A (forever) free startup lifeline

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt and sponsored by our friends at HubSpot.

The challenge: Startups need tools for growth that are designed to be both fast and scalable, especially when it comes to customer acquisition and retention.

A solution: HubSpot for Startups.

How it works: Startups can manage contacts through HubSpot’s (forever) free CRM, sell better through a suite of sales tools, manage all marketing through marketing automation software, and close the loop with customers through service tools. This makes getting your first customer, or getting your 100,000th customer (and keeping them happy) much, much easier.

The really good news: They have a special offer for the PH community. Startups are eligible for up to 90% off HubSpot software, free programming, education, events, over 300 integrations, as well as the opportunity to build an integration on HubSpot. Apply here.

And another thing! Anyone who applies for HubSpot for Startups through this link will receive a free Community Pass to INBOUND, HubSpot's 24,000 person event this September in Boston. Founders and startup employees will have unique opportunities to meet other founders, investors, and get valuable startup-only content.

Apply!

So we’re just… talking to software now?

ElevenLabs has been the go-to for voice for a while. Now they've turned that expertise into agents that actually get things done. You set one up, it talks like a real person, listens, responds, and helps handle the task — support calls, bookings, whatever the job is. Not a demo, not a "press 1 for sales" situation. It's ready to deploy. Feels like one of those shifts where the interface quietly changes. Less typing, less clicking, more just saying what needs to happen and letting it play out.