... half a year building an early version of that. It was a small wearable device that converted neural signals from silent speech into text or voice. Once we had it working in a limited capacity, we raised our first round of funding and were off to the races. Over the next three years, we built an incredible team, with some of the best PhDs in neuroscience, machine learning, and signal processing. We used our funding to build a 40-person ... ... that we could keep doing some experiments there. We had amazing people, including one of the best systems neuroscientists in the world. But we chose to do a clean cut. I didn't want to do a second round

... like button. Benchmarks, benchmarks, benchmarks Benchmarks should always be taken with a grain of salt . They are effectively a snapshot of a models capabilities under near perfect conditions. Sort of like the Big Mac you see on the ads vs the Big Mac you get in the bag. It gives you a good idea, but they're far from a perfect measure of real world usage. Math (AIME 2025, no tools): 94.6 percent Real-world coding (SWE-bench Verified ... ... Multilingual programming (Aider Polyglot): 88.0 percent Multimodal understanding (MMMU): 84.2 percent Medical reasoning (HealthBench Hard): 46.2 percent Graduate-level logic (GPQA without tools, via GPT-Thinking Pro): 88.4 percent In production, GPT-5 Thinking cuts hallucinations by 45 percent versus

... everyone! Co-founder of Roundups here which launched earlier this year on PH . TLDR; AI analyzes products and generates guides that influence buying decisions. Creators generate revenue when an audience gains insight and makes purchases. Not here to promote the product but I just wanted to introduce myself and gauge the temperature for a Substack for Products. We initially launched as a content play for bloggers trying to stay relevant in the age of AI with high value content ... ... easy monetization, but with Google killing SEO, unless you have an existing blog and audience, you would have a mountain to climb to realize value from Roundups

... also reminded that the speed that start-ups are capable of gets faster every year, especially with AI. As for hesitations...sometimes people balk at the dilution, but generally speaking, the higher price that startups command in their next round at Demo Day more than compensates.     https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Comment from Juvenal Carlos Lunguenda(@juvenal_lunguenda): We re applying! Tech By Tech Agents: The Global AI Agent Store the first curated, specialist-powered AI agent marketplace built ... ... well does it actually work? Comment from Rajiv Ayyangar(@rajiv_ayyangar): @jonayed_tanjim  I'm not close enough to Webhooks to understand if this is a valuable problem to solve. But if this is a common build vs

... VichaarVerse. Hey Product Hunt community! Over the past few months, we ve been building VichaarVerse a student-led digital magazine that explores India s startup scene with a unique twist: > Instead of only covering unicorns and mega-funding rounds, we spotlight early-stage founders, untold student journeys, grassroots ventures, and youth-centric innovation. But here s the deeper mission behind it: We want to spark entrepreneurial thinking in teenagers especially high schoolers not just as future startup founders ... ... Cross 10,000+ Views Post-Launch Following the successful release of the first edition of VichaarVerse Startup Magazine, one of the most impactful factors in sustaining momentum and extending our reach was how we leveraged social media platforms and alternate

... sucks. Most platforms either throw random questions at you, or expect you to watch hours of YouTube hoping something sticks. It s either too passive, too fake, or just boring as hell. InterviewOS is different. It simulates full interview rounds with an AI interviewer that actually talks to you, asks follow-ups, gives real-time feedback, and scores your answers. You can practice tech rounds

... been working on voice-first AI for a while and our team recently built an autonomous interviewer handle an entire first-round call - questions, follow-ups, scorecard, etc To me as a founder it's magical because it solves a huge pain point for us in hiring. I d love to your thoughts What s the very first feeling or word that pops up when you picture an AI running your screening call? Actual experiences: If you ve been ... ... candidate or recruiter with an AI in the interviewer s - how was your experience, and why? What would help you feel totally okay letting AI handle that first round

... defense are doing extremely well now, also because of the geopolitical situation in the world. For example, an Estonian VC firm Darkstar invested in purely military defense tech, especially from Ukrainian startups. The fund recently closed its first 15M round (target: 25M) and backs startups like FarSight Vision (geospatial drone tools) and Deftak (drone ammunition). Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @thebigk  Have never drinked anything from Starbucks lol :D Comment from Divij Goyal(@divijgoyal): @ixord   @busmark ... ... opportunity"? What should it be? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ixord  Gauss curve. When nobody does it = risky (because the market is not prepared and it is unknown). When many people do it = risky (too many competitors

... where I'm ok to let it handle specifics. Hope that helps! Comment from Matthew Ferrin(@matthew_ferrin): @hi_caicai  I think you re right, and there are some workarounds. Claude Code now opens a temporary tab in VS Code with a clean diff in the UI, which helps. One drawback is that it collapses terminal output, so you have to keep toggling it open and back. Eventually it would be nice if it wrote that output to temporary ... ... cursor with Claude Sonnet 4, and it's really good compared to other models. But I am hitting the rate limit frequently and can't use it anymore. I cancelled my subscription with Cursor and am looking for alternatives

... about 10 % of a company. Step in after seed money but before the usual Series A. Back teams who can build and improve AI products super fast. YC itself is putting money into the fund. They say this middle round is the spot where many founders get stuck. Why this matters to me (and maybe to you): That post-seed gap is real; I ve seen promising products stall for months searching for the next big cheque. Standard says iteration ... ... gone and now two pillar partners leaving, I m wondering how the classic YC playbook will evolve. What do you think? If you re raising now, would you jump for a big cheque this early or keep stacking smaller rounds

... explorers! Welcome back to the 7th edition of your favorite AI & tech roundup! From phones turning into mini-geniuses to AI shaking up hiring and even smart collars making dogs feel like royalty, we ve got a little bit of everything to make your day brighter and smarter. So buckle up, sip that coffee, and let s jump into the fun side of tech. Microsoft Bing s AI Video Maker Just Dropped! Hold up! Bing just unlocked a free ... ... skip the snooze-fest and get straight to the point. It s like having a mini assistant who reads your inbox so you don t have to. Less scrolling, more doing, finally, email made easy! ( Source ) AI vs

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... always been deep in the hiring trenches. We offer interviews as a service, so we spend a lot of time talking to recruiters and TA leaders. That means we hear it all: resume overload, ghosting, fake experience, endless first-rounds that go nowhere. Recruiters were spending hours every week on first-round

... newer, has contextual awareness) Agentic coding assistants: - Cursor - Windsurf (getting tons of traction, especially w/ early startups) - Devin - has way fewer reviews and shoutouts (reviews by startups) on Product Hunt - but another founder spoke highly of it in the roundtable - Codebuff (formerly manicode) - AI agent in terminal  Other coding tools - Graphite - AI code reviewer - we use this and like it a lot Ad creative - Krea - came recommended by a founder in the roundtable

... have 14 ish products, and we're working on adding way more. we've cut pricing when everyone else increases it. we've hired more people into support and they're all pretty technical. developer brand is getting weirder vs us saying things are "good enough", like I'm sat live with our graphic designer and lead designer right now redesigning our website despite everyone saying it's awesome what we didn't do: 1. outbound 2. growth hacking stuff ... ... competitive markets, so standing out is important and we felt there was a clear gap for most of our products in caring about end users instead of "buyers". our branding is all oriented around "1 developer" vs

... features as used by technical users) and Calendly is cheaper initially but scales up in cost (more user friendly + most app compatible). Comment from Matt Carroll(@catt_marroll): also just realized cal is totally free for my usecase, vs 10/mo on calendly to support multiple calendars. seems like basically a no brainer.. Comment from Gabe Perez(@gabe): Going against the grain here but I'm a huge fan of @SavvyCal and was a paying customer for a while. I made ... ... Comment from Nichole Elizabeth DeMer (Eithiriel)(@nikkielizdemere): @steveb  Solid reasons. Comment from Nafis Salauddin(@nafissalauddin): @steveb I didn t know they were bootstrapped. Pretty awesome. FYI Calendly was also bootstrapped for years before they raised a huge round

... start discussion: Technical: Built on top of a BaaS provider Full KYC/AML implementation for high-risk customers Mobile-first architecture AI-powered document processing system (now repurposed as B2B product) Business: Real unit economics: LTV/CAC was 0.53:1 vs projected 3:1 Customer lifetime: 6 months vs

... been using @Spacemacs for a few years now. Recently, I started using @VS Code to "see what I was missing". I liked that linters and such seemed to work a bit smoother out of the box. I kept hearing: VSCode

... everyone! Emmerita here 1x startup founder with 3+ years of experience in ops, marketing, and strategy within my favorite work environment so far (startups). I joined Product Hunt a few weeks ago, but, well procrastination won this round. Right now, I m thinking about dipping my toes back into building another startup venture, and I m curious when you have a new idea, where do you start executing? With my previous startup, we kicked things off by picking a name ... ... details Comment from Emmerita Ambata(@emmerita_ambata): @mzkvisuals  Sounds like a great approach! Comment from Evak Chan(@evakk): For me, I would first conduct a simple market research and competitive analysis to see its feasibility and see what alternatives

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... launched Roundups this past Thursday and the feedback was valuable. Just a quick thanks to everyone here that upvoted and the overall positive vibes on our big reveal. I had not launched a new product on PH in a while and I forgot how valuable this community truly is in the early innings! Feedback is always welcome and appreciated. https://www.producthunt.com/post... Comment from Olivia Jane Mitchell(@oliviajanemitchell): Totally agree, the PH community really knows their stuff! Congrats ... ... launch - plenty of helpful feedback here. I'll definitely be checking out Roundups.ai

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... funding eventually backed out when Capital One announced that they were getting rid of overdraft fees. With $2,000 left in the bank we decided to pivot and follow the data. 3 months later we closed a $1.4M round. Today, we are building a payments infrastructure for subscription/recurring payments. Our timeline: March 2021 - Launched waitlist on Product Hunt. April 2021 - Released on TestFlight. May 2021 - Got accepted to an accelerator. June 2021 - Fundraised. Failed. July 2021 - Recruited Engineer. August ... ... Founder and Engineer joined Full-Time. September 2021 - Built MVP. October 2021 - Released on App Store. November 2021 - Fundraised. December 2021 - Failed. January 2021 - Pivoted product. February 2021 - Fundraised. March 2021 - Closed $1.4M Pre-Seed Round