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The first version of Product Hunt was built by Ryan Hoover in 2013 in San Francisco. It took the shape of a daily email that rounded up the cool new products that launched in the last 24 hours. At the time, Ryan was spending a bunch of his time scanning the App Store for new apps to try and figured there were probably other a bunch of other tech-obsessed people out there that would be interested in the products he was stumbling on. Within a week of launching, his email had a hundred subscribers and he overheard strangers discussing Product Hunt in a local Philz coffee shop – he knew he was on to something.
Soon, Product Hunt evolved from an email digest to a website that asked the broader tech community to upvote, comment, and discuss the latest products. Just six months after inception, the company was accepted into the accelerator Y Combinator, closed an initial funding round with Andreessen Horowitz, and won Best New Startup at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards.
If Reddit was the front page of the internet, Product Hunt was the front page of tech. And what was so cool (and surprising!) is that it wasn’t just techies coming to share what they were working on and see what their fellow makers were up to. Product Hunt’s first users were also tinkerers, founders, tech nerds, journalists, venture capitalists, and curious onlookers that all gathered to put their finger on the pulse of what was new in tech and talk about it, together.
Soon after, Product Hunt was dubbed 'the heartbeat of the tech ecosystem', and we haven't lost the thread since.
It’s easy to forget that Product Hunt was nearly a decade ahead of its time in seeing what magic would ensue when a group of people came together over a shared obsession with making stuff. By creating a welcoming and dynamic home on the internet, Product Hunt didn't just reflect maker culture but helped shape it into what we see today.
Our mission is to amplify the impact of talented makers worldwide.
Soon, Product Hunt evolved from an email digest to a website that asked the broader tech community to upvote, comment, and discuss the latest products. Just six months after inception, the company was accepted into the accelerator Y Combinator, closed an initial funding round with Andreessen Horowitz, and won Best New Startup at the TechCrunch Crunchies Awards.
If Reddit was the front page of the internet, Product Hunt was the front page of tech. And what was so cool (and surprising!) is that it wasn’t just techies coming to share what they were working on and see what their fellow makers were up to. Product Hunt’s first users were also tinkerers, founders, tech nerds, journalists, venture capitalists, and curious onlookers that all gathered to put their finger on the pulse of what was new in tech and talk about it, together.
Soon after, Product Hunt was dubbed 'the heartbeat of the tech ecosystem', and we haven't lost the thread since.
It’s easy to forget that Product Hunt was nearly a decade ahead of its time in seeing what magic would ensue when a group of people came together over a shared obsession with making stuff. By creating a welcoming and dynamic home on the internet, Product Hunt didn't just reflect maker culture but helped shape it into what we see today.
Our mission is to amplify the impact of talented makers worldwide.
