# STAT: AI Startup Coverage, free or paid (statnews.com)

> STAT is a tech publication at statnews.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: health and life sciences only. Listing is free, with paid spots on offer. Terms read on statnews.com on 3 October 2026.

Health, medicine and biotech news site with a Health Tech desk and a Generative AI tracker. Opinion pieces for First Opinion go to a dedicated address, sponsorships to an advertise form, and reporters take news tips by email or Signal; its pitch guidelines are for freelance journalists.

- Site: https://www.statnews.com/
- Kind: Press
- Verdict: Health and life sciences only
- Price: Free to email a First Opinion piece; sponsorship and advertising through its advertise form, no price stated
- Link you get: not stated
- Review: not stated
- Reach: huge (#7420 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #4406 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: AI health tools only
- Their rule: https://www.statnews.com/contact/
- Checked: 2026-10-03

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

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