... total / 18B active, open source (Aug 1) Meituan : LongCat 2.0 (Jul 20) NVIDIA : Nemotron TwoTower (Jul 1) poolside : Laguna S 2.1 (Jul 21) thinkingmachines : Inkling (Jul 17), Inkling Small (Jul 30) Ant Group : Ling-3.0-flash (Jul 23) Kuaishou : KAT-Coder-Air V2.5 / Pro V2.5 (Jul 10) SenseTime : SenseNova U1.5 (Aug 3) That's 17 vendors, 25+ models, in roughly one month. A new model roughly every 36 hours. A year ago, every time a major model dropped especially from ...

... Podcast best product/growth content. His interviews with founders who actually built things (not just raised money) are gold. Latent Space if you're in the AI/ML space, this is required listening. Deep technical conversations about what's actually working vs. what's hype. The Changelog open source and developer ecosystem. Great for understanding where the industry is heading. Indie Hackers Podcast real numbers, real struggles, real revenue. No vanity metrics. The pattern I've noticed: the best podcasts for builders ... ... more useful than hearing "we grew to $1M ARR." Comment from Rustam Khasanov(@rustam_khasanov): @byalexai  "How To Get Your First Users" by Ankit, and I also liked "The Best Way To Launch Your Startup" by Kat

... Circle . It s where we nurture those relationships with early adopters, run quick beta tests, and generate the loyalty that fuels a launch. The synergy between those three is what turns followers into advocates. Comment from Dmytro Katyukha(@dim_kat): For us, Product Hunt was never something we heavily relied on, more like one of many tools to share what we re building. And honestly, our product probably isn t the right fit for most of the audience here anyway ... ... make many rounds of preparation, strategies, etc. For me, it was minimalist phone launch :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @abod_rehman  Usually, those people disappear after the 1st (unsuccessful) launch. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @dim_kat