A weekday brief on AI tools a solo founder can actually use.

Founder Signal is a weekday email digest of high-signal AI tool launches for indie and solo software founders. Each issue names a few tools, what they actually do, and whether they help if you ship alone or as a two-person shop.

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WillItStay

WillItStay is a pre-publish Reddit checker. Paste a draft, pick the subreddit, get a 0–100 survival score against AutoMod, spam filters, karma and age gates, and shadowban risk. It names the rule you would trip and can rewrite the post to pass. Free: 3 checks a month. Pro: $29/month. Agency: $59/month. Listed on BetaList 21 Aug.

For a solo founder paying out of pocket: check the launch post before you hit submit, not after it vanishes.

https://willitstay.com

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