Relationships and disclosure

Money, ownership, and AI assistance stay visible.

A commission may support the work. An owned product may create first-hand evidence. Neither relationship purchases an editorial conclusion or converts founder documentation into an independent review.

Updated August 2026

Current affiliate relationship

The Poppy AI field guide links through a labeled Top AI Tools For affiliate route. The relationship is disclosed near the buying action and on the field guide itself. Research showing that another vendor has a creator, referral, testing, or partner program does not mean Top AI Tools For has joined it.

Owned products and founder projects

The initial founder registry contains SharetoBoard Android, SharetoBoard Chrome, and Tentaclaw. Those owned-product pages document the build, evidence, limits, blocker, and next gate. They are not independent third-party reviews.

Sponsored or partner material

Any future sponsored, paid, gifted-access, or formal partner material must be labeled in the page and near the relevant action. Payment cannot purchase rank, score, removal of poor-fit cases, suppression of failures, or a positive conclusion.

How AI assists the publication

AI tools may assist research organization, drafting, code generation, structured comparisons, and test creation. Tom remains responsible for source review, experience labels, ownership and commercial disclosures, factual approval, corrections, and the decision to publish.

What money cannot purchase

Top AI Tools For does not invent pricing, benchmarks, usage experience, urgency, affiliate enrollment, customer outcomes, or product maturity to increase conversion. A tool may be useful without earning a buying link, and an owned product may remain a prototype or private beta indefinitely.

How outbound links work

Commercial destinations use a controlled /go/ route when appropriate so the destination can be maintained centrally and the relationship can remain auditable. Product websites, research sources, and separately operated professional businesses use direct labeled links.

Questions

Send disclosure or commercial-relationship questions to support@topaitoolsfor.com.