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Find Hidden Gems Early.

AlphaScout reads 182 sources across 45 countries and throws out the noise: directory spam, companies already backed or years old, dead sites. What is left is a short list of early startups, ranked by published rules you can check, every morning, before the headlines.

Signals Read
30,350
Companies Found
15,296
Made the Cut
80

By the time a startup makes the headlines, its round is already priced. AlphaScout reads what comes first: the launch, the batch, the filing, the first hire.

The Product

Your Radar, Already Running.

Open AlphaScout and the morning's work is done: new companies found, deduplicated, scored and explained. Filter by sector, country, model or why it's a gem.

tryalphascout.com/app/gems
AlphaScout hidden gems view: new launches nobody has backed yet, ranked with the evidence behind each

Why AlphaScout

Signal, Not Noise.

Every company is scored on independent evidence, and every score shows its working. No black boxes, no paid placements.

Hidden Gems, Ranked Every Day

New launches with real traction or independent signals that agree, ranked by a gem score. Anything already backed, or online for years, is left out.

Just LaunchedDeveloper TractionVerified RevenueEarly RaiseUnder the RadarHiring
  • PR

    Panel Review

    AI agent reviews code diffs before deployment.

    45
  • SC

    Scribiz

    Provides transcripts, summaries, chapters, and timestamped answers for video links.

    41
  • AA

    Azurade AI

    Generates images and videos using frontier AI models, pay per use.

    40
  • TO

    Tofu

    Open-source CLI to host and manage agent-built products without backend

    38
  • MO

    MonsiTools

    Offers 769 business, finance and SaaS calculators with exact formulas for quick analysis.

    36
  • YA

    Yavchn

    No description provided

    35
  • AG

    AgentoolRank

    Rank and compare 460+ open-source AI agent tools by GitHub activity

    34
  • SI

    Sitelemetry

    Free website security snapshot without signup

    32

Every Score Shows Its Working

See exactly which signals moved a company up, from which source, and how fresh they are.

Panel Reviewemergence 61
  • Cross-source agreement · Developer + Directory + Launch+12.0
  • Product launch · Hacker News · Show HN+11.5
  • MCP server · MCP Registry+2.8

One Company, Many Sources

Listings, launches and portfolio pages are matched to one company by its own domain. Duplicates merge; big brands and platforms are filtered out.

  • AI Top Tools
  • Dang.ai
  • DevHunt
PRPanel ReviewDeveloperDirectoryLaunch

Only What's New, Every Run

Each source remembers everything it has seen, so runs fetch only new items. Polite to publishers, fast for you.

96,431

items seen, each fetched once

Last 40 runs

+51 new · 504 skipped

GDPR by Design

AlphaScout profiles companies, not people. Public sources only, robots.txt respected, no bot-protection bypass.

  • Contact details never stored
  • Opt-outs honoured permanently
  • Access and erasure on request
  • Raw captures expire in 90 days

How It Works

From Scattered Signals to a Ranked List.

The work a scout does by hand, done continuously and shown in full.

  1. 01

    Collect

    Launch platforms, accelerator and fund portfolios, SEC Form D and crowdfunding filings, NSF and EU grants, business registries, company job boards, developer ecosystems, Chrome's traffic ranking and startup press, in 12 languages. Only new items are fetched.

    • Press100
    • Directories32
    • Accelerators & funds19
    • Hiring9
    • Developer ecosystems6
    • Launches4
    • Business registries4
    • Traction2
  2. 02

    Resolve

    Every signal is tied to exactly one company through its own domain and strong identifiers like a YC slug or SEC CIK. Hosting platforms, stores and household names never count as a startup.

    launchbuildhabu.com
    acceleratoryc_slug: habu
    HABU · one company
  3. 03

    Rank

    An emergence score weighs fresh, independent evidence with decay and caps, so one noisy source can't dominate. The gem score lifts early companies with backers, launches or traction.

    1,038

    confirmed by 2+ signal types

    64%

    of signals linked to a company

Show Your Work

Every Point Is a Rule You Can Read.

Not a chatbot's opinion. The rank is arithmetic an analyst could redo by hand: fixed points for each kind of evidence, halved every 30 days and capped so no single source can carry a company. AI writes the summaries. It never adds a point.

01

Evidence Earns Points

  • Product launch+18
  • Revenue growth+16
  • Accelerator cohort+15
  • Verified revenue+14
  • New repository+12
  • Founder move+12
  • Hiring+10
  • Crowdfunding offering+10
  • Grant awarded+10
  • Model published+8
  • Funding news+8
  • Site launched+8
  • Web traffic+8
  • Press mention+7
  • Funding filing+6
  • Company registered+6
  • MCP server+6
  • Dev traction+4
  • Community post+4
  • Trademark filed+4
  • Directory listing+3

Plus 6 for each extra independent kind of evidence that agrees. The total becomes an emergence score from 0 to 100.

02

Then It Adjusts for How Early

  • Verified revenue+8 to +32
  • Revenue growing 30%+ a month+12
  • Real web traffic (Chrome top 1M)+4 to +8
  • Fast-growing: GitHub stars up 50%+ in two weeks+6
  • Fast-growing: package downloads up 50%+ in two weeks+4
  • Non-dilutive grant (SBIR, EIC)+6
  • Raising from the public (Reg CF)+4
  • Takes payments on its website+4
  • GitHub traction on a new repo+6 to +10
  • 3+ independent kinds of evidence agree+8
  • On-chain traction (TVL)+4 to +8
  • Hugging Face traction on a new model+6
  • Small early raise+5
  • Launched on Hacker News+2 to +5
  • Hiring+4
  • What Takes a Company Out
  • Covered by 3+ press articles−8
  • No website−10
  • Already raised $5M or more−12
  • Already raised $20M or more−35
  • Only self-submitted directory listingsMax 35
  • E-commerce storeMax 20
  • Already backed by an accelerator or fundMax 20
  • No new launch or traction yetMax 20
  • Website online for 3+ yearsMax 20
  • Hiring 50+ people at onceMax 20
  • Website age not checked yetMax 24
  • Not a venture-style startup (AI check)Max 20
  • Website down or parkedMax 10
  • Established companyScore 0

The gem score starts from 60% of the emergence score. 25 or more, with a working website, makes a hidden gem.

03

A Real Score, Line by Line

OJ

OpusJake — Jake Schincariol

opusjake.ai

30

Gem Score

Emergence Score

each line: weight × confidence × decay (halves every 30 days)

  • New repositoryGitHub · fast-rising new repositories · 7 days ago+7.212 × 0.7 × 0.857
  • New repositoryGitHub · fast-rising new repositories · 32 days ago+412 × 0.7 × 0.476
  • Raw 11.2, scaled to 0–10024

Gem Score

  • 60% of the emergence score14.4
  • GitHub traction on a new repo+10
  • Fast-growing: GitHub stars up 50%+ in two weeks+6
  • Total: a hidden gem (25+)30

Coverage

Wherever the Next One Is Being Built.

Local launch platforms, accelerators, registries and tech press, not just Silicon Valley. Global sources like GitHub, Hugging Face and the MCP registry cover everywhere else.

United States · 23
United Kingdom · 8
Singapore · 6
India · 6
France · 4
Brazil · 4
Spain · 4
South Korea · 4
Japan · 3
Nigeria · 3
Germany · 3
Canada · 3
Australia · 3
Denmark · 2
Netherlands · 2
China · 2
South Africa · 2
Austria · 2
Portugal · 2
Finland · 1
Norway · 1
Estonia · 1
Ireland · 1
United Arab Emirates · 1
Indonesia · 1
Pakistan · 1
Bangladesh · 1
Sweden · 1
Italy · 1
Poland · 1
Czechia · 1
New Zealand · 1
Greece · 1
Serbia · 1
Ukraine · 1
Türkiye · 1
Israel · 1
Egypt · 1
Kenya · 1
Mexico · 1
Chile · 1
Malaysia · 1
Thailand · 1
Philippines · 1
Taiwan · 1
countries
45
live sources
182
languages
18
  • Global 65
  • United States23
  • United Kingdom8
  • Singapore6
  • India6
  • France4
  • Brazil4
  • Spain4
  • South Korea4
  • Japan3
  • Nigeria3
  • Germany3
  • Canada3

Live from the Radar

Fresh This Week, With Receipts.

Real companies from today's list, each with the signals that put it there. Last week's hidden gems are free to browse.

OJ
30

Automates LinkedIn posts, comments, and profile scoring with AI

MomentumDeveloper Traction
  • Momentum: GitHub stars up 56% in 7 days
  • GitHub traction: 1,089★ on a new repo
  • Website first online June 2026
Marketing & Sales1 sourcefirst seen 1w ago
CO
32

Compress GIFs locally or via API in the browser

Under the Radar
  • 3 independent kinds of evidence agree
  • Website first online September 2026
  • Not covered by the press yet
Developer Tools3 sourcesfirst seen 1w ago
OJ
30

Automates LinkedIn posts, comments, and profile scoring with AI

MomentumDeveloper Traction
  • Momentum: GitHub stars up 56% in 7 days
  • GitHub traction: 1,089★ on a new repo
  • Website first online June 2026
Marketing & Sales1 sourcefirst seen 1w ago

Built For

People Who Find Companies First.

Venture Funds

Fill the top of your funnel with pre-seed and seed companies the week they launch, not the week they announce a round.

Family Offices

Direct deal flow from 30 countries without building a scouting team. Every lead comes with its evidence.

Angels & Scouts

Meet founders at launch. Follow the batches, filings and first hires that tell you who is about to break out.

Pricing

One Product. Two Ways to Pay.

Both plans include the live feed and everything built on it. Yearly saves 17%.

Pro Monthly

Most Flexible

$499per month

Billed monthly. Cancel any time.

  • The live feed: new hidden gems, ranked every morning
  • Every live source across 44 countries, filtered down to the few worth a look
  • The evidence behind every score, linked to where it was published
  • Daily gems digest, saved-search alerts and thesis matches by e-mail
  • AI dossiers, comparables and funding history
  • AI scout that searches and drives the app for you
  • Ask a Scout: our analysts hand-pick companies for you, 2 requests a month
  • Pipeline board, shared with your team
  • CRM integrations: Affinity, Attio, HubSpot, Notion (coming soon)

Pro Yearly

Save 17%

$4,990per year

$415 a month, billed yearly. Two months free. Billed once a year.

  • The live feed: new hidden gems, ranked every morning
  • Every live source across 44 countries, filtered down to the few worth a look
  • The evidence behind every score, linked to where it was published
  • Daily gems digest, saved-search alerts and thesis matches by e-mail
  • AI dossiers, comparables and funding history
  • AI scout that searches and drives the app for you
  • Ask a Scout: our analysts hand-pick companies for you, 2 requests a month
  • Pipeline board, shared with your team
  • CRM integrations: Affinity, Attio, HubSpot, Notion (coming soon)

Not ready yet? See last week's hidden gems free, no account needed. Plans are paid upfront and non-refundable (the data is yours the moment you pay), in US dollars, including any applicable taxes, and renew until you cancel. Teams pay per seat. See our Refund Policy and Terms.

FAQ

Questions, Answered.

Anything else? The data catalog shows every source and real samples of what it captured.

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