Hack #1: Firecrawl ยท Firecrawl
26 Mar, 15:55
๐ Orbit โ The Startup Radio Globe Orbit turns the entire Y Combinator startup ecosystem into a live, voice-powered intelligence platform on a 3D globe. Click any startup โ Firecrawl crawls their website in real-time โ ElevenLabs transforms that data into AI-hosted debates, phone calls, research briefings, and competitor alerts. What it does: Orbit has 6 interactive modes โ each combining Firecrawl + ElevenLabs in a unique pipeline: โข ๐ Story โ Two AI hosts debate a startup's strengths vs weaknesses using data crawled live from their site (Firecrawl /crawl + /search โ ElevenLabs Text-to-Dialogue) โข ๐ Call โ Talk to an AI-simulated founder powered by real website data (Firecrawl /crawl โ ElevenLabs Conversational AI) โข ๐ Sentiment โ Globe markers glow green/red based on live news sentiment (Firecrawl /search โ ElevenLabs TTS) โข ๐ฐ Pricing โ Scrapes actual pricing pages for instant comparison (Firecrawl /scrape + JSON Extraction) โข ๐ Research โ 60-second audio briefing covering funding, competitors, risks (Firecrawl /scrape + /search ร3 โ ElevenLabs TTS) โข ๐ Watch โ Monitor competitors 24/7. When Firecrawl detects a website change via Change Tracking, ElevenLabs creates a Conversational AI agent and Twilio calls your actual phone with an interactive briefing. Firecrawl integration (7 features): /crawl, /scrape, /search, /map, Change Tracking (git-diff), JSON Extraction, MCP Server ElevenLabs integration (6 features): Text-to-Speech, Conversational AI (phone calls via WebSocket), Speech-to-Text, Sound Effects, Text-to-Dialogue, Audio + Music The problem it solves: Founders and investors waste hours manually checking competitor websites, news, and pricing. Orbit automates this into a single voice-first experience โ you literally get a phone call when your competitor updates their website. Built with: React + Three.js + Express + TypeScript + Firecrawl + ElevenLabs + Twilio + OpenRouter
