The Prior

Every morning, a briefing built around your focus areas — not everyone else's.

100+ curated sources distilled into one email — each story framed for why it matters to your role, thesis, and market. Not a recap. A briefing.

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This is what arrives in your inbox every morning — personalized to your role and focus areas.

Sample briefing

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How it works

Step 1

Tell us what you're tracking

39 focus areas, plus the companies and people you're watching. Set up in minutes.

Step 2

We read everything. You read what matters.

100+ real publications scanned nightly — no AI-generated filler. Every story ranked by relevance to your profile, then framed for your role.

Step 3

One email, every morning

In your inbox before your day starts — context for why each story matters, not just what happened.

What you can track

39 focus areas spanning AI, venture, sector verticals, macro, and more.

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AI Product Development

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Foundation Models & LLMs

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US Venture Capital

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Semiconductors & Chips

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Fintech & Payments

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B2B SaaS & Cloud Infra

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Geopolitics & Tech Policy

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SEA Venture Capital

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Climate Tech & Energy

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AI Regulation & Governance

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Developer Tools

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Indian Startup Ecosystem

+ 27 more. Don't see yours? Define a custom focus area during sign-up.

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Synthesized from 50+ curated sources, including

The VergeHacker NewsTechCrunchArsTechnicaEngadgetMIT Technology ReviewVentureBeatThe New York TimesTechRadarMashableTechdirtDigital TrendsThe GuardianThe Official Google BlogSlashdotWiredMacRumoursGizmodoCNETThe Wall Street JournalSimon Willison's WeblogGoogle Cloud BlogAWS News BlogMicrosoft Azure BlogCNBCPolitico EUSiftedGeekWireHugging Face BlogOpenAI BlogDeepMind BlogAnthropic NewsNVIDIA Technical BlogThe Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research BlogMachine Learning @ CMUImport AIAI SupremacyAhead of AIThe DecoderThe InformationCrunchbase NewsBusiness InsiderKrebs on SecuritySchneier on SecurityThe Record (Recorded Future)Dark ReadingAdweekDigidayAdExchangerRetail DiveModern RetailGoogle ResearchSemiAnalysisEE TimesInc42YourStoryThe KenMintFinshotsEntrackrTech in AsiaKrASIAe27CoinDeskThe BlockUnchainedSTAT NewsFierce BiotechBioPharma DiveEndpoints NewsCanary MediaCarbon BriefNIST NewsAI Now InstituteFuture of Life InstituteFT AlphavilleThe OvershootPanda DailySouth China Morning PostTechNodeThe China ProjectThe Real DealFinextraPYMNTSSequoia Capitala16zFirst Round ReviewStrictly VCMeritech Capital BlogY Combinator BlogTomasz TunguzThe GeneralistLenny's NewsletterSaaStrStratecherySpaceNewsNASASpaceFlightThe War ZoneBreaking DefenseDisrupt AfricaTechpoint AfricaContxtoEdSurgeThe New StackLWN.netGitHub BlogInfoQChartMogul BlogThe VergeHacker NewsTechCrunchArsTechnicaEngadgetMIT Technology ReviewVentureBeatThe New York TimesTechRadarMashableTechdirtDigital TrendsThe GuardianThe Official Google BlogSlashdotWiredMacRumoursGizmodoCNETThe Wall Street JournalSimon Willison's WeblogGoogle Cloud BlogAWS News BlogMicrosoft Azure BlogCNBCPolitico EUSiftedGeekWireHugging Face BlogOpenAI BlogDeepMind BlogAnthropic NewsNVIDIA Technical BlogThe Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research BlogMachine Learning @ CMUImport AIAI SupremacyAhead of AIThe DecoderThe InformationCrunchbase NewsBusiness InsiderKrebs on SecuritySchneier on SecurityThe Record (Recorded Future)Dark ReadingAdweekDigidayAdExchangerRetail DiveModern RetailGoogle ResearchSemiAnalysisEE TimesInc42YourStoryThe KenMintFinshotsEntrackrTech in AsiaKrASIAe27CoinDeskThe BlockUnchainedSTAT NewsFierce BiotechBioPharma DiveEndpoints NewsCanary MediaCarbon BriefNIST NewsAI Now InstituteFuture of Life InstituteFT AlphavilleThe OvershootPanda DailySouth China Morning PostTechNodeThe China ProjectThe Real DealFinextraPYMNTSSequoia Capitala16zFirst Round ReviewStrictly VCMeritech Capital BlogY Combinator BlogTomasz TunguzThe GeneralistLenny's NewsletterSaaStrStratecherySpaceNewsNASASpaceFlightThe War ZoneBreaking DefenseDisrupt AfricaTechpoint AfricaContxtoEdSurgeThe New StackLWN.netGitHub BlogInfoQChartMogul Blog

Who it's for

VC & Angel Investors

  • —Funding rounds, pivots, and market moves — before your next partner meeting.
  • —US, EU, Southeast Asia, India — deal flow across the markets you watch.

AI & SaaS Founders

  • —Know what your competitors shipped before you open Slack.
  • —AI pricing and capability shifts — tracked before they reset your roadmap.

Product Leaders

  • —Developer tool releases and API changes — before they hit your backlog.
  • —Know what your engineers will raise next week, before they do.

Why The Prior > Generic AI

We love AI, but prompting ChatGPT every morning isn't a strategy.

  • —Pulls from 100+ premium, paywalled, and real-time sources that general AI can't reliably access.
  • —Understands your specific role, portfolio, and focus areas — no daily prompting needed.
  • —Adds expert context and judgment — not just what happened, but why it matters to you.
  • —Delivers a consistent, scannable briefing every morning instead of variable output.

Your briefing. Every morning.

Personalized to your role, your focus areas, and the decisions in front of you.

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