Watch List
23 signals being actively monitored • Updated 2026-03 via raven-memory.md
AI Discovery
Will Google respect ai-input=no? This changes AI Overviews strategy.
When it goes public, early movers win.
Will they build their own AI Index to compete with Cloudflare?
How many major sites are implementing? Signals momentum.
How Astro integrates with AI Index features after acquisition.
AI Monetization
Determines settlement economics for x402 Pay Per Crawl.
When ChatGPT pays for content, game changes entirely.
First market data on content-per-request value.
Most likely first payers in the x402 ecosystem.
Link Building
Domain not resolving as of 2026-02-28. Check if service goes live.
Sub-$2/month VPS deals for PBN network diversity.
Infrastructure
Watch for crackdowns on multiple free accounts.
Vector DB
Currently $5 free credits. Watch for production pricing announcement.
Will RRF/BM25 come to self-hosted? Currently Cloud-only.
Growing fast, could become default embedded vector DB.
471 QPS at 99% recall on 50M vectors — remarkable benchmark.
Agent Memory
Kuzu backend is newer than Neo4j support in Graphiti. Monitor for edge cases.
Currently Linux/macOS only. Windows support = another zero-config option.
If graph drops to Starter tier ($19), Graphiti migration becomes less urgent.
Currently v0.28.x. Major version may change APIs.
If reduced/eliminated, Graphiti migration becomes urgent.
Dev Tooling
Feature request exists for native PowerShell execution — would eliminate Git Bash dependency.
Issue #30524 open. Would fix `cd` spam on Windows Git Bash.