Week of 2026-09-21

This week's drop 1:

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Earners

A creator platform showing 422k in a month but only 33k of recurring revenue

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A platform for creators shows 422k dollars in 30 days but only 33k of monthly recurring revenue. Most of the money is creators' fees passing through.

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An AI security tester with about 1,060 reports and under 40 thousand dollars

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XBOW, a company that automates security testing with AI, has about 1,060 reports on the HackerOne bounty platform and under 40 thousand dollars of bounties from them.

  • XBOW vendor Sells AI-driven security testing and has a public activity page on the HackerOne bounty platform. Source: HackerOne public activity page (third-party sort), read late October 2026
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The bots at the top of the prediction-market profit table

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The biggest profits on Polymarket's board belong to bots trading around the clock. The top one lost money in its latest 30 days. Blocked in some countries, including Australia.

  • Polymarket platform Its public profit-and-loss data lists the accounts we examined, and Australia's media regulator ACMA has had the website blocked at internet-provider level since 13 Aug 2025; whether it is open to you depends on where you live. Source: Polymarket's public profit-and-loss data and the ACMA website block of 13 Aug 2025
The money
100k to 1M USD a month
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Chat, search and browser tools for agents earned $113.04 in a month

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A small set of paid tools for software agents - chat, search and browsing - took $113.04 over 30 days from 645 calls and 10 buyers.

The money
100 to 1k USD a month
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Copying company bosses' share buys: a thin edge after costs

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After directors buy their own company's shares, those shares beat random dates by about 2.6 percent over 60 days. After costs, and against small companies in general, little is left.

  • ASX platform Australian directors' share trades are reported in its Appendix 3Y notices. Source: ASX public company announcements (Appendix 3Y)
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