What AI-native features could make Product Hunt even better?
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I have been a Product Hunt user for 5 years now, and it's been amazing to see how much the platform has evolved.
That said, I sometimes feel the absence of AI-native features. Things like smart filtering of fake profiles during the signup stage, automated link health checks on launch pages, or even an AI-driven support assistant (remember the old chat widget?).
I wish to ask both builders and users:
If you were on the Product Hunt team, what kind of AI capabilities would you bring in to make the experience smoother or smarter?
And even if you are just a daily user, what AI-powered ideas would you love to see on PH?
Would love to know your thoughts. Perhaps this will be a good starting point to grow the platform as a community.
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Ability to ask the chatbot to make product recommendations based on user's requirements.
ScaryStories Live
I’d love to see a group feature on Product Hunt, kind of like a lightweight Discord channel automatically created after a product launch. Everyone who upvoted, commented, or followed the product could be added in to chat, share feedback, report bugs, or even showcase what they’ve built with it.💕
For small teams, handling all the inquiries and traffic right after a PH launch can be overwhelming, especially everything comes at once from multiple directions (emails, DMs, socials). Having a built-in space inside PH would make it easier to stay close to early adopters and improve retention naturally. If AI could help organize feedback, summarize discussions, or prioritize bug reports from that group, that’d be a dream for product makers. It would turn Product Hunt from just a launch moment into an ongoing community space.🔥
@ashok_nayak @product
Good suggestion, @helen9
It's a totally fair ask. Given the number of products launching here every single day, PH might find it extremely difficult to embed a communication space for every product, plus the burden of infra costs.
You raised an extremely valid point from a product maker's angle...the makers anyway find it difficult to manage convos, I agree.
Dad Reply
@ashok_nayak @product @helen9 100% this. The forums are great. But if my product could have a dedicated space that would be great. Feedback, bugs, suggestions. Allow me to foster a community post launch.
Cal ID
Tons of potential for PH!
Here are my dream AI-native features (some of it are actually planned):
Instant product matchmaking: A tool that recommends other tools based on your actual workflow or stack, not just categories.
Launch prep assistant: Live headline, copy, and visuals feedback before you post, drawing on patterns from winning launches. (umm kinda good idea but I didn't think a lot on this)
Smart feedback digest: AI that summarizes comments, bugs, and questions post-launch so makers aren't buried in replies. AI can also help surface real discussions, not just algorithm-chasing comments.
@sanskarix Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Maybe an app like Bumble to match builders / co-founders.
Lancepilot
As a maker, I’d totally use an AI launch buddy, one that checks your draft and gives tips for headlines, visuals, or copy before you go live. And yeah, an AI filter to keep spam or empty comments away would make the community feel way better.
@priyankamandal
Great idea! This is much needed. An assistant for launches will prevent substandard releases and content.
minimalist phone: creating folders
Those link checks would be great. But I feel that it would be great to remove AI bot accounts massively.
I am 100% agreeing with this, @busmark_w_nika 🙌🏻
They are all over the place! And surprisingly, some of them have connected non-existent LinkedIn and Twitter accounts too.
As you rightly mentioned, we need some fool-proof mechanism to validate and remove such profiles.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@ashok_nayak I am pretty sure I would lose at least 1,000 bot followers :D
@busmark_w_nika hahahaha 🤣
Good one!
It could be pretty nice for detailed product discovery (e.g. "Show me products that do X and cost less than Y/month, and have a Zapier integration"). Could probably do this with AI assisted indexing (i.e. take product's description, video transcriptions, or even entire website content then feed through AI for categorization).
Detection of AI generated content/bots is a good one but it's kinda hard these days to definitively determine what's AI and what's not. Also what actions do you take? Deletion/banning, or just down-ranking somehow...
@rich186
Yes, correct! Good thought.
Even I find it a bit difficult to discover the products I need. Till date, I have been browsing just the categories (given in the footer).
AI-powered indexing could prevent this hassle.
Nyra AI
An AI 'Launch Scout' that analyzes a product's page and predicts its market fit and potential, giving hunters a data-backed edge
Triforce Todos
Honestly, just having smarter moderation or fake profile detection would already level things up a lot.
Triforce Todos
AI that matches makers with collaborators based on skills, interests, and previous launches.
@abod_rehman agreed...and that is a good one.
That will help connect you with the people you need...