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Get Discovered by AI, Explore Cities Like a Local, and Turn Claude Code Into a Workflow Engine
Chris Bulen & Daniel Ebohon
April 21, 2026
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Hi everyone 👋
It’s Chris & Daniel, from Startups.fyi.
We are here again in this new week, which means new tools and ideas from founders like yourself who are building quietly and making serious money on the side.
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Startups FYI Spotlight
📍 Meet the “Airbnb for Local Friends.” This tool connects travelers with verified Local Friends who show you around the city, creating authentic connections with real people who help you experience a destination the way locals actually live it. (Pre-revenue)
🔍 Boost your AI search visibility. This tool can audit your site across 52 GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) factors, scores your visibility for AI-driven search, and gives you a clear, prioritized fix list so you can improve your discovery on AI platforms like ChatGPT and others. (Pre-revenue)
🖥️ Manage every screen from one dashboard. This founder was 9 months pregnant when she had the idea for this easy-to-use tool that lets you display and control all your content on any screen—simple setup, built for small businesses. (Pre-revenue)
🎨 AI video that looks professionally edited. Discover this AI tool that creates smooth, professional-looking videos from your ideas or clips. It handles motion, transitions, and visual consistency so you don’t have to piece everything together yourself. (Pre-revenue)
Rex Gelb spent a decade building HubSpot's paid engine. Now he's showing founders exactly how to do it.
On April 27th, get the framework to structure, launch, and scale paid media that drives pipeline, not just traffic. 20 minutes. Live Q&A. Free.
⏱️ Instant fasting window calculator. Here is a free, no-signup tool that instantly calculates your fasting window and your next meal time. It’s easy to read, easy to share, and removes all the guesswork. (Generating $400 MRR for the solo founder as a side project)
📤 The ultimate PST conversion tool. Convert PST files to MBOX, EML, PDF, and more, and migrate them straight into Gmail, Office 365, Yahoo, and hundreds of clients — all in one app. (This tool generates $1,000 for the solo founder)
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🦞 Build Faster with OpenClaw
Instead of creating every tool from scratch, the new GitHub project Awesome OpenClaw Skills gives developers a huge, free library of ready-made skills.
You get instant access to automation tools, research helpers, coding utilities, and full workflows — all community-built and always growing.
🤖 Use Claude Code Like a Pro
This video breaks down how Claude Code can run like a full system, not just a chatbot.
It covers persistent context, sub-agents, reusable skills, external tools, workflow automation, and how to scale everything cleanly.
🚀 Buying & Fixing Small Businesses with Simon Plummer
Most people think buying a business is the finish line — Simon Plummer treats it like Day One.
As co-founder of Arbor Permanent Owners, he acquires solid, founder-led SMEs and fixes the structural messes holding them back.
In this episode, he explains what really happens after acquisition, and why the operational cleanup is the part most buyers ignore.
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— Chris (@ChrisBulen)