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AI of the Day: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A daily AI directory that publishes its free queue length, currently 65 days, and sells three ways to jump it.

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AI of the Day homepage
Eligibility

Who AI of the Day accepts

You need
A live, working product
A Google account, which is the only sign-in offered
A square logo, jpeg or png, 512x512 recommended
You'll be rejected if
Anything that is not an AI tool
AI tools
What you actually get
A listing page at /ai/<slug> with your logo, tagline, description, up to five features, categories, tags, tech stack and optional FAQs, and a Visit button linking straight to your domain with no rel and a ?ref= parameter. The free lane is the slow one: the site states its current wait as 65 days.

How to submit to AI of the Day

  1. Take the free lane, not the pricing page
    /submit is the paid page and shows only three paid plans. The free route is a small link under them reading "Submit a tool for free", which goes to /submit-a-tool. A separate "Submit a news" link on the same page is a Tally form that is now closed.
  2. Sign in with Google
    /submit-a-tool renders only a signup card until you are signed in. Google is the only provider offered, and the card notes that signing up opts you into their emails. The full form appears once the session exists.
  3. Fill a long single-page form
    Name (60 chars), a required logo upload, website, tagline (60 chars), description (1,500 chars), up to five features (160 chars each), up to three categories, pricing type, comma-separated tags, a technology stack picker, optional socials and up to five FAQs.
  4. Solve the captcha yourself and submit
    A visible reCAPTCHA "I'm not a robot" checkbox sits directly above Submit, so the final step cannot be delegated to an agent. The launch-date field is disabled unless the Fast-Track plan has been bought.

AI of the Day requirements

A Google account
Square logo, jpeg or png, 512x512 recommended
Product name (60 chars) and website URL
Tagline (60 chars)
Description (up to 1,500 characters)
Up to three categories and a tech stack from their fixed lists
Comma-separated tags
Up to five features, 160 characters eachoptional
Up to five FAQ question and answer pairsoptional

Gotchas

The free route is nearly invisible: /submit shows three paid plans and the only way to the free form is a small "Submit a tool for free" link underneath them.
A visible reCAPTCHA checkbox sits above the Submit button, so however far an agent gets, a person has to finish the submission by hand.
The "Submit a news" link next to the free form is a Tally form that now answers "This form is now closed", so one of the two submission routes on the page is dead.

Let your agent submit to AI of the Day

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI of the Day playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 4 AI of the Day rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 fields this form asks for, 2 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free listing after a stated 65-day wait; $10 one-off Fast-Track skips the queue, $99 for two weeks on the homepage, $399 for two weeks of display ads.
Types it into AI of the Day in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to AI of the Day?".
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AI of the Day FAQ

How long does AI of the Day approval take?
AI of the Day's typical time from submission to going live is 2-3 months.
How much does it cost to submit to AI of the Day?
AI of the Day has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free listing after a stated 65-day wait; $10 one-off Fast-Track skips the queue, $99 for two weeks on the homepage, $399 for two weeks of display ads).
Does AI of the Day give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AI of the Day carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 10.
Does AI of the Day require a backlink to your site?
No, AI of the Day does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from AI of the Day?
Anything that is not an AI tool.