AI Radar · swept daily

The AI firehose, filtered.

New models, new tools, new drama — every single day. Nobody running a real business has time to keep up, so I do it here: what actually changed, and what it means for you, in plain English.

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Today's headlines

What actually happened.

Three to five stories that matter — each with the "so what" attached, because a headline without one is just noise.

Hot on social

What the feeds are doing.

The AI-driven formats and trends moving on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube right now — and the angle for your business, not just the meme.

Model cheat sheet

Which AI should you actually use?

The current lineup, minus the benchmark theater. Frontier = smartest, Fast = cheap and quick, Open = free to run yourself. The bars show input price per million tokens — notice how the cheap end does 90% of everyday business work.

ModelTierBest forInput price / 1M tokens

// prices are the makers' published API rates — bars compare input cost at a glance

New tools worth knowing

Fresh off the assembly line.

Recently launched AI tools that could earn a spot in a small business's stack — not everything that launched, just what's worth your attention.

Under the hood

Yes, this page is also a demo.

The radar isn't just content — it's a working example of how I build: small, fast, and cheap to run.

thegrowthyard.com/radar — build spec
researchan AI agent sweeps the news daily — then a human (me) decides what's actually worth your time
backendCloudflare Worker + KV — the sweep is served from an edge cache close to you, in well under a second
frontendhand-built static HTML/CSS/JS — no framework, no build step, nothing to break at 2am
resilienceif the live feed is ever down, the page self-heals with the last saved sweep — you'd barely notice
running cost≈ $0/month. Right-sized engineering: no bloated stack, no surprise bills

This is the same approach I bring to client work: figure out the smallest thing that does the job well, build it properly, and keep it cheap to own. See what that looks like for your business →

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  • The week's headlines that matter — with the "so what" attached
  • One new tool worth trying (and what it replaces)
  • The model cheat sheet, kept current — so you never overpay for AI

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