Investor Due Diligence Report
by Hugo Pickford-Wardle
For leaders who want to respond to the AI opportunity rather than react to the AI hype - weekly AI news delivered with pragmatic optimism you can act on.
2K
~0%
Subscriber count is a platform estimate
2.3
0.11%
(comments + likes) / subscribers
Weekly
1.0 posts/week
85/100
Very Consistent (~7.2d avg)
| Newsletter | Subscribers | Weekly Growth | Price | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Timely Newsletter | 289K | -0.2% | Free | substack |
| AI Supremacy | 226K | -0.2% | $8.75/mo | substack |
| Ahead of AI | 222K | +0.5% | $6/mo | substack |
| Artificial Intelligence Made Simple | 208K | N/A | $10/mo | substack |
Platform Dependency
Uses beehiiv platform
Publishing Consistency
Regular publishing schedule
Key Person
Single-author publication — key-person dependency
Revenue Model
Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier
Subscriber threshold
2K subscribers — below the 3K category median (based on 179 newsletters)
Has paid tier
No paid subscription tier yet
Peer monetization
67% of 169 similar-size peers in AI have paid tiers
Disclaimer: This report is generated automatically based on publicly available data and proprietary estimation models. Estimated subscriber counts are derived from engagement patterns and should be verified through direct disclosure. Revenue estimates are based on known pricing and estimated paid subscriber counts. This report is for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for investment decisions.
| Component | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement Rate | 93/100 | 30% |
| Publishing Consistency | 46/100 | 10% |
| Marily’s AI Product Academy Newsletter |
| 207K |
| N/A |
| $5/mo |
| substack |