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A TikTok Comment Turned Into a Paywall for AI Crawlers: The ForgeMesh Story

A TikTok comment became a WordPress plugin overnight. ForgeMesh's founder explains how Pay-per-Crawl works, why the big AI labs aren't paying yet, and how their first ten customers turned out to be agents

By Chris Kernaghan Nov 2, 2026 4 min read

AI & Automation

Brand MRI: How a Designer Built an AI Visibility Scanner With Claude

A designer with no engineering background built a 34-signal scanner in a few days. Here’s what Brand MRI checks, what it can’t judge, and what early feedback changed

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 24, 2026 3 min read

AI & Automation

DDScore Founder Q&A: How AI Due Diligence Helps You Prepare to Raise

Mikko Heilimo explains how DDScore scores pitches across 12 dimensions, what founders learn from a report, and how it handles sensitive data

By Chris Kernaghan Oct 12, 2026 3 min read