You'd think this needs an analyst tracking 5 RSS feeds and a Notion board — Tycoon Agent watches every channel and only pings you when something matters.
The short answer
Tycoon Agent answers "what are competitors shipping" by watching every public surface your top 5 competitors push to: their changelog page, GitHub releases (if open source), blog feed, pricing page diffs, founder Twitter accounts, Product Hunt launches, and job postings (a hidden signal — what they're hiring for is what they're building). Every Friday she sends a one-page brief: what shipped, what's a real threat to you (with reasoning), what's noise, and the 1 thing you should respond to. She also flags pricing changes within 24 hours since those move money fast. You stop checking 5 changelog pages on Monday morning, you stop missing the launch that just stole your top deal, and you start playing competitive offense instead of catch-up defense.
How Tycoon Agent actually does it
- Set up monitoring
For each of your top 5 competitors: changelog RSS, GitHub releases API, blog RSS, Product Hunt, founder Twitter, pricing page snapshots (daily diff), LinkedIn job postings.
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- Filter signal from noise
Bug fixes and minor copy changes don't make the report. New pricing tier, new flagship feature, public roadmap shift, or fundraising news do.
- Score threat level
High = directly attacks your differentiation or wins your target customer. Medium = adjacent, watch. Low = informational. Score uses your stated positioning + last 30 days of customer feedback.
- Detect pricing moves fast
Daily pricing page snapshot. If a competitor cuts price or adds a free tier, Tycoon Agent pings within 24 hours, not at end of week.
- Write the Friday brief
Lark message: what shipped per competitor, threat level, the 1 thing to respond to, and a draft response if applicable.
Lark
What it looks like in chat
YouWhat are my competitors shipping?
Tycoon AgentThis week's competitive brief: **OpenRouter — High threat.** Launched 'OpenRouter Memory' — persistent context across calls. Their docs page got 14k views in 48 hours. Two of your prospects (you're in active deals) tweeted about it positively. Response: do you have anything similar in flight? If not, write a 'why we're different' post by Wednesday. I can draft. **LiteLLM — Medium.** v1.92 release. Mostly bug fixes. One real thing: added Bedrock cross-region failover. Doesn't directly threaten you but worth knowing. **Cursor — Low.** Hired 3 ML engineers (LinkedIn). Signal: building model-of-their-own. 6+ months out before relevant. **Anthropic Console — Pricing change Wednesday.** Cut Claude Haiku by 18%. Your /pricing page shows Haiku at higher number — update today or you'll lose price-sensitive prospects. **Continue.dev — Noise.** Theme changes, doc fixes. **One thing to respond to**: the OpenRouter Memory launch. Two of your in-flight deals are watching.
What you get back
A weekly Friday Lark brief on what competitors shipped, threat scores, and the single highest-priority response to make — plus 24-hour alerts on pricing changes.
Cadence: Weekly Friday 9am, plus event-driven alerts for pricing changes, fundraising news, and Product Hunt launches.