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OpenMarket Makes All Watchlists Free, Undercutting TradingView

OpenMarket Makes All Watchlists Free, Undercutting TradingView▶

OpenMarket announces free watchlists, allowing up to 50 lists with unlimited symbols across stocks, crypto, futures, forex and prediction markets. The company positions the move as a response to TradingView's $155 annual price.

OpenMarket @openmarket_xyz · ·♥ liked · 🔖 bookmarked
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TradingView charges $155 a year for a second watchlist.

So starting today, we made all watchlists free on OpenMarket. Create up to 50 watchlists with as many symbols as you want.

Put stocks, crypto, CME futures, forex, metals, macro data and prediction markets in the same list. We’ll be adding more assets very soon.

Sort by 30+ metrics out of the box, from price deltas, performance over time, volume delta, liquidations and more.

openmarket.xyz
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OpenMarket Launches Free 16-Chart Layouts to Rival TradingView

HEK highlights OpenMarket's free offering of up to 16 charts per layout, unlimited classic indicators, and thousands of economic series, positioned against TradingView's paid plans. The quoted launch post also cites footprint charts and order book heatmaps.

HEK @HEKtrades · ·♥ liked · 🔖 bookmarked
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A TradingView competitor…

things getting spicy. 🥵
OpenMarket @openmarket_xyz
TradingView charges $2,399 a year to plot 16 charts on one screen.

Starting today, you can do the same for free on OpenMarket.

Everyone now gets:
→ up to 16 charts per layout, any grid from 1x1 to 4x4
→ no limit on classic indicators: RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger and more
→ 5,000+ economic series from 200+ countries and 50+ central banks

And beyond candles: footprints from every trade, not estimates, and live order book heatmaps from real depth, on crypto, CME futures and more.

Every market, one terminal:
• US stocks and tokenized stocks
• Crypto
• CME futures
• Forex, commodities…
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Faire Reaches $730 Million Run Rate as Investor Celebrates

Gokul Rajaram, an early investor since 2017, praises wholesale marketplace Faire after a Wall Street Journal report of a $730 million-plus annualized revenue run rate, 45% growth, and expected Q4 EBITDA breakeven. He highlights advertising, international expansion, and fulfillment as growth levers.

Gokul Rajaram @gokulr · ·♥ liked
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Faire

I am incredibly proud to have been an investor in @Faire since 2017.

I worked closely with founders @maxrhodesOK, @Kolovson, @Mescortes, and Daniele Perito for several years before they started Faire. They are absolutely stellar S-tier talent. What they and the Faire team have accomplished since is extraordinary.

This Wall Street Journal piece (linked below) captures the scale of that accomplishment: a $730M+ annualized revenue run rate, 45% year-over-year growth, and an expectation of reaching EBITDA breakeven in Q4.

Those are remarkable numbers for a company taking on an enormous and stubborn problem. Wholesale has changed remarkably little for more than a century. Independent retailers still spend huge amounts of time discovering products, managing inventory, and absorbing costs that large chains spread across thousands of stores.

Faire is changing that for hundreds of thousands of retailers and brands. The company is now on pace to facilitate more than $4.5B in merchandise purchases annually.

Every order adds to Faire’s understanding of which products sell in which stores. That information improves product recommendations, gives retailers more confidence in what they buy, and connects brands with customers they would struggle to find on their own.

I’m especially excited by how much opportunity remains.

International markets give Faire much more room to grow. Advertising, launched in 2024, already contributes about 9% of revenue. Fulfillment could reduce customer shipping costs by roughly 80%, directly improving retailer margins.

For Faire employees, I hope this article brings a deep sense of pride. You have built something truly special.

For candidates, Faire offers a rare opportunity: proven demand, enormous room to grow, hard technical and operational problems, and a founding team that I would back again without hesitation.

Very few teams get to build a company of this scale while improving the odds for independent retailers and brands around the world. Faire does both.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have been part of the story from the beginning. I have never been more excited about what this exceptional team will build next.
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Startups & Products6/10

X Launches Numbers, an Optional Way to Be Contacted Without Following

X Launches Numbers, an Optional Way to Be Contacted Without Following▶

XChat announces X Numbers, a feature letting users share a number so others can message or call them without following or accepting requests. The post is a short video announcement of the product.

XChat @chat · ·♥ liked
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X Numbers are here.

Share yours with anyone you want to contact you, even if you don't follow them. It's an optional way for people to message or call you, without you needing to accept requests or follow them back.
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Nikita Bier Says Bot Detection Will Become Urgent Business Need

Nikita Bier argues that bot detection and human verification will become one of the most urgent demands for businesses, warning agent swarms will overwhelm websites and forms. He says X found no single vendor offering the full stack and built the capability in-house.

Nikita Bier @nikitabier · ·♥ liked
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Bot detection & human verification will be one of the most urgent demands for businesses over the coming years. Agent swarms will suffocate every website and form; small companies and government websites are most vulnerable.

There is a huge gap in the market for this right now. When we looked at what offerings were in the market to use at X, there was not a single company that brought together all the latest technologies so we had to do it all in-house.
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Garry Tan Praises Wabi 2.0 Agentic Messenger Concept

Garry Tan says combining code generation with WhatsApp-style messaging makes sense, reacting to the launch of Wabi 2.0. Wabi describes itself as an invite-only messenger that builds apps and completes tasks for users.

Garry Tan @garrytan · ·♥ liked
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Codegen meets WhatsApp actually makes a ton of sense
wabi @wabi
Introducing Wabi 2.0: a new kind of messenger that makes apps and gets things done for you and your friends.

We’re building the OS for the agentic era - software that adapts to your life, gets things done, and makes more room for the people and things that matter.

Invite-only to start. Download Wabi to get on the waitlist. First come, first served.
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Creator Builds 325,000-Follower Fitness Brand Around AI-Generated Character

Creator Builds 325,000-Follower Fitness Brand Around AI-Generated Character

A fitness page built around an AI-generated blue character posts simple workout and muscle-growth slideshows, then sells a $19.99 workout blueprint via a link in bio. The author calls it a more interesting AI use case than generic AI slop.

traqs @traqscales · ·♥ liked
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this guy might be a fucking genius

he built a fitness page around an AI generated blue character, posts simple workout / muscle growth slideshows and then sells a $19.99 workout blueprint through the page

no face
no filming workouts
no personal brand needed

just:

-> AI character
-> useful fitness content
-> consistent visual style
-> link in bio to the product

the page is already at 325k+ followers

he basically turned one made-up character into the face of an entire fitness brand

this is the kind of AI content use case i find way more interesting than random AI slop
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Investor Says Burn Rate Matters More Than AI Startup ARR Multiples

Vaibhav Domkundwar shares a quote from Gokul Rajaram of Marathon Management Partners, who argues that ARR multiples are meaningless without burn rate and that investors should seek companies that can grow efficiently in bad markets.

Vaibhav Domkundwar @vaibhavbetter · ·♥ liked
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clearest explanation of the type of ARR you must seek
The Information @theinformation
High ARR multiples won't save an AI startup with runaway burn rates.

Gokul Rajaram @gokulr, Founding Partner at Marathon Management Partners, explains why evaluating companies on revenue alone is a major risk:

"The ARR multiple in isolation without looking at the burn is basically irrelevant…What I want is a company that when the markets turn, they can still keep growing efficiently and they can raise a round even in a bad market."
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Shopify Partners With Muse To Enable Agentic Checkout

Shopify Partners With Muse To Enable Agentic Checkout

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke announced a deep partnership with Muse to offer agentic checkout through Shop Pay on all Shopify stores, letting shoppers buy through Muse.

tobi lutke @tobi · ·♥ liked
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We are excited to announce we are partnering deeply with Muse to enable agentic checkout with Shop Pay on all Shopify stores, offering people an easy and delightful way to shop and check out with Muse.
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Ben Thompson and Madhu Guru Debate How Consumers Want to Buy Through AI Agents

Ben Thompson says tech companies poorly craft marketing for agentic AI, while Madhu Guru argues consumers have differing relationships with tasks like shopping versus hiring a roofer. The exchange centers on which consumer activities AI agents should handle.

Ben Thompson @benthompson · ·♥ liked
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One of the all time insane clipping cycles. Few people are more agent-pilled than me. I’ve literally built my own. When Muse came out I said it was more important than solving math problems. And somehow, saying that tech companies don’t know how to craft marketing messages that resonate is being framed all over the Internet as being a Luddite.
Madhu Guru @realmadhuguru
I respectfully disagree with @benthompson on this. He’s missing a key point - Consumers don’t have one relationship with “doing things”.

I’ve learned it the hard way from building consumer and smb products for years at Google and now Meta.

Browsing clothes can be entertainment (for some). But hiring a roofer is miserable (for most).

Even with shopping, sometimes you want to browse for an hour. Sometimes you want the right thing just delivered asap.

His argument sounds a lot like the early 2000s:

“Why would I buy clothes online? I need to try them on.”

“Why would I buy a $500 TV online? I…
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Startups & Products7/10

Muse Opens Platform for Third-Party Connectors to Its AI Agent

Muse announces open developer access to build connectors, letting partners supply an API while Muse provides the agent and browser so users can reach services by asking for them. Daanish Khazi comments on the founder's story.

Daanish Khazi @bertgodel · ·♥ liked
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For ten years this sweet man built face masks to taste a drop of sovereignty while App Store had its Gorrilla Glass boots on his neck, and today he stumbles, nearly by accident, into his first real shot at a platform. You may not find your soul mate the first place you look.
Mark Zuckerberg @finkd
Opening access for developers to build Muse connectors. You bring the API -- Muse brings the agent, the browser, and the context of what the person actually wants. People reach your service just by asking for it, and their agent takes it from there.

New connectors are live today. Come build with us. muse.ai/platform
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Startups & Products5/10

Scott Belsky Highlights Fo, a Personal AI That Hires Humans for Tasks

Scott Belsky Highlights Fo, a Personal AI That Hires Humans for Tasks▶

Scott Belsky comments on Fo, a new consumer agent product from Shivani Poddar that trusts humans for tasks AI cannot do, suggesting human-in-the-loop may become a key differentiator. He links to his earlier post on the topic.

scott belsky @scottbelsky · ·♥ liked
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would be wild/ironic if "human in the loop" becomes the key differentiator for consumer agents; new product from @shivanipod and team w/ trust as key area of innovation... and touches upon a few of the attributes from this post yesterday: x.com/scottbelsky/status/2104273606234591739
Shivani Poddar @shivanipod
I led engineering at Google DeepMind.

Today, I'm proud to introduce Fo to give personal AI something no lab ever has... Humans.

Other personal AI's pretend AI can do everything. Fo employs humans to do tasks that AI cannot.

- 2x better at real-world task completion (beats other agents by 69%)
- 94% trust rate (4x less likely to leak private info vs Muse, Instinct)

Sign up for free: wajo.ai/join-wajo
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Andy Says AI Tool Jev Replaces Bookkeeping Firm for $0.32

Andy Says AI Tool Jev Replaces Bookkeeping Firm for $0.32▶

Andy claims he built a bookkeeping solution using Jev from typesafeai, which processed 34 months of work that a firm had charged over $20,000 for, completing it in 20 seconds at a cost of $0.32. The claim is shown in a video and is the poster's own assertion.

Andy @andywang · ·♥ liked
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The bookkeeping services industry is dead.

This weekend, I built a better solution using Jev from @typesafeai.

I fed it 34 months of work a firm charged $20,000+ for.

Jev did a better job in 20 seconds, for just $0.32 🤯
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Peter Yang Previews Grok Bot Episode With Its Engineering and Design Leads

Lauren Tan's Grok Bot setup with bots named kero, tsuki, dr eggbot, daifuku, gyoza, benny, and matcha, alongside Peng Zheng and Peter Yang

Peter Yang says Grok Bot is his favorite AI tool for cloud work and teases an episode with its engineering and design leads covering the 14 bots they use and a design bot that builds user flows from a keyframe. He links to his YouTube channel for the episode.

Peter Yang @petergyang · ·♥ liked
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Grok @bot is still my favorite AI tool for actually getting work done in the cloud.

Tomorrow, I'm sharing a new episode with @poteto and @pengzheng_, the engineering and design leads for Grok Bot, about:

→ The 14 bots they use for work and life
→ Peng's design bot that turns one keyframe into a full user flow
→ Lauren's eng lead bot that manages a team of eng bots

Who better to learn Grok Bot from than the people who built it?

📌 Subscribe to get the full episode tomorrow: youtube.com/@PeterYangYT?sub_confirmation=1
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Ivan Burazin Highlights Evernote's Lean Revenue Growth Post-Acquisition

Ivan Burazin notes that Evernote, owned by Bending Spoons, reportedly reached about $150M in revenue with 20 people, compared with roughly $100M and 350 employees before the takeover. He contrasts this with older SaaS firms that have similar revenue but thousands of staff.

Ivan Burazin @ivanburazin · ·♥ liked
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Evernote is a Bending Spoons company worth talking about.

They are doing very well post-acquisition (reportedly at $150M with 20 people). Prior to the takeover, they were doing $100M with nearly 350 employees.

The current numbers are pretty apt for a product like that.

Then there are some of these older SaaS companies doing similar revenue with 5,000-7,000 people.

Imagine them cutting down to 30 engineers and a lean ops team. They would be printing money in a way that would seem illegal.
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Lenny Rachitsky Hosts 90-Minute Product Advice Episode With Peter Sellis

Lenny Rachitsky shares a YouTube link to a 90-minute conversation with Peter Sellis. Topics include managing Nikita Bier, why growth comes from the core, why great taste means knowing when to stop, and why the median PM is weak.

Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan · ·♥ liked
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"I design teams like terrorist organizations."

90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from @petersellis

We discuss:
🔸 What it's really like to manage @nikitabier
🔸 Why growth almost always comes from the core
🔸 Why great taste is knowing when to stop
🔸 Why the median PM is so bad
🔸 Designing teams like terrorist organizations

Listen now 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=97LRJUUPy_w
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Investor Argues Muse Connector Platform Offers Early Mover Edge

Vijar Kohli argues that consumer startups should prioritize Muse's new connector platform, citing Meta's AI assistant and messaging reach as a first-mover advantage.

Vijar Kohli @VijarKohli · ·♥ liked
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If I was in consumer, I would 100% spend my entire weekend on this opportunity. This doesn't come by often, and Meta has done this before.

They have built a great AI assistant and know messaging (Whatsapp, IG DMs). The first mover advantage here is real.
Mark Zuckerberg @finkd
Opening access for developers to build Muse connectors. You bring the API -- Muse brings the agent, the browser, and the context of what the person actually wants. People reach your service just by asking for it, and their agent takes it from there.

New connectors are live today. Come build with us. muse.ai/platform
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Peter Sellis Shares Product Advice in 90-Minute Podcast

Josh Elman praises Peter Sellis, whom he has known since 2009 and credits with helping build the path to Snap and Discord's first $1 billion in revenue. He promotes Sellis's podcast discussion on managing Nikita Bier, why growth comes from the core, and designing teams like terrorist organizations.

Josh Elman @joshelman · ·♥ liked
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Have known Peter Sellis since 2009. He is a legend and helped build the path toward the first $1B revenue for Snap and Discord.

Glad to see him sharing his insights. Great PMs should eat this up
Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan
"I design teams like terrorist organizations."

90 minutes of unfiltered product advice from @petersellis

We discuss:
🔸 What it's really like to manage @nikitabier
🔸 Why growth almost always comes from the core
🔸 Why great taste is knowing when to stop
🔸 Why the median PM is so bad
🔸 Designing teams like terrorist organizations

Listen now 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=97LRJUUPy_w
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Pocket FM Ad Library Shared as Growth Playbook for Ecommerce

Pocket FM 4★+5★ Longest-Running (English) — GetHookd

Alex Fedotoff shares a board of 199 storytelling drama ads from Pocket FM, encouraging readers to model them for ecommerce products. The post quotes Rohan Nayak's claim that Pocket FM grew to $500M ARR while EBITDA profitable and outlines its growth tactics.

Alex Fedotoff @FedotOff90 · ·♥ liked
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INSANE fucking growth. Storytelling Drama ads is the main format. Here’s 199 of these bangers from Pocket FM. Model and adapt for your Ecom products mfers.

Straight from gethookd: app.gethookd.ai/share/board/356560?signature=2…
Rohan Nayak @RohanNayak2
We grew from ~0 to $500M ARR, adding $250M last year alone while being EBITDA profitable.

1,300-word post on every growth tactic that worked for us:

1. What got us from 0-$400M ARR in the US works in every country.
2. Retention and Monetisation Hacks.
3. Localization > Translation.
4. Experiment with $1M internal seed checks.
5. Pivoting to only AI content production unlocked 100% ARR growth.

Pocket FM is like Netflix for audio-only dramas, with our own pool of one-person studios.

1. Acquisition Playbook for 0-$10M ARR in any country in 6 months

We run a 90 sec video trailer of an audio d…
app.gethookd.aiPocket FM 4★+5★ Longest-Running (English) — GetHookd199 ads saved to this board on GetHookd.
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Firecrawl Says Jev Analyzed Fortune 1000 Data in 3.6 Seconds

Firecrawl says its Jev tool made 5,000 decisions in 3.6 seconds using data from Firecrawl Alexandria. The quoted launch post says Alexandria pulls data on Fortune 1000 companies and offers 100+ data sources.

Firecrawl @firecrawl · ·♥ liked
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Jev made 5,000 decisions in 3.6 seconds using data from Alexandria!
Eric Ciarla (hiring) @ericciarla
Introducing Jev + Firecrawl Alexandria.

We pulled data on every Fortune 1000 company, then Jev analyzed it in 3.6 seconds.

With 100+ data sources, there's so much more to work with.

Alexandria is live now for anyone using Jev and beyond!
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Josh Elman Says Muse Connect Could Be Major Consumer API Platform

Josh Elman compares the Muse Connect platform to the 2008 launch of Facebook Connect, calling it one of the biggest consumer API developments in a long time. He is responding to Muse's partnership announcements and asking which connectors users want next.

Josh Elman @joshelman · ·♥ liked
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The Muse Connect platform may be one of the biggest things to hit consumer APIs in a long time.

This reminds me of when we launched Facebook Connect in 2008.

It’s boom time!
Hugo Barra @hbarra
Every @Muse partnership we've announced so far; all these connectors are either live or coming very soon 🧵

👉Reply to this thread: what other Muse connectors do people want?
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Startups & Products6/10

SpaceXAI Offers Grok Bot Usage Reset and Free Month to Users

SpaceXAI Offers Grok Bot Usage Reset and Free Month to Users

SpaceXAI is resetting Grok Bot usage for existing users and offering one free month, valued at $200, to new users who are active in the Grok Bot Galaxy livestream chat. The announcement points to a livestream titled 'Building a company in 3 days - launching today!'

Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt · ·♥ liked
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FYI: SpaceXAI is giving a Grok Bot usage reset to all existing users and one free month of Grok Bot ($200 in value) for all new users who are active in the Grok Bot Galaxy livestream chat this afternoon.

Stream: x.com/i/broadcasts/1YGNrbXEeazGw
x.comGrok BotBuilding a company in 3 days - launching today!
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Developer Reports iOS App Ranking Near Top 11 With Daily Revenue

Developer Reports iOS App Ranking Near Top 11 With Daily Revenue

David Ch says his iOS app ranks No. 11 on the App Store, reporting about 1,300 daily downloads and $1,800 in daily revenue. He links to an article and a quoted post describing a manual study of 30,600 iOS apps earning $20k to $100k per month.

David Ch @chhddavid · ·♥ liked
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Our app is ranked #11 on the ios AppStore

It only took:
→ 1,300 downloads per day
→ $1,800 revenue per day

Everything you need to know about scaling iOS apps like we have

is in this article.

Quit brainrot for 3 minutes
And read this
David Ch @chhddavid
I manually studied 30,600 iOS apps making $20k-100k/mo+, the recipe is stupidly easy — Only around 1.7% of apps in the iOS App Store make $20k/mo+.
That's still more than 30,000 apps.
I've spent a stupid amount of time studying them manually. No AI summaries, no giant scraped dataset.
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