We turned Claude Code's spinner into a live newsfeed and an open ad market
Credit to Kickbacks for proving the wait-state is inventory. RuntimeWire's bet is that it should be useful before it is monetized.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: RuntimeWire
Why it matters
AI agents are creating new wait states inside developer tools. RuntimeWire is betting those seconds are better used for timely technical news than empty spinner text, while still giving developers a share of disclosed ad revenue.
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.…
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