Computational Complexity-Driven Investment(CDN): Avoid Unsolvable AI SaaS Models, Classify NP-Complete Product-Led Organic Growth
Shoichiro Tanaka
Managing partner, HITSERIES?CAPITAL | Chairman & CEO @ TANAAKK | Growth-as-a-Service??
Disclaimer: This note is not about pure computing complexity theory but rather utilizes its framework meta-semantically to materialize startup growth.
Disclaimer: This note is not about pure computing complexity theory but rather utilizes its framework meta-semantically to materialize startup growth.
1. Introduction: Applying Computational Complexity to Startup Investment
? Why Some Startups Are Fundamentally Unsolvable and Will Always Burn Capital ? Why Investors Should Prioritize NP-Complete/NP-Easy hybrid Startups for Competitive Scaling ? How Founders Should Identify Undecidable Problems Before Building an AI SaaS Startup
Artificial Intelligence (AI) SaaS startups promise exponential growth, but many venture-backed companies unknowingly operate in fundamentally unsolvable problem classes, leading to infinite capital burn cycles. This article proposes a Computational Complexity-Informed Investment Framework (CCM: Complexity Classification Model) that helps classify AI startups by problem complexity, avoid undecidable cases, and systematically scale NP-Complete/NP-Easy hybrid products toward logarithmic efficiency.
2. The Startup Cash Burn Paradox: The Three-Body Problem of Capital Destruction
One of the biggest traps for AI SaaS startups is entering an unsolvable cash burn cycle, similar to the classical Three-Body Problem.
2.1 What is the Three-Body Problem?
In physics, the Three-Body Problem describes the chaotic and unpredictable motion of three gravitational bodies interacting under Newtonian mechanics. Unlike the Two-Body Problem, which has a closed-form analytical solution, the Three-Body Problem requires numerical simulation and is inherently unstable.
? Key Insight: The Three-Body Problem is an analogy for startups that have no stable path to profitability, require continuous funding, and cannot achieve operating leverage.
2.2 Typical Cash Burn Example: A Three-Body Problem in Startups
Breaking Down the Three-Body Problem into a Two-Body Problem
? The Three-Body Problem is a chaotic and unsolvable problem in classical mechanics where three gravitational bodies interact unpredictably over time. ? The Two-Body Problem, however, has an analytical solution, meaning it can be modeled and predicted efficiently. ? In AI SaaS startups and investment, the analogy translates to eliminating unstable dynamics (capital inefficiency, unscalable AI models, market unpredictability) and focusing on structured, solvable models.
Key Strategy: Convert Three-Body startup problems (high complexity, infinite capital burn) into Two-Body models (scalable, predictable, capital-efficient growth) that converge to least action.
3. Applying the Least Action Principle to Startup Growth
? The Least Action Principle (LAP): In physics, systems evolve to minimize the action (energy expenditure over time). ? In startups, this means minimizing unnecessary capital burn, avoiding unproductive complexity, and ensuring maximum efficiency per investment dollar.
3.1 What the Least Action Principle Looks Like in Startups
Tools & Frameworks: The best AI SaaS startups operate on the Least Action Principle—optimizing capital allocation, computational efficiency, and revenue scaling.
4. The Complexity Landscape of AI SaaS Startups
Startups operate in different computational complexity classes, which directly impact scalability, cost structure, and profitability. Before investing, one must identify which complexity classes lead to solvable/unsolvable output after resources input.
4.1 Classifying AI SaaS Startups by Computational Complexity
Constraints: ? Undecidable and Unsolvable classes (UNSAT, EXPSPACE) should be immediately rejected for investment. ? NP-Complete/NP-Easy hybrid startups provide defensibility and high scalability potential. ? The basic strategy is getting first mover advantage to find NP-Complete proof toward logarithmic scalability (NL, N).
4.2.Classification of Game Theory Problems by Complexity
5. Identifying and Avoiding Undecidable and Unsolvable Startup Models
5.1 What Are Undecidable Class Problems and Why Should Investors Avoid Them?
? An undecidable problem is one where no algorithm exists that can guarantee a solution in finite time. ( Usually EXPSPACE, EXPTIME, PSPACE, NP-Hard) ? This means an AI SaaS startup based on an undecidable problem will require infinite resources (TIME, SPACE, RANDOMNESS) with no clear path to scaling.
Example: The AI Halting Problem Startup
Tools & Frameworks: "Undecidable" class startups should be avoided at all costs. They are venture capital "black holes".
5.2 Unsolvable Startups: EXPSPACE and EXPTIME Pitfalls
? EXPSPACE (Exponential Space Complexity) and EXPTIME (Exponential Time Complexity) problems require impractical computational resources, making them fundamentally unsustainable as SaaS businesses.
Example: AI-Based Theorem Proving at Scale
Tools & Frameworks: Startups in EXPSPACE or EXPTIME should be treated as high-risk, capital-intensive ventures that may never reach operating leverage.
6. The Correct Investment Playbook: Exponential Product Earnings Growth While Maintaining Logarithmic Resource Requirement
6.1 How to Identify NP-Complete/NP-Easy hybrid AI SaaS Startups
? NP-Complete problems have a balance between computational difficulty (moat), NP-Easy problems have practical heuristic solutions (scalability). ? Investors should use computational tools to verify whether a startup’s core problem is NP-Complete/NP-Easy hybrid.
Tools & Frameworks: By applying SAT Solvers and Cook’s Reduction, investors can mathematically verify if an AI startup is solving a valuable NP-Complete problem.
6.2 Scaling NP-Complete Startups Toward Brachistochrone Curve
The best AI SaaS startups follow the Brachistochrone Curve of Computational Scaling, transitioning from NP-Complete to NP-Easy to Logarithmic Scaling (NL, N).
Tools & Frameworks: Successful AI SaaS startups scale their computational complexity down from NP-Complete to NL, achieving logarithmic capital efficiency.
7. Complexity Scaling Model? (CSM?)
To systematically invest in the right AI SaaS startups, TANAAKK and HITSERIES CAPITAL introduce the Complexity Scaling Model? (CSM?):
CSM Framework
?? Conclusion: By systematically applying the Complexity Scaling Model (CSM), investors and founders can optimize capital efficiency while ensuring sustainable AI SaaS startup growth.
8. Conclusion: The Future of Complexity-Driven Investment?
? Investors must systematically classify AI SaaS startups by computational complexity before committing capital. ? Undecidable and Unsolvable problem classes (UNSAT, EXPSPACE) should be immediately rejected. Some problems are too abstract or too complex to ever be monetized. Investing in such startups leads to permanent capital destruction. ? NP-Complete startups provide defensibility but require structured scaling toward NP-Easy and Logarithmic Efficiency (NL, N). ? The Complexity Scaling Model? (CSM?) ensures AI startups follow an optimal computational trajectory, avoiding capital inefficiency and maximizing investor returns.
Final Thought: The next trillion-dollar AI company will master complexity reduction—scaling from NP-Complete toward logarithmic growth while optimizing capital efficiency. This is the future of Complexity-Driven Investment?
9. Advanced Toolkits & Frameworks
Mathematics and physics often define idealized states to enhance understanding and inspire groundbreaking innovation. TANAAKK introduces a suite of frameworks designed to optimize Complexity-Driven Investment?, integrating computational principles, physics-inspired least energy models, and economic scaling logarithmic resource strategies(Gravity Assurance?).
A key innovation is the development of a language-independent verification algorithm—a Meta-Semantic Reasoning? approach that transcends linguistic and computational boundaries. This methodology is applicable across natural languages, programming languages, and even theoretical interplanetary, intergalactically or inter-meta spacetime civilizations(potential theoretical metaverse civilization ).
At the core of this initiative, TANAAKK is pioneering the GAAS? (Gravity-as-a-Service?)—a meta-physical and computational framework that leverages ideal gravitational principles to model and accelerate exponential earnings growth, Product-Led Organic Growth?. Inspired by general relativity, entropy minimization, and space-time optimization, GAAS? applies these fundamental laws to business scaling, startup investment, and AI decision-making. A next-generation suite of meta-semantic reasoning models. These models enable decision-making for true value without requiring domain-specific linguistic explanations.
GAAS?(Gravity-as-a-Service?): Next-Generation Investment Frameworks
for detail, see GAAS glossary.
Why GAAS??
Just as gravity governs the motion of celestial bodies, GAAS? assure a fundamental scaling force (GA?)for AI SaaS businesses. By minimizing entropy, optimizing capital efficiency, and leveraging computational complexity, GAAS? enables startups to achieve logarithmic scalability and exponential earnings growth. TANAAKK’s GAAS? initiative redefines the intersection of physics, computation, and venture capital, paving the way for next-generation AI infrastructure, scalable SaaS models, and trillion-dollar market opportunities.