What if you could chat with every startup instead of scrolling endless directories?

Hey Product Hunt 👋

We're the team behind Trace, an AI browser that builds a personal knowledge layer from everything you read.

While building Trace, we kept running into the same problem:

Researching startups meant opening dozens of tabs across Google, Product Hunt, G2, GitHub, and documentation pages just to answer questions like:

• What's the best AI browser for researchers?
• Which startups focus on privacy and local AI?
• How do Arc, Dia, and Breadcromb compare?

Search engines return links. Directories return lists.

But what if every startup became a structured knowledge object that you could explore through natural language?

Imagine asking:

"Show me AI startups helping researchers."
"Compare the latest AI browsers."
"Find startups using local AI models."

We are exploring the idea of building a shared startup knowledge graph inside Trace, powered by the amazing products and founders discovered through communities like Product Hunt.

Why this is interesting for the community

Today, discovering great products often means scrolling through rankings, feeds, and directories. But understanding which tool is actually the right fit still requires a lot of manual research.

We believe the future of discovery is not more lists, but better understanding.

For users, this means being able to discover products through conversations instead of searching through endless pages.

For makers, this creates a new way to be discovered. Your product becomes more than a logo and a link. It becomes a living knowledge object that people can explore, compare, and understand.

If you're a founder, help us seed the first version:

🚀 Startup name
💡 One-line description
🔗 Website or Product Hunt page

The first contributors will help shape how this knowledge layer is built.

Would you use something like this? What questions would you want to ask an AI about startups?