# Startup Grind: AI Startup Coverage, free (startupgrind.com)

> Startup Grind is a tech publication at startupgrind.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: early-stage startups only. Listing is free. Review: AI List applications run from 1 October to 20 November 2026; Startup Grind and Mayfield review the pool and shortlist for the judges, and the 50 honorees are revealed on 10 January 2027. Terms read on startupgrind.com on 2 October 2026.

Global startup community with an annual list of 50 emerging AI founders that it features across its own channels, and a Startup Membership that startups apply to join. The list takes AI-native companies that are bootstrapped, angel-backed or have raised at most one institutional round.

- Site: https://www.startupgrind.com/
- Kind: Press
- Verdict: Early-stage startups only
- Price: No fee is stated for the AI List application; the Startup Membership is described as free; sponsorships are by enquiry
- Link you get: not stated
- Review: AI List applications run from 1 October to 20 November 2026; Startup Grind and Mayfield review the pool and shortlist for the judges, and the 50 honorees are revealed on 10 January 2027
- Reach: big (#97753 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #420208 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
- Their rule: https://about.startupgrind.com/ai-list/
- Checked: 2026-10-02

Page: https://listaify.com/places/startup-grind

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