We build software for life's hardest processes.
Google made knowledge universal. We make it personal.
Each process takes more data than you could read in a lifetime to get right,
so we built a guide for each one.
Use it yourself, or go through it with our experts.
Guiding 51,621 people
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OpportunityOS:
Your guide to your next opportunity. Starting with college.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ask us directlyHow is this different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is built to answer anything. Our software is built to get one process right.
ChatGPT searches the web. We built our own search engine. … Read more… See less
ChatGPT is a general tool with a general search. It reads whatever the web returns: blog posts, forums, sales pages, last year's numbers.
We built ours for one process.
- We went through the entire internet and pulled out only what this process needs. Nothing else. We keep pulling it, constantly.
- It all lives in one massive database with our own search engine on top. Our AI searches it, and the open web too.
- Our algorithms and tools are built for this process alone.
- It learns from every person who goes through it. 51,621 people so far.
"I was accepted to mechanical engineering on a full ride. I attribute my success to the financial aid tools and program-specific feedback from OpportunityOS."
ChatGPT is built for everyone. Ours is built around you. … Read more… See less
ChatGPT knows what you remember to type. Leave something out and you get an answer meant for the average person.
Ours starts with you.
- It asks for exactly the information this process needs.
- It puts that together and never forgets it. It only adds to what it knows about you, all to get this one process perfect.
- Every answer and every tool starts from it. You never explain yourself twice.
- It tells you what to do next. Not a list of options.
Ask ChatGPT what a college costs and you get the sticker price. Ask ours and you get your price: $10,000 a year at a school that lists $36,400.
ChatGPT agrees with you. Ours tells you where you stand. … Read more… See less
Tell ChatGPT you want to keep a line and it says great. Tell it you want to cut the same line and it explains why you should. Either way, you feel right.
Feeling right is not the same as getting it right.
- It gives you one straight answer. No packaging.
- It judges your work against what has actually worked for people in your position.
- It tells you where you stand now, while there is still time to change it.
- You make the call. It won't change its answer to make you feel better.
"They want you to feel like you're right. This one is very straightforward. There is no packaging."
ChatGPT's hands are general. Ours are custom built for one process. … Read more… See less
General AI can do things now, but through a chat it is indirect and hard. You explain the task, it works out the steps as it goes, and you check whether it got them right.
Ours just does it.
- Reliable. Every tool is built for one step of this process, so it does that step right.
- Fast. It already knows the steps. There is no back-and-forth to get it there.
- Complete. It can do everything in the process, not only the parts a chat can reach.
You stay in control. Nothing happens until you say so.
ChatGPT can't hand you to a person. We can. … Read more… See less
When a chatbot reaches its limit, you are on your own. There is no one to ask.
Every process we build for has experts behind it.
- They go through it with you. Not for you.
- They work in the same software you do. They start from everything it already knows about you, so you never start over.
- You get both. A straight answer from the AI and a person's judgment, each checking the other.
"I get the personable feedback from my counselor and the straightforward answer from OpportunityOS. It's almost like a college admissions checks and balances."
ChatGPT can't show you its results. We can. … Read more… See less
A chatbot never finds out what happened after you closed the chat. We follow every process to the end, so we know what worked.
- 51,621 people use our products.
- We track every outcome. We know who got the result they wanted and what got them there.
- Every result improves the next one. What works for one person makes the guide better for the next.
- Each product shows its own results. Real numbers and real stories are on its page.
That is what getting one process right looks like.
"This platform changed my life."
What is Momentum Labs?
We build software for life's hardest processes.
What we build
Google made knowledge universal. We make it personal. Each process takes more data than you could read in a lifetime to get right, so we built a guide for each one.
How it works
- One guide per process. Each is custom built for that process and nothing else.
- It learns your situation and never forgets it.
- It does the work with you, reliably and fast.
- Our experts go through it with you whenever you want one.
Where it lives
Every product is on this site, under one name.
51,621 people use them.
What can I use today?
Three products are live. One opens soon.
Live now
After that
Business tools and later life stages. We will post here when each opens.
Does a person still help me?
Yes, whenever you want one.
The software does everything
It is complete. You never need a person to get through the process.
An expert adds what only a person can
One person who is accountable for you. They get to know you, they know the process, and they know exactly how to work with the software. Their entire job is to get you through this flawlessly.
They are beside you
- When it gets hard.
- When a decision is close.
- When you just need someone who knows you in the room.
Every expert is top tier, and every one is trained on the technology.
With the software, or with an expert alongside it, you never do this alone.
Who is behind Momentum Labs?
Founder: Nico Berlingeri
Nico grew up with no guidance. He had no college counselor, and his family had no money for college.
His grades went 2.7, 2.3, 3.4, 4.0. Nobody told him that a climb like that reads differently to an admissions officer than a flat average. Nobody told him which programs would take him, or where he could go without paying for it for the rest of his life. He didn't know what was possible, so he applied to one school.
He got in. He was an athlete, and he was handed what amounted to a lottery ticket: a full tuition scholarship to Muhlenberg College. Without it, he doesn't go to college at all.
He knew almost immediately it was the wrong school. He thought about transferring and didn't. He was afraid of losing the aid and afraid the credits wouldn't move. The scholarship picked his school, and fear kept him there.
He made the most of it. He earned a 4.0 in math and computer science, worked three jobs, and revived the student investment fund, growing it from $600,000 to $1.6 million.
Five days before senior year, a FAFSA change revoked his entire aid package. $60,000 was due with no warning. He emailed nearly every staff member at the school until he had found every dollar of aid it had left, and he paid the rest himself. That year he ate at the school's food pantry.
Twenty students got the same notice. Ten dropped out.
He was called one of the lucky ones.
From Muhlenberg, a non-target school, he became a staff researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and a quant researcher at Cinctive Capital. He ran his own college counseling firm. Then he built the technology that does it for everyone, down to the data center it runs on.
He built Momentum Labs so nobody else has to be lucky.
Who teaches Sol
- Admissions officers, including a former UC Berkeley admissions officer who reviewed thousands of applications. They know how the decision gets made because they made it.
- Over 40 private college counseling firms.
Our counselors have guided students into every top-100 university in America.
The full team
See the Team page
Is my information private?
Yes. What you share stays with you.
We never sell your data
Not to advertisers, not to schools, not to employers, not to anyone. There is no third party on the other end of what you tell us.
It is used for one thing
To improve our products, so the guide gets better for you and for the next person who goes through the same process.
Nobody sees it unless you say so
- No other user can see anything you provide.
- A counselor or expert sees it when you explicitly allow them to, and not before.
- You decide who, and you can change your mind.
How do I know the answers are right?
You don't have to take our word for it. You can check every one.
Facts are looked up, not generated
Every fact comes from our own database. The software doesn't make one up to fill a gap.
Every answer shows its source
You can see where it came from and verify it yourself.
The data is kept current
We constantly pull the information each process depends on, so answers stay up to date.
Nothing is true here because we said it.
What does it cost?
Every product is free to start.
Try it before you pay anything
The free version is the real product, not a sample. You find out whether it works for you first. Pricing for everything else is on each product's page.
We never make money from your information
We earn when you choose to pay us. That is the only way.
How do I get in touch?
- General: contact@momentumlabs.ai
- Careers: careers@momentumlabs.ai
Who answers
A person reads every message and writes back.