First things first:

Don't write the comment during the launch day, but before (prepare everything in advance)

Just got back from MAU Vegas 2025, where I spent a few days nerding out on GTM tech stacks with folks from consumer apps, gaming, fintech, and lifecycle platforms. If you're building or scaling a mobile-first app, here s the distilled version of what top-performing teams are actually doing right now minus the vendor hype.

What s essential in 2025

The consensus was pretty clear: besides AI everything, the modern GTM tech stack for mobile apps boils down to five key components:

I'm pretty sure that most makers don't just rely on the income from their tools, but also create some kind of financial reserve, a "cushion" in investments.

1 I'd be interested in which companies or industries you invest in?

2 What was your strangest investment?

Yesterday, I read that in addition to Klarna, the CEO of Zoom is already using his AI avatar on quarterly calls.

Understandably, these AI gadgets are quite trendy (and make life easier, save time and money)...

What s that one task you always end up doing but really wish you didn t have to?

For me, it s the scrappy stuff like cold outreach or chasing feedback (and getting no reply). It's essential, but always pulls me away from deeper work.

What about you?

What's your annoying-but-necessary task.

I have been thinking a lot about how AI is quietly transforming the way we work, not replacing jobs entirely, but definitely reshaping them.

At a recent Fortune summit, the CEO of Indeed said AI can now handle over half the tasks in most roles. But no single job can be fully automated. OpenAI s Chief People Officer even called it a reimagination of work.

What are your lessons and learnings about hiring some of your earliest engineers? What traits, what red flags, do's and don'ts, any best places to search?

Be honest, are you

A) Betting on Angel Investors to believe in you before your product even loads properly?

B) Going big with Venture Capital, hoping to scale like crazy (and maybe cry in board meetings)?

You ever fall in love with a product, tell all your friends about it, and then disappeared?

I really liked Wunderlist (task management application). It had a super clean UX, funny tone and felt like it should ve blown up. Well, in the end it didn't survive (I think some internal political war ruined it), but at least now there like 20 new ones in the market to take their space.

Have you ever had a favorite product that totally flopped or shut down? Why do you think it didn t make it?

Hi everyone,

Super excited to launch soonish.

I'm the founder of the first and only UK fintech company that managed to fully automate bespoke financial advice.

Hey everyone,

I m Alex, solo maker of CoLaunchly, and yesterday I launched it on Product Hunt for the very first time.

I didn t expect much. My only goal was to get into the top 10.

Caution: We re treading on thin ice.

I understand why big companies lobby for better conditions in their field. I see it more as a form of collective interest.

You write a post.

• AI optimizes the headline.

• A/B test decides the layout.

• Analytics picks the winner.

• SEO tools rewrite your words.

All of it works.

But suddenly, everything sounds the same.

YC published a list of themes they want to invest in:

1. Full-stack AI Companies

2. More Design Founders

3. Voice AI

4. AI for Scientific Advancement

5. AI Personal Assistant

6. Healthcare AI

7. AI Personal Tutor for Everyone

8. Software Tools To Make Robots

9. The Future of Education

10. AI Residential Security

11. Internal Agent Builder

12. AI Research Labs

13. AI Voice Assistants for Email

14. AI for Personal Finance

Of course there are many projects and startups that launched on Product Hunt in each of these categories.

Hi Hunters!
I m doing my first real launch soon, i m pretty new to startups world even if i m working as a programmer for quite a while and i joined multiple startups along the way, being the founder of it is much much different.
As the title says, do you got any advices? Do s and don t?
Waiting for your thoughts.
Thanks!