Every time I launched a project on traditional startup directories, the same two things annoyed me: You spend 25 minutes filling out a 15-field form, cropping specific aspect-ratio screenshots, and writing long descriptions just to get put in a slow review queue. Once you go live, the leaderboard is dominated by products with 400 "upvotes" from engagement pods—yet when you check your analytics, almost nobody actually clicked through to your website. Over the last few months, I built an alternative launch platform from scratch (using Next.js and Supabase) with two strict rules to fix this: No "drive-by" bot upvotes: An upvote is literally blocked unless the user actually clicks through and visits your landing page first. If your startup has 25 upvotes on the board, it means at least 25 real humans actually opened your site. 35-Second AI Onboarding: Instead of making founders fill out a massive form, you just paste your URL. Our scraper automatically pulls your meta tags, generates a clean breakdown, maps out your Alternative To competitors, and builds SEO FAQs in under 35 seconds. Built for SEO & AI Search (llms.txt): Every launched product gets structured for Google indexing (we just hit DR 46!) plus automatic llms.txt and MCP documentation so ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can actually cite your product when users search for tools in your niche. Today we officially crossed 404 founders on the platform and $84 in early revenue from over 15+ makers who grabbed fast-track and featured slots.   submitted by   /u/Used_Bee_4969 [link]   [comments]