Hazel.

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A research analyst for solo founders

Hazel surfaces actionable intel that moves your company forward.

How it works

1
Teach Hazel your business
Five minutes on your product, your competitors, your pitch, and where you're trying to go.
2
She researches your space every night
Hazel reads what's moving in your market, what your competitors are doing, and what matters to you and your goals.
3
You get the findings that matter
Every weekday. Hazel only surfaces what earns your attention.

Example goals

Example

Your goal

Raise a $3M seed for our coding-agent startup.

Today's findings

Worth a look· $12M

Cline raised a $12M seed at $60M post from CRV

Two notches up from where you're targeting and a clean comp on team size. Your $3M ask is going to read conservative in the room. I think there's room to widen if the round momentum holds.

A door to knock on

Spark's new partner is taking coding-agent pitches

Ex-GitHub, posted last week looking for post-Copilot infra plays. The wedge he described lines up with yours. Warm intro looks gettable through Maya at Vercel.

Open question

Is the deck still leading with 'AI dev tools'?

The funds moving fastest this quarter are filing these under 'agent infrastructure.' Cline's announcement used that frame, not yours. Curious if reframing changes who leans in.

Tap a goal to switch. Hazel builds yours around your goal.

Is Hazel for you?

FUNDINGCline raises $12M from CRVRELEASEPostgres 17.1 ships parallel queriesREPORTa16z vertical AI thesis publishedDEALSeraphic acquired for $420MMOVEIronclad CLO hiring deputyPOLICYEU AI Act phase 2 in effectFUNDINGTessera closes $4M pre-seedRELEASEClaude 5 capability tier announcedREPORTForerunner H1 consumer AI reportMOVESpark concentrating on agent infraFUNDINGCoding-agent rounds up 38% QoQPOLICYNew SOC2 controls drop mid-cycleDEALTwo coding-agent startups in merger talksREPORTYC W26 demo day recapRELEASEStripe subscription billing v2MOVESam Lessin LP letter on agenticREPORTSequoia note on agent-infra consolidationFUNDINGOperator raises $8M from KhoslaDEALProcurement category re-prices overnightRELEASEOpenAI ships Codex-3FUNDINGCline raises $12M from CRVRELEASEPostgres 17.1 ships parallel queriesREPORTa16z vertical AI thesis publishedDEALSeraphic acquired for $420MMOVEIronclad CLO hiring deputyPOLICYEU AI Act phase 2 in effectFUNDINGTessera closes $4M pre-seedRELEASEClaude 5 capability tier announcedREPORTForerunner H1 consumer AI reportMOVESpark concentrating on agent infraFUNDINGCoding-agent rounds up 38% QoQPOLICYNew SOC2 controls drop mid-cycleDEALTwo coding-agent startups in merger talksREPORTYC W26 demo day recapRELEASEStripe subscription billing v2MOVESam Lessin LP letter on agenticREPORTSequoia note on agent-infra consolidationFUNDINGOperator raises $8M from KhoslaDEALProcurement category re-prices overnightRELEASEOpenAI ships Codex-3

“I’ll read it tomorrow.”

Keeping up with your industry is hard. There’s a ton of information, most of it isn’t relevant, and a lot of it is wrong.

It’s overwhelming. You have to figure out where to find what matters, then figure out what to do about it.

So it’s the first thing to get deprioritized. You bookmark it. You save it for later. You keep saying you’ll get to it tomorrow. Over time it compounds, and suddenly you’re way behind.

What lands on your desk

A morning brief, written for you.

Not for 10,000 other people.

Every night, Hazel reads the field around your work. In the morning, you get a brief. Findings, not headlines. Tied to your pitch, your roadmap, your next conversation.

Hazel.

Your morning · Tue · 06:00

For your goal

Raise a $3M seed for your coding-agent startup.

Good morning,

You’re pitching the seed at $8M post. Cline just landed at 4× that with the same wedge. The pricing argument may need to shift before your Spark meeting Thursday.

— H.

Worth a look

$12M

Cline raised $12M at $60M post from CRV.

Two notches up from where you’re targeting. Clean comp on team size — your $3M ask reads conservative if the round momentum holds.

A door to knock on

Spark’s new partner is taking coding-agent pitches.

Ex-GitHub. Posted yesterday looking for post-Copilot infra plays. Warm intro likely through Maya at Vercel.

Open question

Is the deck still leading with ‘AI dev tools’?

The funds moving fastest this quarter filed Cline under ‘agent infrastructure.’ Reframing changes who leans in.

3 findings · 8 min read · tomorrow at 6 AM

every morning, 6 AM

tied to your specific goal

her honest take, not a headline

actions, not summaries

every morning, 6 AM

tied to your goal

her honest take

actions, not summaries

The wall in her office

Every founder leaves a note.

Thank you Hazel!

Mia Chen

Founder · AltGrid

thanks Hazel 🙏

Dev Patel

Founder · Ironforge

Thank you Hazel!!

Sarah Kim

CEO · Procura

thank you, Hazel.

Alex Vance

Editor · Tape

TY Hazel!

Lin Zhou

Founder · Lockbox

Thank you Hazel!

Theo Marquez

Founder · Wedge

Free while in beta · First brief by tomorrow morning