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How Radar works

Radar marks the posts that matter while you scroll. You name the words that mean a company is moving, and matching posts are flagged in your feed and collected for Market Intel.

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  1. 1You scroll as usual
  2. 2Radar marks a match
  3. 3It's collected
  4. 4You save or skip
An illustration, not a screenshot. Northstar AI is a fictional company.

The problem Radar answers

A feed is mostly noise. The one post where a founder says "we just raised" sits between forty others, and you scroll past it at the same speed as the rest.

Radar slows you down at the right moment. It can't read the whole internet for you. It makes sure you notice what's already in front of you.

How it works

  1. Add watched terms in Settings: a market, a company name, or a phrase such as "we raised" or "now hiring".
  2. Browse X, LinkedIn, Instagram or YouTube as you normally would.
  3. Posts that contain a watched term are marked as you scroll.
  4. Save the ones worth keeping. With collecting switched on, the matches also feed Market Intel.

What counts as a match

Matching is by exact text: a post matches when it contains your term. There's no guessing at this step, which makes it predictable. If the words are in the post, it's marked.

The analysis comes afterwards. In the background, each matched post is read to work out the company, its industry and what happened. That's what Market Intel shows.

Choosing terms that work

Kind of termExampleWhat it catches
An event phrase"we raised", "now hiring", "launching"Companies announcing a change
A market"logistics software"Anyone talking about your space
A company nameA competitor or a target accountMentions of that company
A problem"looking for an agency"People asking for what you sell

Start with five. A term that's too broad, such as "AI", marks half your feed and you stop seeing the marks.

Limits by plan

PlanWatched keywordsRadar history kept
Free230 days
Solo106 months
Power2512 months
BusinessUnlimitedUnlimited

Saved radars and the weekly brief

In Market Intel you can set filters, press Save as radar and give it a name. On Radar then shows what has matched those filters since.

The weekly brief is the one part that arrives without you opening anything: an email listing the companies that moved last week and why, with a link to each source. Free plans get one company a week and paid plans get five. A quiet week sends nothing.

What it doesn't do

  • It only checks posts on pages you have open. There's no background monitoring.
  • It doesn't promise complete coverage of any site, only of what you scrolled past.
  • With collecting switched off, nothing is collected. Saving by hand still works.
  • It doesn't watch AI chats or your email.
QUESTIONS

The short answers.

Does Radar read my feed when I'm not looking?

No. It checks posts on pages you have open, as you scroll. Nothing runs while your browser is closed.

Which sites does Radar work on?

X, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

How is Radar different from a keyword alert tool?

An alert tool watches the web for you and sends a message. Radar watches what's on your own screen and marks it. If you need alerts while you're away, a monitoring tool is the better fit.

One button to save.
One place to find it.

Keep useful posts, leads and their context together. Leave the copy-paste routine behind.

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