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AI-Native Directory2026

NUCLEAR DIRECTORIES

The Gap
Yelp and Thumbtack were built for a world where customers searched Google. That world is half over. 75% of small and medium business searches now happen inside ChatGPT, Claude, and the other AI chat systems, and the legacy directories have no presence there. The businesses paying for Yelp visibility are losing market share every month and don't know it.
Challenges
Showing up in AI chat answers is not the same as ranking on Google. The data has to be clean, structured, and formatted in a way language models can actually use. We also had to cover every zip code in the country without the team size the incumbents have.
What We Built
A directory platform built for 2026 search, looking ahead to 2027. Advanced SEO for Google visibility layered with structured data feeds into the major AI chat systems, so our subscribers show up when customers ask an LLM for recommendations in their area. Automated nightly page builds, multi-tier memberships, and a lead flow that routes warm traffic straight to the business. Small and medium businesses get the future of local search without having to learn any of it.
Inside the build
01

Free Business Listings

Every US business gets a listing — claimed or not. Ten million records live in the directory, with more added every day. The free tier is the product. Nothing important is paywalled.

02

Owner Dashboard

Business owners log into a dashboard to manage their listing, photos, services, subscription tier, and lead activity. Built so a non-technical owner can run it without help.

03

Stripe-Powered Subscriptions

Free, Featured, and Premium tiers. Featured placement, lead routing, category exclusivity, and advanced analytics live behind the upgrade. Stripe handles billing, taxes, payment methods, and dunning. One-click upgrade from inside the dashboard.

04

AI Customer Support by Nuke

Support runs through Nuke, our in-house AI agent. Setup, billing, listing optimization, lead-routing config — answered in chat, instantly, by a system that knows the platform top to bottom. No tickets, no queues, no scripts.

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Inside the SaaS

Free to list. Built to be found.

  • Built for AI Chat Discovery

    Schema markup that ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity actually use. When a customer asks an LLM for a service in their city, our subscribers surface in the answer. The discovery layer most directories don't have because it didn't exist when they were built.

  • Lead Routing, One Business Per Lead

    Featured subscribers get qualified inquiries delivered straight to their inbox or CRM. No bidding war against five competitors for the same lead — the Yelp tax that drove every honest business off the platform. One lead, one business, full context attached.

  • Three-Click Claim Flow

    A business owner finds their listing, verifies ownership, and takes control. Stripe checkout for an upgrade is one more click. The friction the legacy directories built their gatekeeping moats around — gone.

  • Self-Operating Backend

    Data ingestion runs nightly. AI summaries refresh nightly. Quality scoring runs nightly. Outreach to unclaimed listings runs nightly. The product enriches itself, scores itself, and keeps itself current — every business in the directory, on every cycle.

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