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The App That Reads Your Kid's Texts So You Don't Have To
Brian Bason built a Twitter ad-tech company, sold it, then had kids - and realized the internet he'd helped build had no adults watching the door. Bark is his answer: AI that watches for the worst so parents don't have to read everything.
Affil.ai
Affil.ai is an AI-powered compliance and monitoring platform for financial affiliate marketing. It automatically reads the blogs, comparison sites and partner pages where affiliates promote a company's products, flags regulatory violations across thousands of pages, and turns each issue into a trackable ticket - letting banks, fintechs and other regulated brands scale affiliate programs without drowning in manual review. Founded in 2024 by John Ta, Vivek Olumbe and Vishal Vinjapuri, the company went through Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch and has raised about $500K.
LegitScript
LegitScript is a Portland, Oregon-based internet and payments compliance company that helps banks, payment providers, and the world's largest platforms tell legitimate merchants and products from dangerous or illegal ones. Founded in 2007 to fight rogue online pharmacies, it now certifies businesses in high-risk sectors and monitors merchants, ad platforms, marketplaces, and social media across more than 60 high-risk areas, blending AI, human analysts, and a large product-classification database.