# JunkStartups: Launching an AI Product, free or paid (junkstartups.com)

> JunkStartups is a launch platform at junkstartups.com. It takes AI product launches. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. The link you get is dofollow: plain Website link on a live listing, with no nofollow (checked on one listing); sidebar sponsor links are marked sponsored. Review: the home page says there is no approval gate, while the terms say submissions may be reviewed before publication. Terms read on junkstartups.com on 3 October 2026.

Open startup directory with upvotes, a leaderboard and an AI / ML category; it says it lists 12,780 startups. An account is created at the last step of the submit form.

- Site: https://junkstartups.com/
- Kind: Launch platforms
- Verdict: Accepts AI tools
- Price: Free listing; sidebar ad sponsorships are paid
- Link you get: Dofollow: plain Website link on a live listing, with no nofollow (checked on one listing); sidebar sponsor links are marked sponsored
- Review: The home page says there is no approval gate, while the terms say submissions may be reviewed before publication
- Reach: tiny (outside the Tranco top million; #33127680 by links in Common Crawl's web graph)
- How to submit: a form; the link or address shows on the page for signed-in visitors (https://listaify.com/login, free)
- Lists: every kind of AI product
- Checked: 2026-10-03

Page: https://listaify.com/places/junkstartups

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Source: Listaify, https://listaify.com. Every fact is read on the place's own pages on the date shown. Map of the site: https://listaify.com/llms.txt