Request a Founder Interview
Use the form below to tell us who you are and what you are building, and we will come back to you within 24-48 hours. Accepted founders get a question set written for their product, answer in their own words, and we handle the editing, the entity markup and the publishing on zPlatform Founder Interviews.
What a founder interview is worth
A launch post is read once. This is built to be found by somebody researching you months later.
You send the story, we do the writing
Share what you are building, the results you have, and the links you want referenced. We handle the question set, the editing, the schema, the design, and the founder plus company entity setup.
You become an entity, not just a byline
Each interview publishes a Person node for you and an Organization node for your company, tied to the page by @id. That is what lets an answer engine name you when somebody asks who built the product, which a press release never achieves.
Published alongside 6 founder interviews
Your interview joins the library at /interviews/, so it inherits the topical authority of a growing collection instead of sitting alone on a landing page. That is what carries reach past launch week.
Written to still be found in a year
Every interview is structured to rank on Google and to be quoted by AI assistants. Nothing here expires, and nothing is tied to a launch date, so the piece keeps working long after the announcement cycle has moved on.
You review before it goes live
You see the draft before publication and can correct factual errors: wrong metrics, mis-stated features, links that changed. What you actually said stays as you said it.
Your published answers stay your own words
We edit for clarity and structure. We do not rewrite your answers into marketing copy, and we do not drop a question because the answer turned out to be candid. If we did, being interviewed here would be worth nothing.
Who gets interviewed, and who does not
Five checks, applied to every request the same way. Where a request does not clear them you get told which one it missed.
- You are a founder, CEO or product lead
The person answering has to be someone who can speak candidly about how the product works and what it took to build. A PR agency answering on your behalf is not the same thing and reads that way.
- The product is live
Something readers can go and look at. Pre-launch waitlists make for an interview with nothing to point at.
- AI or SaaS, with something specific to say
The strongest interviews carry a real number, a real mistake, or a real technical decision. "We are passionate about innovation" is not an interview.
- You can answer in your own words
Written answers or a short call, either is fine. What we cannot use is boilerplate copied out of a pitch deck.
- English
Interviews publish in English, so the answers need to come in English.
What happens after you hit submit
- 1You send the form. Your name and role, the company, its website, what the product does, and what you would like to cover.
- 2We acknowledge it. A reply from Alston within 48 hours on weekdays confirming it arrived and whether it clears the criteria above.
- 3You get a question set. Written for your product, not pulled off a template. Answer in writing, or on a short call if you would rather talk than type.
- 4You review the draft. We edit, design and add the entity markup, then send the draft back so you can correct factual errors before anything publishes.
- 5It publishes and gets shared. Live on /interviews/ with full structured data, featured on the interviews index, and shared across our social channels.
This page, or the commissioned interview?
There are two interview products and the difference is who does the research. Worth thirty seconds so you pick the right one.
This page
We send a question set adapted to your product. You answer in writing, or on a short call. We edit, add the entity markup, and publish. Your words, our structure. This is what most founders want.
Commissioned interview
We research the product and the category hands-on first, then write the questions out of that research, and can pair the interview with a review or a dedicated guide as one coordinated push. Scope varies, so it is quoted by email on /advertise/.
Or list the product
An interview covers you. A verified-facts profile covers the product: pricing, plans, API, platforms, checked and dated. Separate form at /submit-ai-tool/.
Searches that land on this page
Founders look for this a dozen different ways. They all resolve to the same thing: one form, one queue, a published interview.
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Founder Interview: FAQ
How do I request a founder interview?
Use the form at the top of this page. Enter your name, role, company, its URL, what the product does and what you would like to cover. Alston acknowledges every request within 48 hours on weekdays. Once accepted you get a question set written for your product, and the interview publishes on /interviews/ after you have reviewed the draft.
How is this different from the Founder Interview on the advertise page?
By who does the research. On this page we send a question set adapted to your product, you answer in writing, and we edit and publish it: your words, our structure. The commissioned version on /advertise/ starts with us researching the product and category hands-on, writes the questions out of that research, and can pair the interview with a hands-on review or a dedicated guide as one coordinated push. That version is quoted by email because the scope varies. Most founders want this page.
What do I need to provide?
The form fields, then written answers to the question set we send, plus a high-resolution headshot or product image. If you would rather talk than type, we can do a short call and write it up from that.
Will every request be accepted?
No. Requests that do not clear the criteria on this page are declined, and you get told which check they missed. The most common reason is a pre-launch product with nothing a reader can go and look at.
Can I see the interview before it publishes?
Yes. You get the draft to check for factual accuracy: wrong metrics, mis-stated features, a link that changed. We fix factual issues. We do not rewrite your answers into marketing copy, and we do not remove a question because the answer turned out to be candid.
Can I link to my product and social profiles?
Yes. Interviews naturally reference your company, website and the products discussed, and your profiles go in the founder entity. Put the links you want included in the form and we work them in where they fit.
How long does it take?
You hear back within 48 hours on weekdays. From there the pace is mostly set by how fast your answers come back: once we have them, the draft, your review and publication usually run to a few weeks, depending on the editorial calendar.
Can I update the interview later?
Yes. Email alston@zplatform.ai if something material changes - a rebrand, a new URL, a metric that is now wrong - and we update the piece and re-date it. We do not rewrite history to remove something you later wish you had not said.
What if I also want the product itself covered?
That is separate. A verified-facts listing on the AI tools board goes through /submit-ai-tool/. A hands-on written or video review is commissioned coverage and is quoted on /advertise/. An interview covers you and your story; a review covers the product and carries an independent verdict.
How is the interview promoted?
It publishes on zplatform.ai with full structured data, is featured on the interviews index, and is shared across social. Because each interview is written to rank and to be cited by AI assistants, it keeps delivering reach after the launch push.
Can somebody else answer on my behalf?
Not usefully. The interviews that land carry a real number, a real mistake or a real technical decision, and those only come from the person who made them. An agency answering from a messaging doc produces something readers skip and answer engines have no reason to quote.