---
title: About TechPulse
sort: 110
section-id: site
keywords: about, team, editorial policy, mission, advertising
description: About TechPulse — our mission, editorial team, and advertising policy
language: en
---

# About TechPulse

TechPulse was founded in 2021 with a specific frustration: technology journalism had largely split into two camps. On one side, outlet after outlet that published whatever the PR teams of major companies sent them, dressed up with a few quotes and published as fast as possible to win search clicks. On the other, a small number of paywalled publications charging enterprise prices and writing primarily for investors and executives.

Neither camp was doing right by the people who actually build software for a living — the engineers, architects, open-source maintainers, and technical leads who need accurate, technically literate reporting to make good decisions. That's the gap TechPulse was built to fill.

## Our Mission

We exist to provide independent, technically grounded reporting on the technology industry. That means:

- **We do our own research.** Survey data attributed to TechPulse was collected by us. When we cite a study, we've read it, not just its press release.
- **We talk to practitioners.** Our primary sources are engineers, not PR contacts. We regularly talk to CTOs, open-source maintainers, and developers at companies shipping at scale.
- **We distinguish opinion from reporting.** Analysis pieces are clearly labelled. When we don't know something, we say so.
- **We correct our errors.** Mistakes happen. When they do, we correct them transparently and don't quietly edit posts without acknowledgement.

## The Team

### Maya Osei — Editor-in-Chief

Maya joined TechPulse as founding editor after seven years covering the technology industry, including five years as a senior technology reporter at a national newspaper. Her background is in economics, which shapes her particular interest in the business models and incentive structures underlying technical decisions. At TechPulse she oversees all editorial, writes the weekly analysis column, and leads the annual developer survey. She's based in London.

Maya's work has a particular focus on funding trends, the economics of developer platforms, and the gap between what gets funded and what gets built. Her 2024 series on AI startup revenue — separating genuine ARR from creative accounting — was cited widely and sparked a useful industry conversation about what "revenue" actually means at the pre-product stage.

### Raj Patel — AI and Developer Tools Correspondent

Raj came to journalism after six years as a software engineer, including time at a mid-size SaaS company and a stint at a developer tools startup. That background is his greatest asset: he can read a benchmark, understands the difference between microbenchmarks and production performance, and has the context to spot when a company's claims don't hold up technically.

At TechPulse, Raj covers AI and machine learning with a focus on practical deployment — not capability demos, but what actually works when you ship it into production. He also covers developer tools broadly: runtimes, languages, databases, and the infrastructure layer. His analysis of AI coding assistants and their real-world productivity impact in 2024 became one of TechPulse's most-read pieces of that year.

Raj is based in Amsterdam and holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Manchester.

### Clara Winthorpe — Open Source and Infrastructure Editor

Clara has covered open source for eight years, initially for a specialist publication before joining TechPulse at launch. She sits on the programme committee of a major open-source conference and is a regular speaker on open-source sustainability — the question of who funds the software the world runs on, and what happens when that funding dries up.

Her 2024 deep-dive on open-source sustainability following the xz backdoor incident remains essential reading for anyone thinking seriously about software supply chain risk. She also covers infrastructure: Kubernetes, cloud platforms, WebAssembly, and the ongoing evolution of how companies run software.

Clara is based in Berlin.

## Editorial Independence

TechPulse is funded by reader subscriptions and a small number of clearly disclosed sponsor arrangements. We do not accept money from companies in exchange for coverage. We do not accept press trips, gifts, or other in-kind value from companies we cover. If a company sponsors a newsletter edition, that arrangement is disclosed in the newsletter and does not influence editorial decisions.

## Advertising Policy

We accept a limited number of sponsorships per year from companies whose products are relevant to our audience. Our policies:

1. **No sponsored articles.** Sponsorships are clearly delineated sections of newsletter editions, not articles.
2. **No coverage guarantees.** A sponsorship does not entitle a company to a review, a mention, or any editorial attention.
3. **No conflicts of interest.** Editors who own equity in or have personal relationships with a company disclose this and do not write about that company without another editor's oversight.
4. **Full disclosure.** Any financial relationship between TechPulse and a company mentioned in our coverage is disclosed at the time of publication.

If you have questions about our advertising policy, or if you'd like to discuss a sponsorship, contact us at advertising@techpulse.example.

## Contact

- **Editorial:** editor@techpulse.example
- **Tips and sources:** tips@techpulse.example (Signal available on request)
- **Advertising:** advertising@techpulse.example
- **Corrections:** corrections@techpulse.example
