Sources we watch
What the radar polls. auto reliable · auto best-effort · fragile LinkedIn/X (now read live via CDP-connect). All links verified 2026-07-20.
Run health · 2026-07-20 · coverage 70% · 2 need a look
DAILY FULL pass, 2-day delta (last_checked was 18 Jul). NotebookLM Deep Research WORKED this pass (auth restored) and was the primary engine — one ephemeral notebook, deep-research web sweep returned 103 sources across all 12 on-radar competitors + discovery; ephemeral notebook deleted after. Every figure verified against a real source URL via WebFetch. LinkedIn via CDP-connect (real Chrome, verified logged in on /feed/, authwall:false) read cleanly for otter-ai + semblyai, then LinkedIn rate-limited the session into an authwall for the remaining 9 profiles (browse server also went unresponsive twice and was restarted) — logged in failed[], NOT treated as quiet. RESULT: 2 new material our-lane signals; the rest quiet/deduped/noise. NEW: (1) Otter meeting knowledge now searchable in Glean (14 Jul, Otter blog; part of Glean's 14 Jul sales-connector expansion) — the memory-layer-other-AIs-plug-into land-grab reaching Glean, after Otter→Codex and Read AI→Claude [amber, our-lane; corroborated live on Otter LinkedIn]; (2) Microsoft Planner boards now live inside Outlook + the M365 Copilot app (MC1309747, 'late July 2026' rollout) — native-suite gravity deepening, distinct from the June Planner-Agent signal [amber, our-lane]. VERIFIED-DROPPED: the JotMe claim that Teams meetings connect directly to Planner plans is NOT in the official MC1309747 message — dropped to avoid fabrication. Atlassian Rovo July 'Feature Focus Vol 8' (Profile Memory GA, Smart Links for Goals, MCP v2 preview, @Jira-in-Slack) = monthly roundup, no firm post-18 dates, Rovo MCP/Memory already logged → folded to noise. Read AI / Fellow / Sembly MCP servers = same context-layer theme already logged (dedup). Zoom July updates = admin/mobile polish on logged ZoomMate. Cisco/Webex AI Notes for in-person = capture/translation, not our lane. DISCOVERY: Lamponi (Tokyo) launched a recall/transcription assistant — NO task execution or goal tracking, low proximity, ambiguous date → dropped from intake per 'default to DROP'; Tana remains the standing intake candidate. All 12 on-radar last_checked refreshed to 2026-07-20.
- ⚠️ LinkedIn — 9 on-radar profiles authwalled after rate-limit Session was logged in (read otter-ai + semblyai OK) but LinkedIn threw an authwall for the rest after rapid company-page loads; browse server also went unresponsive twice. Not covered live this pass — eyeball manually: read-ai (/company/readinc), atlassian (/company/atlassian), productboard (/company/productboard), microsoft (/company/microsoft), zoom (/company/zoom), spinach (/company/spinach-io), fellow (/company/fellow-ai), fireflies (/company/fireflies-inc), webex (/company/webex). Substance for all 12 was still covered by NotebookLM Deep Research + WebFetch. · open ↗
- ⚠️ X / Twitter Not run this pass — LinkedIn prioritized per runbook step 2 and browser was fragile; X login state unverified. Surfaced so it is not a silent skip. Top handles to eyeball: @otter_ai, @ReadAI_, @sembly_ai, @Zoom, @Atlassian, @firefliesai. · open ↗
- ⏳ GoRetro changelog no update since May 2023 — product likely stalled (off-radar/background)
A failed source shows here in red — “no news” is never assumed safe.
On the radar (12)
Direct + rising rivals we poll fully — their signals feed the Pulse. LinkedIn is read for every one of these via the connected browser.
| Rival | Sources (verified) | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Read AI | blog ↗ website ↗ crunchbase ↗ g2 ↗ trustpilot ↗ linkedin ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Microsoft Planner | website ↗ announcement ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Cisco Webex Assistant | news ↗ blog ↗ docs ↗ linkedin ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Zoom AI Companion | news ↗ docs ↗ changelog ↗ linkedin ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Atlassian Rovo | blog ↗ changelog ↗ news ↗ linkedin ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Microsoft (Copilot / Facilitator) | docs ↗ docs ↗ blog ↗ roadmap ↗ linkedin ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Fireflies.ai | blog ↗ website ↗ g2 ↗ linkedin ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Otter.ai | blog ↗ website ↗ g2 ↗ linkedin ↗ news ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Productboard | product ↗ blog ↗ changelog ↗ linkedin ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Spinach | website ↗ blog ↗ producthunt ↗ linkedin ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Fellow | blog ↗ pricing ↗ g2 ↗ linkedin ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
| Sembly AI | blog ↗ product ↗ pricing ↗ linkedin ↗ x ↗ | 2026-07-20 |
Background (25)
Watched lightly; promoted onto the radar automatically when they cross the rule.
