# The Bridge: AI Startup Coverage, free (thebridge.jp)

> The Bridge is a tech publication at thebridge.jp. It covers AI startups. Listing is free. The link you get is dofollow: links to the startup's own site in a live funding news article carry only rel="noopener" (checked an article of 1 October 2026). Review: staff read each Slack message, then decide which reporter or news desk handles it and get in touch; no time is stated. Terms read on thebridge.jp on 3 October 2026.

Japanese-language startup news site covering Japanese and overseas funding rounds, interviews and events. Interview requests and tips go through its Slack, and published news can be shared in its Facebook group; the info email address does not take interview requests.

- Site: https://thebridge.jp/
- Kind: Press
- Verdict: Accepts AI tools
- Price: Coverage requests and tips go through the publisher's Slack; no fee is stated
- Link you get: Dofollow: links to the startup's own site in a live funding news article carry only rel="noopener" (checked an article of 1 October 2026)
- Review: Staff read each Slack message, then decide which reporter or news desk handles it and get in touch; no time is stated
- Reach: big (#178213 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #27305 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)
- Run by: THE BRIDGE, Inc.
- Lists: every kind of AI product
- Checked: 2026-10-03

Page: https://listaify.com/places/the-bridge

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