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James Evans

1yr ago

AMA w/ James Evans (Command AI) -- What it's like to be acquired

Command AI was acquired by Amplitude in October 2024. We just re-launched one of our products as an Amplitude product (Guides and Surveys). Ask me about what it's like for a startup to go through an acquisition, integrate with another company's team and product, etc. I'll be around to answer questions 9am PT!
Troy McAlpin

11mo ago

The customer is not always right - AMA w/ CEO of atono

Hey all - Troy McAlpin, CEO and co-founder of atono here.

In our last $70M ARR SaaS venture, we learned the hard way: the customer is not always right.

Amir Ashkenazi

1yr ago

AMA with Amir Ashkenazi founder of Airtop, Adap.tv, and Shopping.com

Hi everyone! Pretty exciting to be doing this on the same day forums is launching. A little bit about me - Currently the founder of Airtop, previously known as Switchboard. I previously founded Adap.tv, which AOL acquired in 2013 and prior to that co-founded Shopping.com, which went public and later sold to eBay. I'm now focusing on helping devs automating web tasks with AI-powered cloud browsers that seamlessly handle authentication. I'm happy to help answer any questions about AI automation, how I view the future of AI and work, why automation matters, knowing when to pivot, building successful companies, and any advice I can share for future founders. Really feel free to ask me anything!
Dani Grant

1yr ago

AMA with Dani @ Jam on AI for engineers and building startups, from VC to founder.

Hi everyone, Dani from Jam here! We just launched Jam AI yesterday (producthunt.com/posts/jam-ai) and are super excited to see it's fully writing ~30% of bug reports on its first day! I'm here to answer any questions about the future of AI + coding/debugging, building AI products, reporting bugs, and on building startups in general!
Artem Vysotsky

7mo ago

We bootstrapped all in one ai platform without ads to 200k users in two years. AMA

Hey,
Artem here. I left Meta in Apr 2024 to fully dive into realm of GenAI. I knew back then that with the pace of development the distribution wins, not the product. So I spent a year cracking SEO and wasting tens of thousands on ads so you don't have to. Happy to share my learnings and answer your questions.
Some stats. As of now our app has over 200k registered users with up to 700 joining daily.
Before AI summaries we've reached 200k monthly visits on the website.
And then crashed hard in the past few weeks.
We also iterated on product like crazy and learned a ton.
Ask away!

Alek Gir

10d ago

Launched on MS Store 10 days ago - turns out it's just a download button, not a marketing engine

Hey Product Hunt Launched StreamVox on MS Store 10 days ago thinking "Microsoft has 1 billion Windows users, this will be easy!"Narrator: It was not easy.What I builtWindows app for real-time translation with live subtitles. Works with Zoom, YouTube, gaming, phone calls - basically any audio. Built it solo because international meetings without subtitles suck.10 days later:- 180 store page views- 82 downloads (45% conversion - actually good!)- 65 active users- $0 revenueWhere users came from:- ~140 views: Me posting links on Reddit/Twitter/Facebook- ~20 views: Product Hunt (thanks!)- ~10-20 views: Organic MS Store searchI searched for my own app. "Translation app" - buried under Microsoft Translator and Google Translate. "AI subtitles" - nowhere to be found.The algorithm loves established publishers. Makes sense for quality control, but creates chicken-and-egg: no visibility without reviews, no reviews without users, no users without visibility.Plot twist: payments don't workUsers want to upgrade to Pro. They click the button. They get "Page not found."Everything shows "Complete" in Partner Center. Sandbox testing works. But live payments? Broken.My account is 3 weeks old. I think Microsoft locks IAP for new accounts (anti-fraud?) but there's zero documentation. Forum posts suggest waiting 30-45 days.So I have 5-10 users ready to pay and literally can't take their money. Cool cool cool.What I learned:MS Store is great for distributing your app once people know about it. Auto-updates, trusted platform, easy installation.But discovery? You're completely on your own. I'm spending 70% of my time marketing now. Reddit comments, demo videos, engaging communities. The other 30% is building features.Also pivoting messaging: originally "accessibility tool" (noble but hard to reach). Now "watch anime without waiting for subs" because that's who's actually using it. Easier audience to reach.Next moves:- Integrating Paddle this week (5% vs MS Store's 15%)- Selling Pro directly via streamvox.pro- Keeping MS Store as free tier delivery- Focusing on gaming/anime communities on RedditQuestions:1. Is MS Store discovery this hard for everyone or am I missing something?2. Solo founders - you also spending 60-70% time on marketing?3. Desktop apps - platform or DTC? What worked for you?Building in public, learning in public, sometimes faceplanting in public. Links: https://www.producthunt.com/prod... | https://streamvox.pro
Hayden Harrow

6mo ago

In the middle of our first PH launch (ReadyBase) - AMA

We launched ReadyBase on PH today!
https://www.producthunt.com/prod...

Trying an AMA to maybe help us get a few more upvotes (please!!!).

Mark Inger

6mo ago

🎂 Built a 500‑customer B2B SaaS before I turned 18 – AMA

At 15 I trained my first machine learning model and landed an internship at a U.S. company.
At 16 I launched my first startup and promptly ran it into the ground.
I learned more from that failure.

At 17 I launched Pleep, an AI sales rep that lets any business owner integrate AI into 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.

My new product is live! Adventure Designer - Ask Me Anything

My next product is live on ProductHunt - Adventure Designer.

https://www.producthunt.com/prod...