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Starter Story

Accepts AI tools

Founder interview site and database of revenue-generating businesses, part of HubSpot. You sign up and submit your story for an interview-style case study.

Starter Story is a tech publication at starterstory.com. It covers AI startups. Listing is free. The link you get is dofollow: plain link to the company on a live case study (checked /stories/supademo); the share page promises a backlink. Terms read on starterstory.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: No cost to be featured
Link you get: Plain link to the company on a live case study (checked /stories/supademo); the share page promises a backlink
Review: Not stated
Run by: HubSpot
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Reach: MediumMedium reach: #119,956 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #424,373 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does Starter Story cover AI startups?: Yes. It covers AI startups.
How much does a listing on Starter Story cost?: Listing is free.
What link does Starter Story give?: The link you get is dofollow: plain link to the company on a live case study (checked /stories/supademo); the share page promises a backlink.

Who is listed on Starter Story

Our nightly read of starterstory.com found 651 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, studio.design, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to Starter Story

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots. 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 reply. Reply times are not stated; give it two weeks before you follow up. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

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Know when Starter Story lists you.

Add your app once; we read starterstory.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.

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Run Starter Story? A badge for your site

Tells founders you take AI tools before they read your rules, and links to your terms here. Paste it in your site's footer, so it is on your home page, where our nightly check looks:

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