# AISonar.app — Frequently Asked Questions --- ## What is AISonar? AISonar (aisonar.app) is a free daily AI industry intelligence feed. It monitors the AI talent and technology ecosystem and publishes four intelligence layers every 24 hours: the AI Industry Apex (surging tools, rising skills, hot roles, rate benchmarks, hot venues), AI/Tech Acquisition Plays (5 specific daily market moves), AI Industry Trends (newest LLMs, tools, agents, frontier research, cool projects, platform stats), and AI Training Content (curated training blurbs for AI professionals). --- ## Who is AISonar for? AISonar is built for anyone who needs to stay current on AI market signals without spending hours doing research. Core audiences include: AI professionals tracking which skills and tools are surging, AI founders looking for market acquisition opportunities, AI recruiters monitoring hot roles and rate benchmarks, AI freelancers checking current market rates, newsletter writers and educators who need daily AI intelligence, and talent acquisition teams tracking the AI talent market. --- ## How often is the AISonar intelligence feed updated? All four intelligence layers are updated every 24 hours at midnight UTC. Three AI engines run in parallel: Perplexity sonar-pro (real-time web search) for the Apex, Trends, and Acquisition Plays; Grok for social content; and Anthropic Claude for training blurbs. If a run fails, the previous day's data remains visible — AISonar banks up to 7 days of data for each intelligence type. --- ## Is AISonar free to use? Yes. The full public intelligence feed at aisonar.app is completely free with no account, sign-up, or paywall. Both RSS feeds are also free and public. There is no premium tier for the public feed. --- ## What AI models power AISonar? AISonar uses three AI engines, each routed by task: - **Perplexity sonar-pro** — Used for the AI Industry Apex, AI Industry Trends, and AI/Tech Acquisition Plays. Chosen for its real-time web search capability, which means data reflects what is actually happening in the AI ecosystem right now. - **Grok grok-3-mini** — Used for X/Twitter ad content and cold DMs. Chosen for its X-native training data and social platform voice. - **Anthropic claude-sonnet** — Used for LinkedIn posts and training blurbs. Chosen for nuanced professional writing quality. --- ## What is the AI Industry Apex? The AI Industry Apex is AISonar's flagship daily snapshot of the AI talent ecosystem. Updated every 24 hours via live web search, it covers: surging AI tools in job postings and communities, rising skills appearing in AI job descriptions, hot roles with highest current demand, rate benchmarks for freelance and full-time AI work, the most active AI communities and venues this week, and the current freelance-to-full-time split in AI work. View the latest Apex at https://aisonar.app/. --- ## What are AI/Tech Acquisition Plays? Each day, AISonar generates 5 specific, time-sensitive moves in the AI market — called Acquisition Plays. Each play names the exact platform, subreddit, Discord server, hashtag, or community to target, explains the market timing behind the move, and gives a leverage estimate (expected outcome) and time-to-value. These are not generic advice — they are built from live AI market signals and name real, specific places and actions. --- ## What does the AI Industry Trends report cover? The daily Trends report covers six sections: (1) Newest LLMs released or updated in the last 30 days, with maker and capability benchmarks; (2) New AI Tools gaining traction, with category tags; (3) New AI Agents and autonomous frameworks; (4) New Frontiers — frontier research areas and capability breakthroughs; (5) Cool Projects — impressive open-source or notable AI projects; (6) Platform Stats — real usage data and growth metrics for major AI platforms. All sourced via Perplexity live web search. --- ## Does AISonar have an RSS feed? Yes. AISonar offers two RSS feeds: - **Full intelligence feed:** https://aisonar.app/api/feed/rss — Covers apex snapshots, acquisition plays, and training content. - **AI Industry Trends feed:** https://aisonar.app/api/trends/rss — Full Trends report with all six sections. Updated daily. Paste either URL into Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, or any RSS reader. Use the RSS trigger in Zapier or Make to auto-post new items to Slack, email, or social media. --- ## What is the Yesterday's News archive? The Yesterday's News archive (https://aisonar.app/archive) shows the last 7 days of AI intelligence data. Click any day in the sidebar to view that day's complete AI Industry Apex, AI/Tech Acquisition Plays, and AI Industry Trends. Days are labeled TODAY, YESTERDAY, and by weekday name. The archive is powered by the /api/archive/daily endpoint which returns all seven days in a single JSON response. --- ## How do I get AISonar data into my site or workflow? Several options: 1. **RSS** — Paste https://aisonar.app/api/feed/rss or https://aisonar.app/api/trends/rss into any RSS reader or CMS. 2. **Zapier / Make** — Use the RSS trigger to auto-post to Slack, email, LinkedIn, or any connected app. 3. **JSON API** — The archive endpoint (https://aisonar.app/api/archive/daily) returns all 7 days of structured intelligence data as JSON. 4. **Direct integration** — Embed the RSS feed as a widget in WordPress, Webflow, Ghost, or any CMS that supports RSS. --- ## What is the admin dashboard at /admin/? The admin dashboard is an internal tool for the AISonar team. It provides access to seven modules: Apex (AI industry intelligence snapshot), Radar (acquisition plays), Forge (content generation engine — X ads, LinkedIn posts, training blurbs, cold DMs), Venues (57 AI communities with signal/noise ratings), Content (generated content library with approve + copy), Leads (lead tracker), and Auto-Run (one-button daily cycle that runs all three AI engines). The admin dashboard requires authentication and is not accessible to public users.