If you could invite one founder who is not on Product Hunt yet, who would it be?
Product Hunt is one of the most well-known product directories I know. And I think there is always room for new members.
I believe there are still many influential founders missing from this platform – people who could enrich the community with their mindset, achievements, and products.
If you could choose one founder who is not currently on Product Hunt, who would you invite? And what would you ask them?
For me, one person who has inspired me recently is Barbara Alice Paldus. I personally feel that there are still not enough women represented here, and she is a great example of someone with a very diverse background and mindset. She is best known for her work in biotech, but what I find inspiring is the range of things she has built and achieved.
Who would be your pick?
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Mine would be Jesse Mecham, the guy behind YNAB. He built a personal finance company profitably for years before any of the current wave of AI finance apps existed, no VC pressure forcing growth-at-all-costs decisions. I'd ask him what he'd do differently if he were starting that same company today, competing against a dozen AI-powered entrants instead of just Mint.
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@raffay_sajjad The question is pretty valid. Probably the approach could be different :)
I’d invite Jensen Huang. I’d ask him how a small startup should build confidently when the infrastructure underneath AI changes every few months.
Founders are making long-term product decisions on top of models, chips, and platforms that move incredibly fast. I’d love to hear what he thinks will remain a durable advantage when access to the same technology becomes available to everyone.
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@alpertayfurr These names are new to me. Thank you for widening my horrizons :)
@busmark_w_nika Thanks too also introduce new names for us :)
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@new_user___15220260fd153a4893b7802 That would be interesting, especially when we have Vercel Days on Product Hunt :)
I’d invite Patrick Collison.
One thing I’ve been thinking about while building AI voice infrastructure is that the hardest engineering problems aren’t always the most valuable ones.
I’d ask him:
“How do you know when an infrastructure breakthrough is ready to become a product?”
Stripe answered that question for payments. I’m curious how he’d answer it today in the AI era.
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@zhenthinks It is a pity we do not have those AMAs again on the platform. This one would be pretty interesting :)
my pick is Simon Willison. he's not flashy and doesn't run in the launch-hype circuit, but the way he writes about actually building and evaluating LLM tools has been more useful to me week to week than most launch pages ever are. I'd ask him what tool in his own stack he'd be a little embarrassed to admit is held together with duct tape.
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@galdayan He is a totally new name to me. Had to google him :)
@busmark_w_nika that's kind of the point though, he's never tried to be a name. he just writes up whatever he's building or breaking that week on his own blog, no funding announcements or launch cycle. worth a look if you're into LLM tooling specifically, less so otherwise.