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Ryan Hoover

You have $100K. What would you invest in?

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Imagine you have $100K to invest in a company that launched on Product Hunt in the last year. Which one would you choose and why? Note: You can visit your profile at producthunt.com/my/profile and select "Activity" to see what you've upvoted for inspiration.

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✴️Nazir Yusifov✴️
If there were an opportunity to invest those $100,000 in Product Hunt, I would gladly do it. Especially if a crowdfunding feature were to be introduced here. After all, there are products that seek promotion and the attention of the investor and developer community. @rrhoover, do you have any plans for this?
Ryan Hoover
@yusifov I don't have plans to!
✴️Nazir Yusifov✴️
@rrhoover You know better! Thank you for the honest answer!)
✴️Nazir Yusifov✴️
I would split the $100K between the top 10 companies I believe have strong potential in this space. And of course, I’d invest 1/10th of that into Mash—my own product! The creator economy is just getting started, and I’m excited to be a part of it.
Kaan Soral
Hey guys, AI company here, we do (insert AI keywords here) - the entire thing is made by AI, including the product, launched on Product Hunt 2 seconds ago. And as a promotion, each $100k investment gets an instant $50k dividend payment!
Ryan Hoover
@kaansoral send me your wire instructions!
Juan Secchi
Suno.ai Definitely not a money driven decision, I just love it! Everytime one of my friends says something funny, I make a song about it. I also use it to invite people to birthdays, or just for whatever that would be fun to say with music.
Ryan Hoover
@juans Suno is impressive. I'm excited to see how it evolves.
Alex Strafalogea
Probably Perplexity as I am using it for any Google query I have
André J
https://www.producthunt.com/prod... anyday. 😏 I didn't upvote them. I looked and ignored. But it bugged me. I kept coming back to them many times since. Sometimes the best products linger in your peripheral vision. But usually it bugs you later for some reason. "The most successful investors in the world are the ones that take a second look" ✨ Why midday? They are doing the "real building in public". not the fake "marketing building in public". 100% opensource 100% open about revenue / users, 100% open about pretty much anything. and great craftsman-ship and also growing market etc.
Simon🍋
Launching soon!
Wordware! They've been backed by Y Combinator and I believe they recently secured additional funding. Agents are the future, and you can build incredibly cool apps using Wordware. These guys are at the forefront of innovation and they're absolutely crushing it!
Mike Staub
bsky.app , The Bluesky team has the best chance of scaling decentralized social. They 10x the users base in 1 year and they are just getting started.
Uma Venugopal
deeptech
Jorge Alcántara
Cursor the AI IDE, no question. It's the first ever time I've felt like I really really wouldn't like it if I lost access to this software
Youssef KH
01TEK.com The future of education.
Diogo Maia Caetano
I would go for Jammin' - those guys seem to be onto something.
hongkai
$100K feels like too much to invest in one company, so I’d definitely prefer to split it across multiple startups. By spreading the funds, that money can be used to accelerate growth for several companies, supporting them through crucial stages. This way, I'd get the opportunity to support multiple teams, increasing the potential for positive outcomes. But some I love are Bento.me, Resend.com and BeforeSunset.ai
Ruben Lozano
Hey Ryan! www.getliner.com, I think this one will be a good one. And the other one maybe pika.art. :) Cheers,
Pooja Jayasri
Diversifying would definitely be my approach with $100K. Instead of putting everything into one company, I'd spread it across a few different startups to minimize risk and increase my potential for returns :D
Maurizio Isendoorn
Haha u would invest it in my own company, Ringly.io
Abhimanyu Kapoor
MSTR and Bitcoin man
Harald Frank
I would put it into SKILLFIRE and build a strong base of founders & thought leaders who share the tactics that worked for them. Has not launched on Product Hunt yet, but coming soon.