Short version: NepoNet finds the warmest chain of intros from you to anyone on X, you need to know a guy who knows a guy to achieve great things.
Type any handle. NepoNet maps who they follow, who follows you, and the people in between, then ranks the routes most likely to get you a real introduction to them. Every step is explained, the first ask is drafted for you to send.
We launch on Product Hunt on tomorrow during the OpenIAI Astra challenge and this thread explains why we built it, how it works, and who it's actually for.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Ankush, developer of NepoNet.
A month ago we launched @Construct Computer here and it finished #1 Product of the Day.
That wasn't luck, and it definitely wasn't cold DMs.
Before launch day we mapped who we needed: hunters, makers with big audiences, founders whose one repost moves a launch. Then we found the people we already knew who knew them.
Every intro came from a friend of a friend, every ask was specific and easy to say yes to. People who had never heard of us showed up because someone they trusted asked them to. It worked, but it took us weeks of scrolling through follower lists, spreadsheets and guessing who knows whom.
So we built the tool we wished we'd had.
Nepotism Network finds the warmest chain of intros from you to anyone on X.
Type any handle and it maps who they follow, who follows you, and the people in between, then ranks the warmest routes and explains every step.
It tells you who to befriend first and why, with hard evidence.
One click reads up on everyone on the route and writes a plan: who to message, when, why they'd help, and drafts for each message. It never sends anything for you, you have the final say on who to get in touch with.
Track who you've asked and what happened to make your lives easier.
Use it from ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or Cursor over MCP, your agent gets the same tools you do.
Feel free to try it, type your handle and run your first search.
For our PH supporters we are offering a month of free premium
Try it: https://nepotism.network
Or come hang with us and the team in Discord: https://discord.gg/puArEQHYN9
ps. much love to @zaczuo for hunting us, and to the PH team again 🩵
Flowtica Scribe
This is literally how @nischal_naik reached out to me :)
Somewhere in this Astra...
you and the connection that matters might be just one little push away 👉
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@zaczuo Well said! Knowing how to reach the right people through a chain of trust might just be the best advantage there is. Thanks for supporting us on this launch, Zac 🙏
Dograh
Congrats on the launch! How does Nepotism Network rank the warmest introduction paths?
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@sandeep_vemu NepoNet takes into account multiple factors like, followers/following amount, recent engagements, frequency of engagement and so on, and calculates a score from 0-100
This is quite similar to how ELO ranking gets calculated in chess.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m Vibhansh, Designer for NepoNet.
While working on this, one thing we were pretty intentional about was that nothing should be sent automatically. NepoNet excels at finding you the right path, understanding who to reach out to, and drafting the ask, but the final message is always yours, as it should be.
A good connection only works when the ask feels personal, not like some automated spam cannon.
The design language of NepoNet follows the same idea. It gives you space to organize your outreach and track your progress, while also helping you find alternatives and draft everything you need without taking the decision away from you.
I’ve always loved forming personalized connection requests, but with cold outreach and trying to personalize every single message, there’s still that hesitation: “What if they don’t notice you? How do you even reach them?”
With NepoNet, we wanted to lift some of that hesitation. It doesn’t try to replace the human part of networking. It just makes getting to that connection a little easier.
how you guys usually approach asking someone for an intro?
give it a try: https://nepotism.network
It’s fun, it’s useful, and who knows, we might be close friends. :)
Sounds Crazy , How does it deal with possibility of Cyber threat?
Aceternity UI Pro
Connect me with God please
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@manuarora 🛐