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Show HN: I scanned every YC Spring 2026 startup for what AI crawlers see

https://potatometer.com/blog/yc-spring-2026-ai-reach-vs-readability

Used 'potatometer.com' to scan and analyze all All 197 YC Spring 2026 startups on their SEO / GEO / AEO technical setup. I scanned the URL each startup lists in YC's directory. Most are readable by AI crawlers. Most don't tell a crawler what they are. Read more in the blog above.

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Thanks.

Both of these are making it into the roadmap. The semantic internal linking cluster point is particularly interesting, most tools treat internal links as a PageRank signal but you’re right that LLMs parse them differently. And the specificity of claims check is something I hadn’t explicitly scored for but makes intuitive sense given how RAG systems work. Adding both.

Thanks for the detailed feedback. Those are the next items on my list now. Will add headless browser research capabilities to go around java script issues. Will also add semantic clustering check.

Seems like you are quite well versed with the space. Would you be open to sharing some interesting resources or getting on call with me to share if you have struggled with this problem and what your workflow looks like?

This is actually a broader web fetching limitation, not specific to Potatometer. Most AI crawlers like GPTBot face the same challenge with JS-rendered sites, which is itself a GEO signal worth knowing. I am exploring headless rendering to get around it. What site were you testing?
Hey HN, creator here. Happy to answer questions on how the scoring works. Potatometer checks both traditional SEO signals and GEO factors, things like structured data, citation-friendliness, entity clarity, and topical authority, then gives you specific actionable fixes rather than just a score. Also building out AI citation scoring and a content roadmap for AI search visibility if anyone is interested in that direction.

Show HN: Potatometer – Check how visible your website is to AI search (GEO)

https://potatometer.com/

Most SEO tools only check for Google. But a growing chunk of search is now happening inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI engines, and the signals they use to surface content are different. Potatometer runs multiple checks across both traditional SEO and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) factors and gives you a score with specific recommendations. Free, no login needed. Curious if others...

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Hey Everyone!

Wanted to share an app I built recently while hosting poker games at my home.

Got tired of the awkward "who owes who?" conversations at poker night, so I used Claude, Cursor, Vercel and built pokersettler.club

What it does:

Create a poker room, add players directly or share a link to join

Track buy-ins during the game

Enter final chip counts

Auto-calculates settlements (minimizes transactions like Splitwise)

Real-time sync across phones

No login, no BS. Just share a 4-letter code and play. Works great. Thought other poker players might find it useful. Free forever.

For UI / UX experience, I took inspiration from Drawful games which have a similar room code based approach with no signup needed.

Would appreciate the community if you can review and upvote in the Product Hunt page as well - https://www.producthunt.com/products/poker-settler/poker-set....

Feedback welcome!