... some of the best B2B leads out there -- fresh budget, actively evaluating vendors. The problem is press coverage lags the actual event by days or weeks, so everyone reaches out at the same time once it's on TechCrunch. I built Funding Signals to fix that: it watches the SEC's daily EDGAR Form D index directly (the raw filing, not the press release), scores each raise 0-100, and enriches it with the company's domain and a contact ...

... Francisco and across California. What would you recommend as the most effective approach for a Seattle-based startup to develop meaningful relationships with investors, founders, industry leaders, and strategic partners in the region? I will be attending TechCrunch Disrupt in October, but I would appreciate your perspective on what else I should be doing before, during, and after the event to establish a more consistent presence in the California startup ecosystem. Comment from Konstantin Borimechkov(@konstantimb): @clement_utuk contacting people ... ... also a survivor bias engine. every YC company that went remote-first or moved out gets erased from the picture even if they're still the ones actually shipping. curious if you plan to add a "headquartered vs

... built it. Most startup validation tools were designed in Silicon Valley, for Silicon Valley. They assume you have access to clean market data, that your benchmarks come from the US, and that your competitive landscape looks like TechCrunch. That works great if you're building in San Francisco. It doesn't work if you're building in Santiago, Bogot , or Mexico City where market data is fragmented, currency fluctuates, regulation changes faster, and the cost of getting it wrong ... ... sequence: Scout (real market signals) Forge (3 versions of your idea at different investment levels) Validate (cross-referenced against 199 documented startup failures) Map (financial projections with Monte Carlo simulation) Localized for 20+ Latin American markets local currency, local competitors

... actually being reusable by answer engines. Feels good to be here and definitely looking forward to learning from other builders/solo founders and sharing what I find as I keep building. Also I had a nice recent surprise with a TechCrunch Battlefield Top 200 @ Disrupt nomination around the work which gave me a little more fuel to keep on pushing AiVIS - Ai Visibility Intelligence Audits Comment from Rian Robertson(@rianbrob): Hey Ryan, super cool what you're building with AiVIS...that ... ... visibility gap is huge and your audits sound spot on. Congrats on the TechCrunch

... used for reading content then interpreting the evidence backed results and writing the unbiased/unfluffed summaries. BRAG - Based Retrieval Audit Grading is our unique evidence ledger mechanism. Its launched today and already getting real feedback. also had a recent TechCrunch Battlefield Top 200 at Disrupt nomination tied to the platform which was a solid sign i m not crazy for chasing this problem and building AiVIS - Ai Visibility Intelligence Audits. if you want to see where your site stands or just ...

... resumes , we don't fully disclose everything on our tax returns , and we sometimes fake income . And that's what I want to talk about... Cluely CEO Roy Lee admitted that the $7M ARR figure he gave TechCrunch last year was fabricated , calling it the only thing he's "blatantly" lied about publicly. He also falsely claimed the interview was an unsolicited cold call, when his own PR team had arranged it. Now, I wonder if the fake it till ... ... process. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @jake_friedberg  I just wanted to mention in the post that every startup should use TrustMRR not to fake that :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @jake_friedberg  yes, TechCrunch

... Today, I read a TechCrunch article about what investors are no longer looking for in SaaS, or rather, what to avoid if you don't want to lose their interest. The red flags were: Too easy to replicate light AI wrappers, generic horizontal tools, basic CRM clones, generic productivity or project management tools. No real depth products where differentiation is mostly UI and automation, anything without proprietary data, surface-level analytics. Becoming obsolete workflow automation tools that coordinate human work ...

... Today , I came across an article on TechCrunch: The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead). It shows that UC campuses saw a drop in computer science enrollment for the first time since the dot-com crash (6% in 2025, 3% in 2024), but students are shifting to AI-focused programs . AI-focused programs can be found now at: UC San Diego MIT University of South Florida University at Buffalo Not to mention, China is making ... ... personally think there will be a huge gap between people who are educated (who will try learning with AI), but there will be more consumers (passive consumers). I also read a study where people were using AI, vs

... Today I read in TechCrunch that Airbnb says a third of its customer support in the US and Canada is now handled by AI . Many CRM-focused platforms are following suit, automating support with their own AI bots for example, Crisp, Chatbase, and others. From a business perspective , it makes perfect sense: lower costs, faster responses, and fewer lost customers. From a customer perspective: I remember the situations where you just can t reach a real human ...

... Today, I read in Techcrunch that India has an ambition to "compete" with the US and China in the startup scene: India has updated its startup rules to better support deep tech companies in sectors like space, semiconductors, and biotech, which take longer to mature. The government doubled the period deep tech firms can retain startup status to 20 years and raised the revenue threshold for benefits. Backed by a 1 trillion ($11B) R&D fund, the move aims ...

... caught the latest news about AI from: trend topics in the Bluesky or X feed . (Eg. Amazon Layoffs ) or from Product Hunt forums ( @fmerian posted today about OpenAI just acqui-hire Cline ) or larger media , such as TechCrunch The Information Wired Yesterday discovered this AI subreddit   Codex HackerNews What other sources would you recommend to me? It can be an official online magazine or personalities across social media. :) Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): If we re talking about ... ... interest I just drill down. Apologies for responding so late every one. Our launch is on going and it's been a really long day. Comment from Brad Shannon(@bradshannon): @busmark_w_nika I used to be on TechCrunch

... Everyone celebrates the TechCrunch article. The champagne pops. The team cheers. But 48 hours later, the board email arrives: "Great job. Now, where is your SOC 2 report? We can't close Enterprise Client X without it." Suddenly, the celebration turns into panic. You realize you have 3 weeks to document years of "move fast and break things." If you are in this boat right now, take a breath. You don't need to panic-buy the most expensive ...

... Everyone celebrates the TechCrunch article. The champagne pops. The team cheers. But 48 hours later, the board email arrives: "Great job. Now, where is your SOC 2 report? We can't close Enterprise Client X without it." Suddenly, the celebration turns into panic. You realize you have 3 weeks to document years of "move fast and break things." If you are in this boat right now, take a breath. You don't need to panic-buy the most expensive ...

... wake up at about 7, do a short workout and read a book this is important for me to boost the day, especially for concentration and awakening the brain and body Reading what is happening in the world ( TechCrunch, SocialMedia Today, X ) Apple Reminders to remind me of tasks GMail + Google Calendar to arrange communication and coordinate the day Community management (mainly ProductHunt + LinkedIn ) in this part, I use ChatGPT and Grammarly to polish the text Communication with clients: Slack ...

... Techcrunch mentioned... OpenAI will start testing targeted ads in ChatGPT for free, and $8/month Go users in the U.S., while higher-tier subscriptions remain ad-free. Ads will appear at the bottom of conversations, can be dismissed, and won t influence ChatGPT s answers or involve selling user data. The move aims to generate revenue while keeping free access , and may also encourage some users to upgrade to paid tiers. According to the team, it shouldn't influence the text ... ... themselves? i m not worried about as long as they stay at the bottom and dont corrupt the actual answers, its reasonable trade off for keeping free access alive. OpenAI needs to monetize somehow, and this beats the alternative

... strained. (Coming from a country that never had technological or numerical superiority, we ve mostly become just part of the regime.) But not everyone is on the same page, and countries are investing in defence. Today, this news from Techcrunch grabbed my attention: Terra Industries, a Nigeria-based defence startup founded by 22-year-old Nathan Nwachuku and 24-year-old Maxwell Maduka, raised $11.75M to build autonomous defence systems that help African governments protect critical infrastructure . The company ...

... avatar-creation platform based in Estonia. The streamer said Friday it plans to use the startup s development tools and infrastructure to build avatars that will allow Netflix subscribers to carry their personas and fandom across different games. TechCrunch Congrats @timmutoke ...

... just read an article from TechCrunch about how Robotics company 1X has struck a deal to send up to 10,000 Neo humanoid robots originally marketed for home use (but they want to focus on factory use in the future, although that was their original intention). This made me think about several things: Historically, robots have always been portrayed as devices that help with production. Factories have more money to buy more units it would make sense to start here ...

... TechCrunch shared an excerpt from a roughly 30-minute panel featuring Sam Altman, where he mentioned that within the next two years, they plan to introduce hardware built by their AI company. It s supposed to be: "screenless" and pocket-sized offering a calmer experience than smartphones avoiding constant notifications and attention overload Could they actually beat Apple at this? What do you think this device could be? [I reckon it will be some wearable item.] Comment from Nika(@busmark ...

... life easier. I have been developing SignalHub ( https://getsignalhub.com/ ). Here is my story: I am done with information overwhelming, clickbait, and valueless long commentary articles. To solve this, I have tried many news apps and tools, including WSJ, TechCrunch, The Information, Reddit, X, newsletters, and RSS readers to track the information I care about. But I kept running into the same problems: I have to switch between more than ten apps and websites, spending a lot of time reading every ...

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhhYa8geAKI From TechCrunch : Video editing app VSCO is adding a set of new AI image editing tools, support for high-resolution RAW files, non-destructive edits, and content-aware region detection. The AI tools will be housed in a new tab called AI Lab , which also brings AI-powered object removal chops, similar to Google and Apple s homegrown offerings. VSCO is using Black Forest Labs @FLUX.1 Kontext model to power these features. Most interestingly may be the pricing ...

... news source , but increasingly on TikTok. I don't think social media is the most trustworthy source of information. However, I have found that paid sources tend to be the better ones. For me: The Economist The Financial Times TechCrunch I get a lot of inspiration from here on the Product Hunt forums (topics) Which source of information do you think is worth following? Comment from St phane Paillard(@stephane_paillard): I go all in with Medium as the content ... ... scripts - it could be a driven campaign Comment from Mohammed Maaz(@mohammed_maaz3): Great picks, Nika. I d add HBR and a16z s Future blog both offer a strategic lens for anyone in SaaS or marketing. I still follow TechCrunch

... Today, I came across an article on Techcrunch describing research that found that AI models not only hallucinate, but also lie. While these are small lies, such as claiming that a task was completed when it wasn t, researchers stress they haven t seen harmful scheming in real-world use yet, but warn risks will rise as AI takes on more complex tasks. Aren t you worried that over time, artificial intelligence will reach a point where it will deliberately ...

... founders and builders to uncover what's powering modern startups: tech stacks, GTM, and approach to AI. See full report here Some results that struck me: AI coding tools are indispensable for startups, and not just @Cursor (27%) and @VS Code (25%). Vibe coding tools like @Lovable , @bolt.new , and @v0 by Vercel are also common. Most startups are already integrating models like @OpenAI (39%) or @Claude by Anthropic (21%), especially for semantic search, summarisation, and customer support. Half are building ... ... things that don't scale." Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): next year Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): good q. what products do you have in mind? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): I am surprised that there's no mention of TechCrunch

... templates in 2018 that was used by 700+ marketing agencies. Another in 2020 for job seekers in the U.S., which reached 5.5M users. So let s suppose I have some experience. You can read about me on Bootstrappers, TechCrunch, Dev to. Now I m considering building a marketplace where creators can list their vibe-coded projects along with the code, a live demo link, etc. The idea is to target: Other creators who don t want to start from ...