... plays a significant role in how products appear in Google search results. What surprised us was that AI assistants like ChatGPT were rarely citing Product Hunt in product recommendations. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini rely on reviews, alternative lists, and structured product information gathered across the web. Product Hunt is strong across all three. In theory, this should make Product Hunt a natural source for AI-driven product recommendations and comparisons. In practice, it was not happening ... ... across Product Hunt. Product Hunt is becoming part of the AI retrieval layer. Key Lessons We view AI visibility as a new distribution layer. Our goal is to ensure that authentic community signal on Product Hunt is systematically surfaced