How to submit your AI startup to StartupHub.ai
TL;DR
StartupHub.ai is an AI news site with a directory of more than 23,000 AI startups, 14,000 investors and 75,000 people. A free listing costs nothing: you enter your website and the profile fills itself in. It suits AI startups that want a profile investors and journalists can find, and an optional Starter upgrade costs $5 a month or $40 a year.
What is StartupHub.ai?
StartupHub.ai describes itself as an AI newsroom since 2018 with the data behind every story. It publishes research, coverage of AI labs and models, product launches, funding news and tested reviews. A live directory of AI startups, investors and people backs that journalism, and each company page combines scores, reviews, financials, tech stack, jobs and investors.
Three facts matter for founders:
- Funding data comes only from news and filings. The site lists a round only when a news article, press release or filing announced it.
- Paid press distribution runs through the newswire, and those posts carry a label.
- Gambling and adult content stay hidden in the directory.
Who should submit to StartupHub.ai?
Good fit:
- AI startups at any stage that want a profile next to the companies investors already track.
- Founders with a public funding round, since the profile picks up rounds that were announced.
- Teams building AI agents: StartupHub.ai accepts submissions through an API and an MCP tool as well as the web form.
Skip it:
- If your startup has no AI angle. The directory and the newsroom center on AI companies.
- If you expect editorial coverage for listing. The newsroom applies its own standards, and guest pieces go through its Write for Us page.
How much does StartupHub.ai cost?
The submit page states: "The free listing costs nothing." On the free plan you edit the name, logo, description, category, location and social links. The Starter upgrade costs $5 a month or $40 a year, cancel anytime, and adds FAQs, team, products, funding, an SEO title and meta description and a competitor list. The pricing page also lists a Pro Mini plan at $5 a month or $50 a year, so compare both pages at checkout.
The newswire charges per post: $60 for Standard and $360 for Featured, which adds the main feed, the daily newsletter and syndication.
How do you submit your startup to StartupHub.ai?
- Go to the StartupHub.ai submit page and enter your company website.
- Check the profile it builds from your site. Write descriptions in the third person, with no HTML, and choose sectors from the site's own list.
- Publish on the free plan, or take the upgrade link to Starter. Developers can also submit through the API with a token from the account page or through the MCP tool
submit_startup.
Tips to get more out of StartupHub.ai
- Fix your homepage first. The profile fills in from your website, so a clear headline there gives you a clean listing.
- Announce your round publicly before you expect it on your profile, because funding appears only after news or a filing reports it.
- Use a real company email. Accounts created with agent inboxes such as agentmail.to cannot publish a free listing.
- Run the free tools on your own domain, such as the tech stack checker and the agent readiness test.
Our verdict
StartupHub.ai is a quick and free listing for any AI startup, and by its own account the site is cited by journalists, researchers and policy papers. The paid upgrades are cheap, but the free plan covers what an early team needs.
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