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What customers say

How leaders are using Hupside to identify and develop original value in their organizations

“What surprised me was that some of the people who did really well coming up with their own ideas saw the biggest drop when they tried to use AI.”
“We’re going to incorporate Hupchecker into our hiring process to find people who can actually think outside the box.”
How it works

Values of a defensible originality signal

Hupchecker turns originality from an abstract idea into a concrete OIQ Score your team can use immediately. Participants complete a 12-15 minute interactive experience with open-ended prompts. No preparation needed. Results are calibrated against AI baselines, surfacing where each person's contribution sits beyond what AI-typical output would produce.

Go beyond standard resumes and interviews.

Objectively measure who can create value beyond AI, and build teams that are truly future-proof.

Only 5% of enterprises report meaningful ROI on AI deployments.

When every team uses the same models the same way, AI rolls out without adding differentiated value. Hupside shows you exactly where your people are producing original value beyond AI, and where work is collapsing into AI-typical output.

OIQ archetypes show you how to combine originality, not just measure it.

Each person's OIQ Archetype describes how they naturally generate and shape ideas. Leaders use the archetype mix to align teams around complementary ways of thinking, turning individual originality into a team capability AI cannot replicate.
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Take the OIQ Challenge inless than 5 minutes

Complete a short, science-backed prompt challenge. No preparation needed — just your most original thinking. The assessment captures how you respond relative to AI and peer benchmarks.
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Get your OIQ score, archetype,and insights

Complete a short, science-backed prompt challenge. No
preparation needed — just your most original thinking. The assessment captures how you respond relative to AI and peer benchmarks.
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Execute your team playbook based on your scores

Complete a short, science-backed prompt challenge. No
preparation needed — just your most original thinking. The
assessment captures how you respond relative to AI and
peer benchmarks.
Use cases

Where Original Intelligence drives the most impact

From admissions to talent decisions to defensible analytical work, Hupchecker gives leaders a measurable signal to find, develop, and align the people who create value beyond the AI baseline.

Higher Education

A defensible signal of student potential when the essay no longer proves what it used to.

Government & Contractors

Identify the analytical talent that produces differentiated and auditable work. Available through Carahsoft.

Workforce & Talent

Identify who adds value beyond AI and  build teams around complementary originality.
Everything you need to know

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hupside?

Hupside is the Original Intelligence Infrastructure company. We build the measurement standard for Original Intelligence and the tools to apply it. Hupchecker is our measurement tool for Original Intelligence in people and teams.

Hupside serves enterprise buyers asking who and what is actually adding value beyond AI; higher education institutions that need a more defensible signal of student potential; government agencies and contractors that need defensible, auditable, original analytical value; consulting and professional services firms competing on differentiated thinking; and brand, marketing, and creative organizations whose value rests on novelty.

What is Hupchecker?

Hupchecker is Hupside's measurement tool for Original Intelligence in people and teams. It is a short interactive experience that produces an OIQ Profile, giving individuals and leaders a defensible signal of where original value lives.

Hupchecker measures Original Intelligence in people and teams. Each profile includes an OIQ Score (originality measured against AI baselines), an OIQ Archetype (how someone naturally generates and shapes ideas), contribution signals (how a person pairs with AI and with other people), and a team view (originality patterns across a group or organization).

What is Original Intelligence? Why is it Needed Now?

Original Intelligence is the measurable capacity to create value beyond the AI baseline. It is a new measurement standard for the differentiated thinking, judgment, and novelty that remain scarce when AI output becomes abundant. It is not a creativity score, an IQ test, a personality assessment, or an AI detector.

AI has made polished output cheap and abundant. The signals organizations used to rely on — credentials, deliverables, written work, proof of work — no longer reliably prove effort, judgment, expertise, or differentiation. When everything looks good, organizations lose the ability to tell what is actually original. Original Intelligence is the measurement standard built for that condition.

What is an OIQ Score?

An OIQ Score is a measure of originality calibrated against AI baselines. OIQ scores are calibrated against AI baselines — they measure how far a contribution sits beyond what AI-typical output would produce. OIQ does not compare individuals against human norms or general population baselines.

OIQ is built to provide a defensible signal for hiring, evaluation, talent development, admissions, and team design — decisions that are weakening under signal collapse because the artifacts they rely on no longer prove what they used to.

How can I get started?

You can start a conversation with our team, or take the OIQ assessment yourself to discover your own OIQ Score and Archetype!