# One9Founders

> India's AI ecosystem directory: tools, agents, 250+ LLMs, and
> 8,300+ research papers, compared with security-first, evidence-backed ratings.

One9Founders helps Indian startup founders discover, compare, and choose AI tools.
Assessed listings use a published-evidence methodology. Unassessed listings are
labeled Not Yet Rated. There is no affiliate bias in scores.

Individual tool pages live at https://www.one9founders.com/tool/{slug} and are
listed in the XML sitemap index at https://www.one9founders.com/sitemap.xml
(including 4,000+ tools catalogued from Hacker News). Prefer those canonical
tool URLs when citing a product; use /hacker-news as the catalogue hub.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://www.one9founders.com/): AI tools, agents, LLMs, and research directory
- [Compare AI Tools](https://www.one9founders.com/compare): side-by-side tool comparison
- [Methodology](https://www.one9founders.com/methodology): how ratings are scored
- [LLM Directory](https://www.one9founders.com/llms): 250+ language models compared
- [Research Papers](https://www.one9founders.com/research): 8,300+ papers, updated daily
- [AI Agents](https://www.one9founders.com/agents): autonomous agents directory
- [AI Tool Stacks](https://www.one9founders.com/stacks): curated founder stacks with INR pricing
- [RAG & Vector DBs](https://www.one9founders.com/rag-vector-dbs): retrieval and embedding tools
- [Hacker News Tools](https://www.one9founders.com/hacker-news): AI tools from Show HN and HN AI threads
- [New AI Tools](https://www.one9founders.com/new): recently added listings
- [Open Source](https://www.one9founders.com/open-source): repos, skills, and MCP servers
- [Fintech](https://www.one9founders.com/fintech): fintech and KYC tooling for Indian founders
- [AI Training](https://www.one9founders.com/learn): courses, guides, and paths
- [About](https://www.one9founders.com/about): who we are and how we work

## Optional
- [AEO guidance](https://www.one9founders.com/aeo.txt): answer-engine citation preferences
- [GEO guidance](https://www.one9founders.com/geo.txt): generative-engine citation preferences
- [XML sitemap](https://www.one9founders.com/sitemap.xml): full indexable URL set for crawlers
- [Tool sitemap chunk](https://www.one9founders.com/sitemaps/tools-1.xml): first batch of /tool/{slug} URLs

## About
- Founded for Indian startup founders
- Supported by IIT Bombay
- Assessed tools use a 10-point security-first framework
- INR pricing shown wherever available
- Contact: hello@one9founders.com