Does Smashing Magazine cover AI startups?

Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: no product promotion.

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Smashing Magazine

No product promotion

Magazine for web designers and front-end developers. It pays individual authors for practical articles but rejects content marketing, product walkthroughs, press releases and pieces sent on behalf of a CEO; companies can buy sponsored articles or newsletter slots instead.

Smashing Magazine is a tech publication at smashingmagazine.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: no product promotion. Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $1,170. The link you get is dofollow: links in a live article carry no rel (checked a September 2026 article); they say sponsored articles get do-follow links marked as sponsored. Review: you pitch a 200 to 300 word outline through the contact form and work with an assigned editor; no time is stated. Terms read on smashingmagazine.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: Articles are free and earn the author a fee; sponsored social post €1,000 (about $1,170), newsletter slot €1,500, sponsored article €5,000
Link you get: Links in a live article carry no rel (checked a September 2026 article); they say sponsored articles get do-follow links marked as sponsored
Review: You pitch a 200 to 300 word outline through the contact form and work with an assigned editor; no time is stated
Their rule: No product promotion
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: smashingmagazine.com/write-for-us ↗
Reach: HugeHuge reach: #5,717 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #794 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Smashing Magazine cover AI startups?: Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: no product promotion.
How much does a listing on Smashing Magazine cost?: Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $1,170.
What link does Smashing Magazine give?: The link you get is dofollow: links in a live article carry no rel (checked a September 2026 article); they say sponsored articles get do-follow links marked as sponsored.

Who is listed on Smashing Magazine

Our nightly read of smashingmagazine.com found 186 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, studio.design, customer.io, research.google, builder.io, microsoft.ai, static.com. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Smashing Magazine

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: no product promotion. 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. You pitch a 200 to 300 word outline through the contact form and work with an assigned editor; no time is stated. 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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