Request a Founder Interview
A founder interview on zPlatform is a question set written for your product, your answers in your own words, and the editing, entity markup and publishing on zPlatform Founder Interviews. Send the request below and our editorial team replies within 24 hours.
Request your founder interview
It takes about two minutes. There is no sign-in and nothing to pay to send a request.
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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. A founder who does not clear them is told which one was 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 request an interview
- 1You send the request. Fill in the form above with your tool, your details and a few lines on your story. It takes about two minutes and there is no account.
- 2We reply within 24 hours. A person on the editorial team replies to your email with next steps, and 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.
- 3You 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.
- 4It publishes and gets shared. Live on /interviews/ with full structured data, featured on the interviews index, and shared across our social channels.
Founder Interview: FAQ
How do I get a founder interview on zPlatform?
Fill in the request form on this page with your tool, your details and a few lines on your story or the topics you would like covered. Our editorial team replies within 24 hours with next steps. If the interview goes ahead, you receive a question set written for your product, you answer in writing or on a short call, you review the draft, and the interview publishes on /interviews/.
How are founders chosen for an interview?
Every request is read by a person and checked against the criteria on this page: you are a founder or product lead, the product is live, it is AI or SaaS with something specific to say, and you can answer in your own words. A request that misses a criterion is told which one.
What do I need to provide?
The tool details and a few lines on your story on the form, 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.
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. Send the links you want included with your answers and we work them in where they fit.
How is this different from the Founder Interview on the advertise page?
By who does the research. Here 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 arranged by email because the scope varies.
How long does it take?
You hear from us within 24 hours. After that the pace is mostly set by how fast your answers come back: once we have them, the draft, your review and publication follow.
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.
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.