The Problem
Fandom lovers crave immersion, but most fan experiences are stuck in passive mode: watching shows, reading books, or scrolling Reddit threads.

Meanwhile, social media feels like the opposite of magic: doomscrolling, recycled takes, no real spark.
The Idea
FictionFeed: a social network built inside fictional universes.

Scroll through a feed of AI-generated updates from your favorite characters: Elrond, Tyrion, Hermione - all speaking in their native tone and lore.

It s like Instagram Fan Fiction Immersive Roleplay.
How It Works

We all have messages we send over and over:

Intros. Follow-ups. Support replies. Status updates.

A lot of us still manage this by copying from Notepad or saved docs.

But let s be honest it s messy, slow, and not scalable.

Yesterday I met my friend after 2 years, and of course, after such a long time, we had a lot to talk about.

I was excitedly talking about technology and what AI can do, since he is not primarily from a tech background.

I work with startup teams and use AI tools almost every day for writing, research, support, and more. It saves a lot of time, no doubt. But there are still things AI just can t do well.

For example, when reading customer feedback, AI often misses the real meaning behind the words, like when someone sounds polite but is actually unhappy. Or when making product decisions, AI can list pros and cons, but it doesn t really understand the bigger picture or timing like a human would.

I'm a product nerd. I love demoing and testing out products and am blessed that I can do this as part of my work here at Product Hunt but I sometimes forget to share my thoughts and impressions from testing products with the community....and I want to change that!
What would you like to see if I were to start sharing some reviews, product comparisons, and first impressions of Products that are launched or discovered? What aren't you currently seeing in reviews!
Throw any ideas, ask me anything, this is ultimately for you all!

A few minutes ago, I read an overview of a report that more people take a source of news, not traditional outlets and media, but influencers. [I am attaching the screenshot from Reutersinstitute.]

TL;DR:

FB, YT, IG  More attention is dedicated to news media/journalists

Keeping a startup team motivated without money is one of the hardest challenges I ve faced, harder than growth or sales.

I ve worked on a few SaaS products with let s just say, not-ideal budgets. And honestly, the hardest part wasn t traction. It was morale.

This news caught my eye today: that two Y Combinator partners, Dalton Caldwell (25 batches, 1 K+ startups coached) and Paul Buchheit (the Gmail guy), leave YC (the accelerator behind Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox) to spin up Standard Capital.

Here s what they re offering

• Write $5-10 million cheques for 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.

Tons of great products that we know and use everyday are the result of pivots. You know, sometimes the original idea just isn't working and you have to find a new niche and quick, other times you stumble on a use case that changes the whole game.

Have you ever pivoted? What's the story behind it? How successful was the pivot? I'd love to hear your stories, and potentially feature them in our newsletters!

Tons of great products that we know and use everyday are the result of pivots. You know, sometimes the original idea just isn't working and you have to find a new niche and quick, other times you stumble on a use case that changes the whole game.

Have you ever pivoted? What's the story behind it? How successful was the pivot? I'd love to hear your stories, and potentially feature them in our newsletters!

Where do you regularly post product updates, company news, announcements, etc. Or do you typically publish those through your blog or website or even chat like Slack? I'm using a mix of a few and am curious which one will be the most active. What has your experience been like? Which platforms have you tried/want to try?

First, thank you. Everyone who voted, commented, or tried Chronicle. You helped us with a #1 finish in our first official launch on the same day Bubble also crossed 1000 votes. Massive gratitude

As a first-time founder, this was a special day. I would love to share what we've learnt. And would love to hear how we can do better, both in growing Chronicle and in improving the product itself.

Over the last few months more and more companies have shared that ChatGPT has become one of their top acquisition channel

Some examples:

Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel, explained that they went from getting 1% to 10% of their sign-ups coming from ChatGPT within 6 months

Marie Martens, Co-founder of Tally, said that they scaled from 2 to $3M ARR in the span of 4 months thank to a major influx of customers coming from ChatGPT & Perplexity

I recently took over the blog operations for our SaaS product. The blog was originally built with WordPress by a former tech team member. I m not a developer, so I m trying to figure things out as I go.

Now I d really like to update the look and feel by switching to a new theme. But I m worried will changing the theme mess up our existing blog SEO or page structure?

Last week we launched Mood Scan on the Jammy Chat app, which was the #1 Health & Fitness launch on Product Hunt last week.

We d love to hear how it s working for you so we can keep improving it.

Please take a quick survey here and we'll create a custom playlist, by hand, as a thank you for your time.
Don't be shy!

I usually get a few messages from makers during the week asking if I could hunt them.

Short answer: I don't currently hunt (but maybe in the future)

Let s Talk Cooking with AI Introducing YUMZY!

Hi Product Hunt!

After months of design, coding, and testing, I m beyond excited to finally share YUMZY your AI-powered, voice-controlled cooking assistant & personal recipe book!
Launcing soon: https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

The idea came from a simple thought:

I noticed an interesting pattern in my surroundings:

1. People are very sensitive about their data (GDPR, etc.)

2. But the same people are willing to share their health, partner problems, intimate relationships, etc., with LLM.

Chat GPT becomes a therapist.

Before I start, let me start: without a doubt, children should be children and enjoy their childhood.

However, many makers here already have families, and the role of founders also affects how their children perceive them (they probably see their parents as role models).