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We turned Claude Code's spinner into a live newsfeed and an open ad market

Claude Code's "thinking..." spinner has been repurposed into a live newsfeed and open ad market, turning the idle waiting time during AI agent processing into a distribution channel for real-time information. The feature monetizes the cumulative seconds developers spend waiting for responses, transforming what was previously decorative interface text into a revenue-generating platform.

read1 min publishedJun 12, 2026

Every Claude Code user knows the moment. You fire off a prompt, the agent starts thinking, and the interface begins its tiny ritual: Simmering... , Discombobulating... , some other whimsical gerund, then another few seconds of waiting while a real chunk of your day quietly disappears into the spinner. That line is usually treated as decoration. We think it is distribution. Multiply that little across every developer running AI agents all day, and the "thinking..." state becomes one of t...

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