Does Dense Discovery feature AI tools?

Only some. It features AI tools, with a rule: restrained AI use only.

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Dense Discovery

Restrained AI use only

Weekly newsletter of curated links on design, tech, culture and art by Kai Brach; says it has 36,000+ subscribers. Its AI policy says products built mainly to ride the AI hype do not clear the bar, for featured items and sponsors alike, and crypto and financial products are an automatic no; there is no free submission path.

Dense Discovery is an AI newsletter at densediscovery.com. It features AI tools, with a rule: restrained AI use only. A listing costs from $89. Review: main sponsor ads are submitted for review and every product is screened case by case; the next free dates were 24 November 2026 for a main sponsor and 8 December 2026 for a classified. Terms read on densediscovery.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: Classified ad from $89 (200 characters, one link, four per issue); main sponsor from $649 (one per issue), booked and paid online
Link you get: Not stated; issue pages load their links with scripts, so none could be checked
Review: Main sponsor ads are submitted for review and every product is screened case by case; the next free dates were 24 November 2026 for a main sponsor and 8 December 2026 for a classified
Their rule: Restrained AI use only
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: densediscovery.com/read.php?show=ai ↗
Reach: SmallSmall reach: outside the Tranco top million by traffic; #2,228,457 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Dense Discovery feature AI tools?: Only some. It features AI tools, with a rule: restrained AI use only.
How much does a listing on Dense Discovery cost?: A listing costs from $89.
How does Dense Discovery review submissions?: Review: main sponsor ads are submitted for review and every product is screened case by case; the next free dates were 24 November 2026 for a main sponsor and 8 December 2026 for a classified.

Who is listed on Dense Discovery

Our nightly read of densediscovery.com found 3 apps we recognise from other places, among them threads.net, mastodon.social, bsky.app. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Dense Discovery

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: restrained ai use 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. Main sponsor ads are submitted for review and every product is screened case by case; the next free dates were 24 November 2026 for a main sponsor and 8 December 2026 for a classified. 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.

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