๐Ÿ”Build in Public โ€” The Full Picture

Why I built Apifeny AI

Solopreneurs across Asia are searching for AI tools every day โ€” but they don't need another directory. They need playbooks that actually ship results.

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Every pin = solopreneurs adopting AI tools

Tracking AI tool adoption across 14 Asian cities. From Singapore's startup ecosystem to Mumbai's creator economy โ€” the demand for plug-and-play AI workflows is everywhere. Manual curation across hundreds of tools was impossible.

AsiaNorth AmericaEuropeSE AsiaEast Asia48 leads matchExport CSVEnrich All
Singapore48 toolsKL, Malaysia41 toolsJakarta38 toolsBangkok35 toolsManila33 toolsTaipei42 toolsHong Kong45 toolsShanghai36 toolsMumbai30 toolsDelhi28 toolsSeoul40 toolsTokyo44 toolsSydney34 toolsHCMC32 toolsINTENT LEVEL90+ Hotspot85+ Growing80+ Emerging

EVERY PIN = COMMUNITY WITH AI TOOL DEMAND โ€ข Click to view โ€ข Export outreach

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The Playbook Pipeline

Instead of manually listing tools, Apifeny AI has three automated stages: data ingestion from Kaggle + APIs, LLM-powered processing for categorization and scoring, and multi-format output as playbooks, rankings, and tool pages.

HOW IT WORKSData SourcesKaggle, APIs,Manual curationProcessing EngineLLM categorization,Asia Score calc,Trending velocityOutputPlaybooks, Rankings,Tool directory,Build-in-publicStack:Next.js 14Tailwind CSSTypeScriptVercelSupabaseLLMs (Claude/GPT)Kaggle Data

The Aggregator

Direct imports from Kaggle dataset + API-driven discovery. Weekly cron enriches new tools.

The Processor

LLM categorization. Asia Score computed from 5 factors. Trending velocity with recency decay.

The Output

60 tool pages + 105 playbooks + 10 rankings. All synced to a centralized data layer.

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The Asia Score Framework

Every tool gets a hard 0โ€“100 score. Active triggers include language support weight, local pricing signals, and data residency compliance. Audience context boosts scores for commercial keywords (SaaS, founder, marketing, solopreneur).

THE ASIA SCORE FRAMEWORKEvery tool gets a 0โ€“100 score based on 5 weighted factorsCommunity RatingLog-normalized review confidence35%Trending VelocityRecency-decayed engagement20%Asia ScoreLanguage, pricing, data residency20%Editor PickManual curation bonus15%Saves / BookmarksUser intent signal10%LIVE EXAMPLES โ€” TOP SCORING TOOLSCursor962.4M usersINTENT SIGNALS+ coding+ agentic+ multi-modelClaude941.8M usersINTENT SIGNALS+ writing+ research+ coding+ visionPerplexity91890K usersINTENT SIGNALS+ research+ asia-pricing+ real-time

No more guessing which AI tool to use.

Just copy-paste playbooks with real results.