Competitive Intel
High-signal, Low-lift
Competitive Intel
High-signal, Low-lift
A weekly, 5-minute inbox brief on your competitors. Updates on product, pricing, positioning, ads, hiring, news, and reviews to keep you current.
A weekly, 5-minute inbox brief on your competitors. Updates on product, pricing, positioning, ads, hiring, news, and reviews to keep you current.
VISION
VISION
Competition:
Can't ignore, Can't Obsess
Competition:
Can't ignore, Can't Obsess
Advice to Founders on competition can be conflicting:
Advice to Founders on competition can be conflicting:
KNOW YOUR COMPETITION
KNOW YOUR COMPETITION
"You have to know your competition cold. Every great salesperson and CEO does." - Jason Lemkin
"You have to know your competition cold. Every great salesperson and CEO does." - Jason Lemkin
DON'T SPEND TIME ON COMPETITION
DON'T SPEND TIME ON COMPETITION
"Spending any time worrying about your competitors is nearly always a bad idea." - YC Startup Advice
"Spending any time worrying about your competitors is nearly always a bad idea." - YC Startup Advice
HERE'S WHAT WE PROPOSE:
HERE'S WHAT WE PROPOSE:
Know your competition cold, without spending time on them
Know your competition cold, without spending time on them
HOW IT WORKS
HOW IT WORKS
30+ signals,
tracked for 5M+ companies
30+ signals,
tracked for 5M+ companies
SAMPLE OUTPUT
SAMPLE OUTPUT
Weekly Newsletter
Weekly Newsletter
This is sample intel on Vercel for the week of 20-27 Dec
Your Weekly Competitive Intel on Vercel
Your Weekly Competitive Intel on Vercel
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Anurag Abbott
<updates@watchiq.ai>
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Dec 22nd - Dec 27th
Product & Feature Updates
AI SDK 6 release
Vercel released AI SDK 6, the latest version of its open-source TypeScript toolkit for building AI applications.
AI Gateway Model Support
Gemini 3 Flash, GLM-4.7, and MiniMax M2.1 (third-party models) are now available on AI Gateway, Vercel’s unified AI platform. Cline, an open-source AI coding agent, now runs on AI Gateway.
Marketplace Integrations
AWS Databases (Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DSQL) are now available in the Vercel Marketplace, enabling developers to provision production-grade databases directly from Vercel workflows.
Experimental Projects
Vercel released “Vercelf Yourself,” an experimental app built on its Pixel Portraits template that allows users to convert photos into 16-bit pixel portraits.
Hiring Activity & Team Changes
Board Expansion
Susan St. Ledger, former President of Worldwide Field Operations at HashiCorp, joined Vercel’s Board of Directors, adding enterprise go-to-market experience at scale.
Security Disclosures & Legal Developments
React/Next.js Security Advisory
Vercel published a security bulletin detailing two React Server Components vulnerabilities — CVE-2025-55184 (DoS) and CVE-2025-55183 (source code exposure) — impacting React 19 and…
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
From the Data Warehouse
of Synaptic →
From the Data Warehouse
of Synaptic →
Synaptic makes startup tracking software for VCs, we’re rather good at it
Serving the best of the best
For years, we saw our VC customers giving platform access to their portfolio companies. Startups find a lot of value from seeing data on their competitors, they said.
Then we put 1+2 together.
Let’s build a dedicated founder focused offering using all our data infrastructure.
Then we put 1+2 together.
Let’s build a dedicated founder focused offering using all our data infrastructure.
Voila, WatchIQ
Voila, WatchIQ
Competitive Intel
High-signal, Low-lift
A weekly, 5-minute inbox brief on your competitors. Updates on product, pricing, positioning, ads, hiring, news, and reviews to keep you current.
VISION
Competition:
Can't ignore, Can't Obsess
Advice to Founders on competition can be conflicting:
KNOW YOUR COMPETITION
"You have to know your competition cold. Every great salesperson and CEO does." - Jason Lemkin
DON'T SPEND TIME ON COMPETITION
"Spending any time worrying about your competitors is nearly always a bad idea." - YC Startup Advice
HERE'S WHAT WE PROPOSE:
Know your competition cold, without spending time on them
HOW IT WORKS
30+ signals,
tracked for 5M+ companies
SAMPLE OUTPUT
Weekly Newsletter
This is sample intel on Vercel for the week of 20-27 Dec
Your Weekly Competitive Intel on Vercel
Inbox
Anurag Abbott
<updates@watchiq.ai>
Unsubscribe
to me
Vercel
vercel.com
Dec 22nd - Dec 27th
Product & Feature Updates
AI SDK 6 release
Vercel released AI SDK 6, the latest version of its open-source TypeScript toolkit for building AI applications.
AI Gateway Model Support
Gemini 3 Flash, GLM-4.7, and MiniMax M2.1 (third-party models) are now available on AI Gateway, Vercel’s unified AI platform. Cline, an open-source AI coding agent, now runs on AI Gateway.
Marketplace Integrations
AWS Databases (Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, DSQL) are now available in the Vercel Marketplace, enabling developers to provision production-grade databases directly from Vercel workflows.
Experimental Projects
Vercel released “Vercelf Yourself,” an experimental app built on its Pixel Portraits template that allows users to convert photos into 16-bit pixel portraits.
Hiring Activity & Team Changes
Board Expansion
Susan St. Ledger, former President of Worldwide Field Operations at HashiCorp, joined Vercel’s Board of Directors, adding enterprise go-to-market experience at scale.
Security Disclosures & Legal Developments
React/Next.js Security Advisory
Vercel published a security bulletin detailing two React Server Components vulnerabilities — CVE-2025-55184 (DoS) and CVE-2025-55183 (source code exposure) — impacting React 19 and…
ABOUT US
From the Data Warehouse
of Synaptic →
Synaptic makes startup tracking software for VCs, we’re rather good at it
Serving the best of the best
For years, we saw our VC customers giving platform access to their portfolio companies. Startups find a lot of value from seeing data on their competitors, they said.
Then we put 1+2 together.
Let’s build a dedicated founder focused offering using all our data infrastructure.