How do you actually land those juicy AWS credits?
Hey folks,
I m building SaaS product on a ramen budget. The painful surprise? My burn on must have SaaS and Cloud is eclipsing what I can put into marketing and product.
I keep hearing legends about founders stacking thousands in credits or discounts. But every blog post feels dated or locked behind an accelerator gate.
If you ve personally snagged legit credits (not referral spam), could you share:
What is the most unusual use of artificial intelligence you have seen?
Besides generating text, images and videos for you in a few seconds/minutes, AI can certainly do other things.
What unusual uses of AI have you seen?
Founders in stealth / pre-launch - why? (+ dinner in SF!)
It used to be fashionable to be "in stealth," but then our collective wisdom shifted to "launch early and launch often." In my experience, there are two good reasons for this:
The first reason is that it's often more important to figure out whether people want what you're building than it is to figure out whether you can build the best possible version of it. Launching early gives you the opportunity to either pivot or iterate quickly. Launching is learning.
SaaS founders - how do you handle cancellations?
I'm currently building a tiny tool to reduce churn for SaaS products using Stripe, something super simple:
But before I go too far, I m genuinely curious...
How do YOU handle cancellations right now?
Do you ask why they leave to improve your product?
Do you offer a discount? A pause?
Or just let them go?
Seeking advice for customer acquisition
Hello! I have a health and wellness app that helps people track their compliance on therapeutic diets with the help of AI. I ve gotten very strong encouragement from friends in the tech industry but am finding acquiring customers difficult. I don t spam my app in communities on Facebook or Reddit, but I ll briefly mention it here and there when someone else posts or comments about using apps to help with therapeutic diets. My user growth is about 2-3 per week. If I try to ask communities to talk w people for user research, I m finding most communities will delete the post, even if I am not selling the app but want to talk with others about their pain points. I m curious, what customer acquisition strategies and techniques have worked for you?
Trying to find a cofounder? Drop your info here [April 2025]
Finding the right cofounder is hard and it s even harder to know where to start. This thread is for anyone who s either:
Looking for a cofounder to join your project or company
Looking to join a startup as a cofounder, early builder, or technical lead
Drop a comment with what you re looking for, and make it easy for others to reach out.
I launched solo â and made it to the Top 5 today đ
Hey Product Hunt!
This morning I launched my first solo product ever: Controol a minimalist finance app built around one idea:
Know how much you can spend, not just what you already did.
No team. No paid ads. No launch list. Just late nights and building something I personally needed.
I honestly didn t expect much but hours later, it made it to the Top 5 of the day
The feeling? Wild.
Strangers are connecting with the mindset behind it, and it's been amazing to read their comments.
What is the most common use of AI? (Your use + In general)
While having "a scroll time" on Instagram, I bumped into a Harvard Business Review report.
It shows how people changed their habits of using AI (comparing 2024 and 2025).
TL;DR:
In 2024, AI mostly helped in cognitive tasks.
In 2025, AI is used for things related to emotions.
Is it morally right to cheat with AI? Contradictory products deal with this idea in different ways.
I saw an article on TechCrunch discussing Cluely (created by Chungin Roy Lee and Neel Shanmugam).
TL;DR: The AI tool, originally developed to cheat on software engineering interviews, now helps users cheat on exams, sales calls, and job interviews through a hidden in-browser window. And now has raised $5+ million.
What strategies do you usually use for growing your social media and newsletter when you stagnate?
A few weeks ago, I started to feel like I had hit a plateau on social media, especially with my Substack newsletter. I couldn t seem to get past a certain number of subscribers (stagnation).
In similar situations, I ve noticed that people often either:
run a giveaway
pay for ads