# Samuel Clay
Building since 2010. Not reviewed by Samuel.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@samuelclay
NewsBlur (Y Combinator 2012), then Turn Touch (Kickstarter 2017)
In their words: "bio": "Building conversational video AI at Tavus. Founder of NewsBlur and Turn Touch" (github.com)

## Numbers
- Products: 5
- Building since: 2010

## Products
- Crabigator (2026 →): running
- Turn Touch (2017 →): running
- Hacker Smacker (2012 →): running
- NewsBlur (2010 →): running

## Timeline
- 2026: Launched Crabigator [stated]
- 2022: Worked on Sol Reader, a wearable e-reader [stated]
- Jul 2018: NewsBlur: Raised the premium price to $36 a year [stated]
- Mar 2017: Turn Touch: Kickstarter campaign in March 2017: nearly a thousand remotes sold to 645 backers [stated]
- 2017: Launched Turn Touch [stated]
- May 2013: On The Verge interview: NewsBlur, flush with Google Reader refugees, rolls out redesign [stated]
- Mar 2013: NewsBlur: Paid users grew to 20 times the earlier number after the Google Reader shutdown announcement [stated]
- Jul 2012: On TechCrunch interview: YC-Backed NewsBlur Takes Feed Reading Back To Its Basics [stated]
- Feb 2012: Went full time on NewsBlur [stated]
- 2012: Launched Hacker Smacker [stated]
- 2012: NewsBlur: Joined Y Combinator (Summer 2012 batch) [stated]
- 2010: Launched NewsBlur [stated]

## How sure
9 verified by someone other than Samuel, 46 stated by Samuel in public, 5 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- Samuel Clay, samuelclay.com: https://samuelclay.com
- Samuel Clay's Portfolio, samuelclay.com: https://samuelclay.com/portfolio
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/samuelclay
- Three Months to Scale NewsBlur | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2013/03/17/three-months-to-scale-newsblur/
- About NewsBlur, newsblur.com: https://newsblur.com/about
- NewsBlur: NewsBlur is a personalized news reader | Y Combinator, ycombinator.com: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/newsblur
- Introducing Blurblogs, Roy, and Y Combinator | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2012/07/30/introducing-blurblogs-roy-and-y-combinator/
- 2011: Year in Review | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2012/01/16/2011-year-in-review/
- From project to profession: going indie on NewsBlur | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2012/03/01/going-full-time/
- Google Reader announced its shutdown exactly a year ago | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2014/03/13/google-reader-announced-its-shutdown-exactly-a-year-ago/
- Introducing Turn Touch, a beautiful wooden remote for lights, devices, apps, and NewsBlur | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2017/02/07/introducing-turn-touch-a-beautiful-wooden-remote/
- Last day to back Turn Touch: NewsBlur’s beautiful remote | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2017/03/09/last-day-to-back-turn-touch-newsblurs-beautiful/
- Turn Touch — Wooden Smart Home Remote, turntouch.com: https://turntouch.com
- Crabigator - control Claude Code, Codex, opencode, and Grok from your phone, drinkcrabigator.com: https://drinkcrabigator.com
- Hacker Smacker - Friend and foe writers on Hacker News, hackersmacker.org: https://hackersmacker.org
- YC-Backed NewsBlur Takes Feed Reading Back To Its Basics | TechCrunch, techcrunch.com: https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/30/yc-backed-newsblur-takes-feed-reading-back-to-its-basics
- NewsBlur, flush with Google Reader refugees, rolls out redesign | The Verge, theverge.com: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350208/how-sam-clay-and-newsblur-survived-the-google-reader-shutdown-redesign
- NewsBlur: A feed reader with intelligence | Hacker News, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1834305
- Show HN: Turn Touch wooden smart home remote now shipping | Hacker News, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16792961
- Show HN: Hacker Smacker – Spot great (and terrible) HN commenters at a glance | Hacker News, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141119
- Profile: conesus | Hacker News, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=conesus
- Price increase — feedback - question - The NewsBlur Forum, newsblur.com: https://forum.newsblur.com/t/price-increase-feedback/7035
- Knight News Challenge: NewsBlur | The NewsBlur Blog, newsblur.com: https://blog.newsblur.com/2012/03/16/knight-news-challenge/
- Everything you need to build your own Turn Touch smart remote · OfBrooklyn.com, ofbrooklyn.com: https://ofbrooklyn.com/2019/01/3/building-turntouch/
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/samuelclay/repos
- Site checks on 2026-10-11, MRRMaker: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works#checks

Labels: "verified" means confirmed by someone other than the founder; "stated" means the founder said it in public. Method: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works