# The Next Web (TNW): AI Startup Coverage, on request (thenextweb.com)

> The Next Web (TNW) is a tech publication at thenextweb.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: council needs €1M+ revenue. The price is on request. Review: TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance. Terms read on thenextweb.com on 2 October 2026.

Technology news site whose newsroom decides coverage on its own; sponsored stories are sold through its media team. TNW Council is a paid annual membership, by application, for founders and executives of tech companies with at least €1M a year in revenue, who then publish under their own name.

- Site: https://thenextweb.com/
- Kind: Press
- Verdict: Council needs €1M+ revenue
- Price: Sponsored stories by enquiry, no price shown; TNW Council is an annual paid membership with no fee shown
- Link you get: not stated
- Review: TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance
- Reach: huge (#4181 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #1044 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: Tekpon
- Lists: every kind of AI product
- Their rule: https://thenextweb.com/news/introducing-tnw-council
- Checked: 2026-10-02

Page: https://listaify.com/places/the-next-web

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