Jason’s Put A $5k Bounty On His Dream Chrome Extension | E2338

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Today’s show:

A product that would have cost $500,000 to build in 2006 now costs less than a used car. Jason put up $5,000 on an idea he'd been sitting on for 20 years, and so far, we’ve received dozens of amazing submissions from vibecode experts.
See how well the Top 3 demos fare, and which app was so good, Jason’s already thinking about spinning it off into a startup.
PLUS, an unhoused founder calls in asking how to raise money for not one but two pre-revenue startups? Hear Jason and Lon’s advice.

Submissions:

Submission 1 — https://annotated.wtf By Robert
Submission 2 — https://annotated.bytetalk.ai/feed By Alan Shiflett
Alan on X: https://x.com/alanshiflett
Submission 3 — https://anotated.com/ By Chirag Asarpota
Chirag on X: https://x.com/ChiragAsarpota

Relevant Links:

annotated.com bounty brief — https://annotated.lovable.app/
All active TWiST bounties — https://www.thisweekinstartups.com/bounty
The other open $5,000 bounty: a sidebar companion app for podcasts — https://www.notion.so/launch1/5K-Bounty-Create-Sidebar-App-for-Podcasts-34150ff313d280adbd8ed6204676513c


Timestamps:


0:00 Why Jason bought annotated.com
0:33 The original idea: highlight any sentence on the web and dispute it
1:25 The rules: the code is open source, and Jason can cancel any time
2:06 Submission 1: Robert's annotated.wtf
9:31 Every.io - For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit https://every.io
11:36 Submission 1 Scoring
11:51 Submission 2: Allan Shifflet's take
13:19 What it got right: profiles, follower counts, trending topics
16:03 Submission 3: annotaed.com, and buying the typo domain on purpose
19:43 Northwest Registered Agent - Got a new business idea? Northwest Registered Agent helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more - with no purchase required! Learn more at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain
22:49 Final scores, and how to enter round two
24:11 Incubating annotated inside a venture firm
29:09 Sentry - New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https://sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST
29:41 Ask Jason: a homeless founder with two startup ideas


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