... building Sircles AI, an AI-powered fundraising engine built for early-stage founders. It helps you discover the right pre-seed and seed

... anyone can jump in fresh The goal wasn t to fake the experience, but to let people feel the product without setup friction or commitment. The implementation itself was fairly straightforward mostly blocking critical pieces and setting up seeded demo data though some of Rewo s core value comes from automation that you only experience over time (and via email), which is harder to demo. As such, curious how others here think about demos: Do you prefer live demos vs

... tools we used never worked well together. So, we sat down and sketched the kind of Blog CMS we wished existed - fast, modern, visual-first, SEO-ready, and built to convert . That vision became the foundation of Hyperblog . The seed 2022 The idea for Hyperblog was born while building PickMyCRM While writing hundreds of CRM blogs, we struggled with slow loading, poor SEO, bad UI, and zero lead generation on WordPress. That frustration became the seed

... complex enterprise products. We're on it - this got pushed slightly while we complete SOC 2 compliance, but it's coming. Multi-platform support (Gemini, Claude, Grok) @adagao and others asked about expanding beyond ChatGPT. We built Noodle Seed to be platform-agnostic from day one. As other AI platforms launch their app store initiatives, we'll be there. AISEO / organic discovery in AI conversations @yiwei_gu and @shrenik_jain8 raised great points about how businesses get discovered organically ... ... building custom form capabilities now. We're working on all of this and will keep you posted as we ship. In the meantime - thank you for believing in what we're building. This is just the start. The Noodle Seed

... submit your app to the OpenAI App Store directly from Noodle Seed - no waiting on us. If you have any questions or need help, the entire Noodle Seed

... before sessions) flexible focus lengths (work with your energy, not against it) visual progress through a living focus garden that grows as you stay consistent mindfulness tools woven into productivity, not bolted on later Every focused minute plants a seed. Over time, that seed

... localization engine (YC F24) launched on Product Hunt last February and crushed it: #2 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, #1 Developer Tool of the Month. @Appwrite - Launched Sites , the "open-source Vercel alternative," last May, ranked #1 Product of the Day, #1 Developer Tool of the Week, and #1 Developer Tool of the Month. The perfect Product Hunt launch? @Kilo Code - The open-source AI coding agent founded by GitLab co-founder @sytses blasted ... ... this year: Two launches on Product Hunt, ranked respectfully #5 Product of the Day and #1 Product of the Day, hit 500K+ downloads on VS

... press! OSS AI coding assistant @Kilo Code just announced a $8 Million raise in seed funding. @scobreit wrote in their blog announcement : This funding accelerates our roadmap: smarter multi-agent collaboration, enterprise-grade tooling for technical leaders, and a feature set that continues to accelerate the AI flywheel for development teams using Kilo. Kilo Code is crushing it this year: Two launches on @Product Hunt , ranked respectfully #5 Product of the Day and #1 Product of the Day, growing from ... ... downloads on @VS

... Product Hunt, I m excited to introduce FakerForge , an AI-powered mock data generator built to solve a common developer frustration: generating realistic, structured test data without writing scripts or manually crafting examples. If you ve ever had to seed a database, test an API, or prepare demo content, you know how time-consuming it can be to create good mock data. FakerForge removes that friction. What FakerForge Does FakerForge uses AI to generate high-quality, schema-accurate mock data ... ... throwaway scripts, and random spreadsheets every time I needed demo or test data. With modern AI capable of understanding structure, I wanted a simpler way: describe your dataset and get clean, usable data immediately. Who It s For Developers seeding

... mention that these classes are by default prohibited from running in production : \Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\FreshCommand \Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\MigrateMakeCommand \Illuminate\Database\Console\WipeCommand \Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\ResetCommand \Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\RefreshCommand \Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\SeedCommand

... what their past investments have in common. 2. Start with one great anecdote; if it lands, you ll see it instantly. I now have one that I love to tell and the flashes in their eyes feel rewarding. - US vs EU: US wants vision + return the fund. EU wants GTM, repeatability, CAC/LTV comfort. - Fundraising is random. I met one founder at $2M ARR who can t get funded and another at $3M ARR with a hyper-competitive round. - Rejection ... ... temptation. We debated going B2B-only because of inbound, but doubled down on the bigger vision: B2C + B2B + TBC. Keeping the TBC for the checks sorry... ;-) - Start early. The more calls you take, the better you get. Pre seed

... Product Hunters and fellow builders! There's a significant development coming out of China's AI scene that's worth our attention: Volcengine (ByteDance's cloud service) has officially launched its first dedicated coding Large Language Model, the Doubao-Seed-Code . While the AI code generation space is crowded, this launch is specifically noteworthy for its aggressive positioning on both performance and, crucially, cost. The Key Data Points Developers Need to See Doubao-Seed

... everything. If you re selling luxury in a downturn, you re not reading the room. Here s what a great cold pitch looks like for me right now: Hey Dan, saw you founded Meet-Ting. I assume your biggest competitor is Calendly. Using our tool, I found XXX interesting insight about them that might help you. Want to see how we could surface more like that? That message nails it: they ve done their homework, they understand my business, they ... ... know it's working? Why is this notable? Who is your team, why are they the right people for the job? What notable past experiences do they have? What's your fundraise status past & future plans? "raising a seed

... ChatGPT has 800M weekly users making buying decisions through conversations. But most businesses have no idea how to show up when someone asks "find me a good accountant" or "what CRM should I use?" What we're building: Noodle Seed enables businesses to deploy ChatGPT native Apps and other AI platforms (coming soon - Gemini, Claude, Perplexity) in minutes. No code required. When someone asks for recommendations in your category, you're there. How it works: Connect your business info ... ... Track what queries drive customers to you We're super excited to build more tools for businesses!!! Early traction: We're onboarding founding members who want first-mover advantage in their categories. These businesses will dominate AI discovery before competitors

... Surely there is no bubble. And, can you smell the AGI now ? Axiom's mission is to build a self-improving superintelligent reasoner, starting with an AI mathematician, and for that, Carina Hong has raised $65M in seed funding . I snark, but this is one reason why VC doesn't make sense like it did in the SAAS era... it's not just about winner take all dynamics, but about putting a dent in the information theory ...

... Lessons from Athena s surprising coverage and what founders can learn about finding the right reporter, framing stories, and pitching press The Wall Street Journal rarely covers seed-stage startups let alone one raising just $2.2M. That s why I was surprised to see Athena , an early-stage company working on how large language models surface brand-related content, featured in Katherine Blunt s article about the demise of traditional Google search. Instead of dismissing it as a blip ... ... whether their outlet s readership overlaps with your target audience. I was initially confused to see Katherine Blunt covering Athena. Historically, she wrote about power, renewable energy, and utilities for the Wall Street Journal. And the WSJ itself rarely profiles seed

... everyone, I ve just taken Shockvue to the next level: Seedream 4.0 is now live for image generation and editing on par with Nano Banana in terms of quality and speed. Here s what s new: AI Image Generation with Seedream

... Sydney! I m currently in a fellowship with VC Lab, where I m applying the knowledge and training I ve received to create more equitable opportunities in the venture capital space. I m looking to connect with pre-seed and seed

... their sales workflow in under five minutes. Four months later I quit my job to work on it full time. Why bother? I kept asking myself: Why isn t there an AI sales monopoly yet? My take: because most competitors deliver AI consultants that talk like robots and kill revenue. We focused on building a real rep that: Doesn t ask you to prompt or pick an LLM you just tell us about your business and we do the rest ... ... Talks like your top salesperson, not a bot. Books meetings and pushes data back into your CRM. Fast forward a year: Pleep has 500+ paying B2B customers, hit ~$20k MRR, raised a $100k pre seed

... later. Also, public doesn t have to mean blasting it to Twitter. It could be small niche communities, Reddit threads like this, or a tiny newsletter. Basically, don t measure it by immediate engagement. Think of it as planting seeds for your future self. Anyone here actually started with no audience and made build in public work? What did you do? Comment from Chandrshekhar Rawan(@deleted-8848250): Could be for accountability, even if it s just to yourself. Comment from ... ... while I stack blocks." It's coming back with a pile of blocks and explaining what I learned about the landscape, why different types of blocks are important, and how it all fits together. That's how you plant seeds

... community I m building a startup and reaching the point where I need to better understand the early-stage funding landscape especially around pre-seed and first checks. There s a lot of theory online, but I d love to hear your real stories and practical tips: How did you raise your first funding? What helped you get those initial intros to angels or micro-VCs? Is it worth bootstrapping until MVP? Or better to start building relationships with investors ... ... here: https://eoncodes.substack.com/p/... Comment from Joseph Kim(@joseph_maetel): Mais, I'm not a multi-exited founder, but I can share some thoughts on your questions since I'm currently running a venture-backed business. (We closed our seed

... SeedanceHub is an AI video conversion website I developed.Welcome to try it, the website link is https://seedancehub.com

... optimize the app setup! The new app:setup options are: --no-key : Skips generating the application key (ideal if APP_KEY is already configured). --production : Runs npm run build instead of npm run dev for production-ready assets. --minimal-seed : Seeds

... 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. They say this middle round is the spot where many founders get stuck. Why this ... ... matters to me (and maybe to you): That post-seed

... guys! I'm gearing up to launch RoastMySaaSPitchDeck on Producthunt soon. Super pumped! It's a productized video review service for pre-seed and seed