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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Keychain Put 50,000 Factories in a Search Box - Now It Wants to Run Them
Ai · Saas · Enterprise

Keychain Put 50,000 Factories in a Search Box - Now It Wants to Run Them

The New York startup made contract manufacturing searchable, raised at least $78 million in publicly announced funding, and turned buyer demand into a software wedge. The useful lesson is less about AI than about starting with the ugliest spreadsheet in a valuable industry.

cpg-manufacturing · supplier-discoveryRead →
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The 128-Year-Old Search Engine Manufacturers Still Use to Find Each Other
Marketplace · Enterprise · Saas

The 128-Year-Old Search Engine Manufacturers Still Use to Find Each Other

Thomas survived the death of its 34-volume directory by keeping the hard part - trusted industrial data - and changing the container. Its second act offers a practical lesson for any niche marketplace: own the taxonomy, earn buyer intent, then sell suppliers the tools to be chosen.

thomasnet · supplier-discoveryRead →