This Week in Startups@twistartups5h ago

Jason has wanted to build an “annotation” Chrome extension forever, but it would’ve cost $500K to hire a team to make it just a few years ago. In 2026, he can put up a $5,000 bounty and get dozens of primo vibecoded submissions. We’re checking out the top three finalists so far… See why one contender scored an 8.5/10 and got Jason thinking about spinning it off into an actual startup. PLUS a few Ask Jason bonus questions. @jason @Lons 0:00 Why Jason bought http://annotated.com 0:33 The original idea: highlight any sentence on the web and dispute it 2:01 The rules: the code is open source, and Jason can cancel any time 2:42 Submission 1: Robert's http://annotated.wtf 10:07 http://Every.io - For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit https://every.io 12:12 Submission 1 Scoring 12:27 Submission 2: Allan Shifflet's take 13:55 What it got right: profiles, follower counts, trending topics 16:39 Submission 3: http://annotaed.com, and buying the typo domain on purpose 20:19 Northwest Registered Agent - Got a new business idea? Northwest Registered Agent helps you bring it to life. Get a free domain, email, phone number, and more - with no purchase required! Learn more at https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain 23:25 Final scores, and how to enter round two 24:47 Incubating annotated inside a venture firm 29:45 Sentry - New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https://sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST 30:17 Ask Jason: a homeless founder with two startup ideas 🎥 Watch the full episode here 👇