Watchlist

The Watchlist lets you save companies and people you want to track, and get notified when anything changes. Watchlist features require beta access.

Adding & Removing Items

Adding to Your Watchlist

Click the heart icon on any company or person profile to add it to your watchlist. The icon fills in to confirm it's been saved. No confirmation dialog — it's instant.

You can also add items from:

Company directory cards (grid or list view)
Search results
Any page showing entity cards

Removing from Your Watchlist

Click the filled heart icon again to remove the item. It's removed immediately.

Viewing Your Watchlist

Visit /watchlist to see all your saved items. The page shows:

All watchlisted entities in a paginated grid (24 per page)
Two tabs: All Items (your saved entities) and Changes (updates to those entities)
A badge on the Changes tab showing unseen changes

Notifications

When something changes about a watchlisted entity, ATDb can notify you in two ways: in-app on the Changes tab, and via email.

Change Types

ATDb tracks 14 types of changes:

Change	What Happened
`enrichment_updated`	AI updated the entity's metadata
`status_changed`	Operational status changed (e.g., Active → Acquired)
`user_edit_approved`	A community edit was approved
`news_linked`	A news article was linked to the entity
`event_linked`	A deal or event was linked to the entity
`relationship_added`	A new relationship was created
`relationship_removed`	A relationship was removed
`category_changed`	Categories were modified
`metadata_updated`	Metadata fields were changed
`entity_created`	The entity was just created
`entity_updated`	General update
`entity_archived`	The entity was archived
`entity_deleted`	The entity was deleted
`entity_merged`	The entity was merged with another

M&A-related changes

ATDb does not use distinct change types for pending-acquisition lifecycle events. Instead, M&A activity surfaces as a combination of the existing types:

A new pending acquisition announced → typically event_linked (a new acquisition event added) + metadata_updated (the company's pending_acquirer_slug or pending_acquisitions array is set) + sometimes relationship_added (the future-dated structural edges).
A deal closes → admin advances the structural edges' valid_from to the actual close date and flips the event's status to completed; this surfaces as relationship_added + metadata_updated on both sides.
A deal is cancelled or terminated → the metadata is cleared and the event's status is updated; surfaces as metadata_updated.

If you want to track pending acquisitions specifically, watchlist the company on either side of the deal — both the acquirer and the target receive change notifications.

Changes Tab

The Changes tab (/watchlist/changes) shows a chronological feed of all updates to your watched entities. Each change shows:

The entity name (clickable to its profile)
The type of change with a color-coded badge
When the change happened

Click Mark all as read to clear the unseen badge.

Notification Preferences

Configure how you want to be notified in Settings (/settings):

Immediate emails — get an email as soon as a watched entity changes
Daily digest — one summary email per day
Weekly digest — one summary email per week
Off — in-app only, no emails

Digest Emails

If you opt into digest emails, you'll receive periodic summaries of what changed across your watchlist.

What's in a Digest

Each digest email includes:

A list of entities that changed since your last digest
The type of change for each entity
An AI-generated personalized summary highlighting the most important updates
Links to view each entity's profile

Digest Schedule

Daily digests are sent at 7 AM UTC
Weekly digests are sent on Mondays at 7 AM UTC

Digests are only sent when there are actual changes to report. If nothing changed, you won't receive an email.

Managing Digests

Change your digest frequency anytime from Settings. Options:

Go to /settings
Find the Notifications section
Select your preferred watchlist email frequency
Save — changes take effect at the next scheduled digest