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AlleyWatch
alleywatch.com ↗New York tech news site that covers launches, funding rounds, exits and shutdowns of companies based and founded in New York City. Service providers get no editorial coverage and are pointed to its paid marketing programmes.
AlleyWatch is a tech publication at alleywatch.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: NYC-based startups only. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. Review: editors choose what to feature, and coverage is not guaranteed. Terms read on alleywatch.com on 3 October 2026.
Rate card
- Price
- No fee stated to tell the editors about a startup; paid marketing programmes through a media kit on request
- Link you get
- not stated
- Review
- Editors choose what to feature, and coverage is not guaranteed
- Run by
- TechWatch Media Group
- Their rule
- NYC-based startups only
- Lists
- Every kind of AI product
- Where they say so
- alleywatch.com/alleywatch-editorial-guidelines ↗
- Reach
- MediumMedium reach: #205,893 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #428,707 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
- Checked
- , on its own pages
Quick answers
- Does AlleyWatch cover AI startups?
- Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: NYC-based startups only.
- How much does a listing on AlleyWatch cost?
- Listing is free, with paid spots on offer.
- How does AlleyWatch review submissions?
- Review: editors choose what to feature, and coverage is not guaranteed.
Who is listed on AlleyWatch
Our nightly read of alleywatch.com found 465 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, studio.design, customer.io, research.google, chatgpt.site, claude.com, builder.io. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.
How to submit to AlleyWatch
- 1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: nyc-based startups only. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
- 2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
- 3. Wait for the review. Editors choose what to feature, and coverage is not guaranteed. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.
Listing tracker
Know when AlleyWatch lists you.
Add your app once; we read alleywatch.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.
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