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Ben's Bites

An email newsletter about AI tools and startups, sent twice a week to about 120,000 readers; companies can pay to be featured to those readers.

What Ben's Bites is

Written from its maker's own pages, read on 28 October 2026.

Ben's Bites is a newsletter about AI for builders, published on Substack (a platform that hosts newsletters and sends each post by email) by Ben Tossell and a small team, under the company Ben's Bites Ltd. The writer started it in 2022, after he sold his earlier company Makerpad to Zapier.

Each Tuesday and Thursday issue summarizes AI news and new product launches that the team has checked. Other posts include video tutorials, reviews of tools the writer tests, and deeper write-ups about founders and companies. Most readers work in tech, but most of them do not write code for a living. Companies can apply to become a "season partner" for three months: the partner appears in every issue, and the team builds interactive pieces and explainers around the partner's product. Partners cannot approve what the writer says about them.

Reading is free; some posts and the community chat are for paid subscribers only. Partnerships are sold for a fixed price per season.

Made by
Ben's Bites Ltd (Ben Tossell)
Price
Season partnership: US$75,000 per partner for three months (Winter 2027, first-season discount); paid reader membership US$80 a year (read 28 October 2026)
Free plan
yes: free posts for readers

Who uses it, and for what

One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.

StoryWhat it does thereWhenCost statedGradeSource
Coachvox AIAn AI newsletter whose writer helped introduce the product to its readers.CStarter Story, 5 September 2023: We Built An AI Coach For Creators And Hit 6-Figures Revenue Pre-Launch
DimeADozenShown in the site's Featured On row in July 2023.CWayback Machine copy of dimeadozen.ai, 23 July 2023

Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.

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