What is moving

Demand signals and the recipe we would start with. Use this to pick a first test, not to write a strategy memo.

Heat 94 · software · Helper

Vertical AI agents that do one job, billed per outcome

Wrappers die. Narrow agents with evals and a meter live.

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Heat 91 · content · YouTube channel

Faceless explainers in tiny, angry niches

YouTube still pays. Specificity beats production value.

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Heat 86 · software · Website

Programmatic pages that are actually useful, not spun

Google is killing thin directories. Data + tools survive.

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Heat 89 · content · Short videos

Short-form as a render problem, not a posting problem

Studios that crop, caption, and clone winners will eat generic schedulers.

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Heat 78 · commerce · Store

Anti-Shopify stores with owned checkout + UGC factories

Fees + theme lock-in. Indie econ wants Stripe + clips.

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Heat 83 · distribution · Follow-up

Warm domains + list quality over raw send volume

Inboxes got smarter. Reputation is the product.

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Heat 80 · software · Product

Request-driven SaaS: ship what 8 customers already asked for

Roadmaps from votes beat founder fiction.

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Heat 76 · distribution · Waitlist

Waitlist probes before a single line of product

Three angles, 72 hours, then promote or kill.

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Heat 82 · software · Free replacement

Destroyer: free SaaS that replaces a rent-seeker, donate-only

Calendly / Notion / Mailchimp rage is a recipe, not a vibe.

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Heat 74 · software · Free page

Loft community apps — free tools the fox ships for everyone

We pay the vendors. Signup at /apps. No invoice.

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