
          "date": "2026-06-17"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48525711",
          "title": "Ask HN: How do you reduce token usage with Cline/Continue?",
          "date": "2026-06-14"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "agent-forgets-corrections",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/agent-forgets-corrections/",
      "title": "Same correction, every day",
      "problem": "I correct my coding assistant's mistakes every session — and next morning it makes the same ones again. It forgets everything as my project grows.",
      "wanted": "Durable project memory: my rules and past corrections applied automatically in every new session.",
      "category": "Coding & building software",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "weak-supply",
        "note": "Memory layers exist (one rated 90/100), but no coding agent ships durable project memory out of the box — a half-open gap.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "mem-0-ai",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/mem-0-ai/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43598347",
          "title": "Ask HN: Best AI IDE right now? ('a lot of forgetting as my codebase gets larger')",
          "date": "2025-04-06"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44281873",
          "title": "Ask HN: Is there an AI bot that works like a literate programming build step",
          "date": "2025-06-15",
          "engagement": "18 points"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "agent-quietly-got-worse",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/agent-quietly-got-worse/",
      "title": "Agent quietly got worse",
      "problem": "Our production agent's answers degraded for two weeks before anyone noticed. Customers noticed first — that's the problem.",
      "wanted": "A watcher that continuously tests my agent's outputs and alerts me the moment quality drifts — before customers feel it.",
      "category": "Coding & building software",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "Two eval/monitoring platforms scored 90/100 in our testing — the tooling matured faster than word got around.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "braintrust",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/braintrust/"
          },
          {
            "slug": "helicone",
            "score": 90,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/helicone/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48689447",
          "title": "Ask HN: How do you know when your AI agent's output quality degrades?",
          "date": "2026-06-26"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47301395",
          "title": "Ask HN: How are you monitoring AI agents in production?",
          "date": "2026-03-08"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44194187",
          "title": "Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI evals? Everything feels half-baked",
          "date": "2025-06-05"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "agent-wants-my-passwords",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/agent-wants-my-passwords/",
      "title": "Agent wants my passwords",
      "problem": "To automate real work, every agent asks for full access to my email and admin accounts. One prompt injection and it can do anything I can.",
      "wanted": "Per-task, temporary, logged access — and a human confirmation before anything risky.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — no reviewed agent solves scoped, auditable agent permissions yet.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861542",
          "title": "Ask HN: How do you give AI agents access without over-permissioning?",
          "date": "2026-02-02",
          "engagement": "14 comments"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719774",
          "title": "Ask HN: How do you authorize AI agent actions in production?",
          "date": "2026-01-22"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "every-demo-looks-great",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/every-demo-looks-great/",
      "title": "Every demo looks great",
      "problem": "Every agent demo is impressive; production is a different story. Before paying, I can't see any proof of which agents actually work.",
      "wanted": "Independent testing with published evidence — scores I can check before the invoice, readable by me and by my own agents.",
      "category": "Something else",
      "eu_specific": false,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "matched",
        "note": "This one is why Hlido exists — 845 agents independently tested, every claim checked, evidence public.",
        "matched": [
          {
            "slug": "__hlido__",
            "score": null,
            "review": "https://hlido.eu/reviews/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "reddit",
          "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1rea326/why_is_there_no_app_store_for_independent_ai/",
          "title": "Why is there no 'App Store' for independent AI agents yet?",
          "date": "2026-02"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388007",
          "title": "Ask HN: Is there an AI subscription comparison tool that's always updated?",
          "date": "2025-12-26"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ai-act-technical-file",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/ai-act-technical-file/",
      "title": "AI Act file, no lawyer",
      "problem": "We sell an AI screening tool into the EU. By August 2026 we need a risk file, technical docs and logging — we're 4 people and none of us is a lawyer.",
      "wanted": "An agent that reads our code and docs, drafts the required technical documentation and risk file, and updates them on every release.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — no reviewed agent drafts and maintains AI Act technical documentation.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47169864",
          "title": "Ask HN: How are you handling EU AI Act compliance as a developer?",
          "date": "2026"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://www.aipolicybulletin.org/articles/its-too-hard-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-to-comply-with-eu-ai-act-heres-what-to-do",
          "title": "It's too hard for SMEs to comply with the EU AI Act",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "report",
          "url": "https://actonline.org/the-hidden-cost-of-ai-regulations-a-survey-of-eu-uk-and-u-s-companies/",
          "title": "The Hidden Cost of AI Regulations (ACT survey)",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "am-i-high-risk",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/am-i-high-risk/",
      "title": "Am I 'high-risk'?",
      "problem": "Is our chatbot 'high-risk' under the AI Act? Nobody can tell me without €10k of legal advice — and a wrong guess means fines or lost deals.",
      "wanted": "An agent that interviews me about my use case, maps it to the AI Act risk categories with citations, and outputs the obligation checklist.",
      "category": "Research & data",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — it's already a sales blocker for AI SaaS, and no agent does cited risk classification.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938056",
          "title": "EU AI Act: Practical risk classification for business AI use cases",
          "date": "2026"
        },
        {
          "type": "hn",
          "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46969644",
          "title": "EU AI Act compliance is becoming a sales blocker for AI SaaS",
          "date": "2026"
        },
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/small-businesses-guide-to-the-ai-act/",
          "title": "Small Businesses' Guide to the AI Act",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "us-servers-block-deals",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/us-servers-block-deals/",
      "title": "US servers block deals",
      "problem": "A client's lawyer asked where our AI tools store data. Checking every vendor's GDPR terms took me four days — and we lost two weeks on the deal.",
      "wanted": "An agent that audits every AI tool in my stack for data location, retention and DPA terms, and recommends EU-compliant setups or alternatives.",
      "category": "Research & data",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — nobody audits AI tools for EU data residency per vendor. (We're considering an EU-data flag on every Hlido scorecard.)",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://openai.com/index/introducing-data-residency-in-europe/",
          "title": "Introducing data residency in Europe (OpenAI)",
          "date": "2025-02"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://wavect.io/blog/eu-data-residency-ai-apps-2026/",
          "title": "EU Data Residency for AI Apps 2026",
          "date": "2026"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://www.advisori.de/en/blog/gdpr-compliant-ai-on-premise-llm-enterprise-guide",
          "title": "GDPR-Compliant AI: On-Premise & EU LLMs vs ChatGPT",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "pdfs-stop-counting",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/pdfs-stop-counting/",
      "title": "My invoices become illegal",
      "problem": "My German customers now demand XRechnung e-invoices; France and Poland mandates hit in 2026. My invoicing tool only makes PDFs.",
      "wanted": "An agent that converts my invoices to XRechnung/Factur-X/KSeF formats, validates them, and files them into my existing bookkeeping.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — three national mandates arriving, zero reviewed agents handling EN 16931 invoice conversion.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/spaces/DIGITAL/pages/467108886/eInvoicing+in+Germany",
          "title": "eInvoicing in Germany (European Commission)",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://vatit.com/blog/france-mandatory-e-invoicing-september-2026/",
          "title": "Most businesses are not ready for France's September e-invoicing deadline",
          "date": "2026"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://poland-accounting.eu/2025/09/ksef-mandatory-from-1-february-2026-president-signs-the-law/",
          "title": "Poland confirms KSeF e-invoicing mandatory from 1 Feb 2026",
          "date": "2025-09"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "vat-for-every-country",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/vat-for-every-country/",
      "title": "11 countries, 11 VAT rates",
      "problem": "My web shop sells to 11 EU countries. Every order needs that country's VAT rate, and every quarter an OSS return — I do it in spreadsheets and pray.",
      "wanted": "An agent that pulls orders from my shop, applies the right destination VAT to each, and prepares the quarterly OSS return ready to file.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — no reviewed agent prepares OSS/IOSS returns from shop data.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/taxation/vat/one-stop-shop/index_en.htm",
          "title": "EU VAT One Stop Shop (OSS)",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://amavat.eu/vat-oss-explained-common-pain-points-and-how-to-solve-them/",
          "title": "VAT-OSS explained: common pain points",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/new-approach-vat-e-commerce-imports-simplify-trade-and-compliance-2025-05-15-0_en",
          "title": "New approach to VAT for e-commerce imports (European Commission)",
          "date": "2025-05-15"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "czech-customer-english-bot",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/czech-customer-english-bot/",
      "title": "Czech customer, English bot",
      "problem": "Our customers write in Czech, German and Polish. Our 3-person team answers in English — and watches half of them never reply again.",
      "wanted": "An agent that answers tickets natively in every EU language and escalates the sensitive ones to us with a translated summary.",
      "category": "Support & customer service",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
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        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — 0 of 845 reviewed agents specialize in multilingual EU support. The single market speaks 24 languages; the agents don't.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://lokalise.com/blog/customer-service-language/",
          "title": "The ecommerce guide to multilingual customer support",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://www.edesk.com/blog/multilingual-customer-support-software-ecommerce/",
          "title": "Best multilingual customer support tools for ecommerce",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tender-found-too-late",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/tender-found-too-late/",
      "title": "Found the tender too late",
      "problem": "A city tender we could have won was published in another country's language on TED. We found it three days after the deadline.",
      "wanted": "An agent that watches TED and national portals for tenders matching my profile, translates the notice, and pre-fills the bid paperwork.",
      "category": "Sales & getting customers",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — only 14% of EU tenders go to foreign suppliers; no reviewed agent does cross-border tender watching.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "report",
          "url": "https://www.smeunited.eu/admin/storage/smeunited/20251215-smeunited-public-procurement.pdf",
          "title": "How to facilitate SME participation in public procurement (SMEunited)",
          "date": "2025-12"
        },
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://single-market-scoreboard.ec.europa.eu/business-framework-conditions/public-procurement_en",
          "title": "Access to public procurement — Single Market Scoreboard",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "one-hire-five-laws",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/one-hire-five-laws/",
      "title": "One hire, new rulebook",
      "problem": "I want to hire one developer in Spain. The EOR quote is 12% of her salary, forever — just so someone else knows the local payroll rules.",
      "wanted": "An agent that drafts the country-compliant contract, computes real employer cost, and tracks that country's filings and law changes.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — a 5-country team means 5 compliance regimes; no reviewed agent covers EU employment compliance.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/04/navigating-european-employment-compliance-in-remote-first-startups-sponsored/",
          "title": "Navigating European employment compliance in remote-first startups",
          "date": "2026-04"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://remotepeople.com/employer-of-record-europe/",
          "title": "Employer of Record in Europe: 2026 country guide",
          "date": "2026"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "nis2-24h-reports",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/nis2-24h-reports/",
      "title": "24 hours to report",
      "problem": "Our 60-person logistics firm now falls under NIS2. We have no security team, but incidents must be reported within 24 hours.",
      "wanted": "An agent that gap-checks us against our country's NIS2 rules, generates the policies and risk register, and drafts the 24-hour report when something happens.",
      "category": "Admin, ops & automation",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — SME compliance costs run €50k–300k and no reviewed agent addresses NIS2.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "report",
          "url": "https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/260304-easing-the-nis2-burden-targeted-reforms",
          "title": "Easing the NIS2 burden: targeted reforms (Morrison Foerster)",
          "date": "2026-03"
        },
        {
          "type": "news",
          "url": "https://www.kiteworks.com/regulatory-compliance/nis2-compliance-costs/",
          "title": "How much does NIS2 compliance really cost?",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "three-esg-forms",
      "permalink": "https://hlido.eu/fixmyproblem/three-esg-forms/",
      "title": "Third ESG form this month",
      "problem": "Three big customers sent three different sustainability questionnaires this quarter. Same data about my company — three formats, three deadlines.",
      "wanted": "An agent that keeps one master data pack about my company and auto-fills every customer's questionnaire from it, flagging what's missing.",
      "category": "Research & data",
      "eu_specific": true,
      "created_at": "2026-07-12",
      "lifecycle": "open",
      "hlido_verdict": {
        "status": "open-gap",
        "note": "Open gap — CSRD cascades onto SME suppliers and no reviewed agent automates the questionnaire flood.",
        "matched": []
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "type": "gov",
          "url": "https://finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/commission-presents-voluntary-sustainability-reporting-standard-ease-burden-smes_en",
          "title": "Commission presents voluntary sustainability standard to ease SME burden",
          "date": "2025"
        },
        {
          "type": "report",
          "url": "https://www.bclplaw.com/en-US/events-insights-news/csrd-requesting-data-from-sme-suppliers.html",
          "title": "CSRD: requesting data from SME suppliers (BCLP)",
          "date": "2025"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}