We often see launch posts, milestones, and success stories. What we don t see as much are honest breakdowns of products that quietly stalled or failed.
I feel there s a lot of learning hidden there about timing, assumptions, and trade-offs.
Last week, OpenAI announced a full-year free subscription for Indian users starting November 4. On top of that, they ve rolled out a Learning Accelerator program offering 5 lakh ChatGPT licenses to students and educators, and begun hiring engineers in Bengaluru.
So why the sudden focus?
Here s my take:
India is now OpenAI s 2nd-largest user base, and probably the fastest-growing.
By locking in early brand trust and language familiarity, OpenAI is essentially building a moat for the next billion users.
The country has 700 million + internet users, but very low per-capita SaaS/AI spending. That s a huge conversion opportunity.
Local competition is heating up as Perplexity, Gemini, and even smaller Indian startups are fighting for daily-use adoption.
We got 5 Leads from Product Hunt last week! It didn t happen overnight. We stayed active on forum threads, joined conversations, and showed up for the community. Here s what we did: Stayed consistent on Product Hunt discussions and threads. Divided the pool between those who already launched and those planning to launch. For those who had launched, we asked if they needed the solution we re building at Flexprice. For those preparing to launch, we helped, shared notes, answered questions, and stayed available. That s where the leads came from. We realised one thing; when you show up for the community, it always gives back. How have you benefitted from Product Hunt so far?
The AI researchers at Andon Labs, the people who gave Anthropic Claude an office vending machine to run, and hilarity ensued, have published the results of a new AI experiment.
They wanted to see if LLMs were technically capable of functioning as a robot s brain, that is, connecting their thinking (textual decision-making) with real sensors and movement.
Over time, I ve realized how much effort we put into our websites on landing pages, pricing, testimonials, product tours and yet, most visitors only ever deeply interact with one or two sections depending on your ICP.
For developer-first products, that s usually docs.
For consumer apps, maybe it s onboarding or pricing.
For enterprise tools, perhaps case studies or ROI calculators.
We keep seeing things like AI and LLM. But I'm happy about technology products that go beyond the occasional. For example, today I read that Aura is introducing a $499 e-ink digital photo frame that allows you to work without a cable.
I was also happy with the @Flowtica Scribepen from @zaczuo .
Elon Musk was extremely frustrated that Wikipedia couldn t be manipulated, and he even offered $1 billion if they renamed it to d*ckipedia.
Since that didn t work out, he s now trying to build his own platform for gathering information claiming that Wikipedia is hopelessly biased, and that left-leaning editors influence its content.
Elon Musk was extremely frustrated that Wikipedia couldn t be manipulated, and he even offered $1 billion if they renamed it to d*ckipedia.
Since that didn t work out, he s now trying to build his own platform for gathering information claiming that Wikipedia is hopelessly biased, and that left-leaning editors influence its content.
Jess Ladd just opened applications for the 2026 Sexual Assault Prevention Incubator a first-of-its-kind program targeting prevention at the high school level, where intervention can change life trajectories. The program lasts six months, offers $50,000, a cohort of peers, and the support to turn bold concepts into tested solutions
The state has become the first U.S. state to regulate AI companion chatbots. Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 243, a new law requiring companies like OpenAI, Meta, Character AI, and Replika to implement safety protocols protecting children and vulnerable users.
Today I celebrate a big milestone. 365 days in a row active on Product Hunt. Honestly, quite a number given how many things happened in my life this year, it feels like I could write a book about it.
But consistency takes effort. Here are 3 things that helped me:
I ve been here for almost three years, and over time, I ve started to see this platform as a social network.
I know that many people come to launch their products and, due to time constraints, do not have time to establish a strong presence here, but I m glad some regular users focus on building the community.
SF is buzzing this week, but the question travels: how do you actually meet the right people (cofounders, investors, collaborators, etc.) without burning the night? What works for me: be visible (present/pitch if possible instant context), be memorable (two-liner like I spent a decade in meetings at Apple left to fix that ), and be intentional (goal: 5 useful connections, 1 investor intro keep moving every 3 5 minutes).
Here's my simple framework:
Intent Target Ask (why you re here, who you need, concrete next step).
Anchor to the moment ( What stood out from the talk? ).
Exit cleanly ( Great chat mind if I send that link tonight? ).
Yesterday, @zaczuo shared an idea about delivering packages from space. To me, that seems quite sci-fi and financially demanding to actually pull off. Today, I m reading that Bezos predicts millions of people could be living in space by 2050.
How realistic is this scenario, given that the last time we set foot on the Moon was more than 50 years ago? (And above all, I feel like we still can t solve basic problems on Earth, let alone expand into space.)
Just when I saw the launch @Hume AI how AI can reliably replicate a voice, it gives me chills.
I wrote it under that launch, too, and I'll replicate it now as well:
I really don t know how banks plan to protect their clients now. AI has advanced to the point where it can replicate biometrics, like faces and voices. Practically, the only aspect that s harder to replicate is touch fingerprints but even that isn t completely secure. Money isn t safe in these institutions.
