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PartFinder

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Spot supply chain risk before it hits

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Spot supply chain risk before it hits

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PartFinder gives manufacturers part-level supply chain risk intelligence. Upload a BOM or parts list, score every component's risk, see geographic exposure, shortage signals, lead-time volatility, find alternates, compare specs, and send request for quotes - all from one platform. Most teams discover supply issues when shipments fail. PartFinder helps them act earlier.

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Launch tags:Hardware•Artificial Intelligence•Data & Analytics

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Jeffrey, co-founder of PartFinder. We built PartFinder because manufacturers still manage critical sourcing decisions across spreadsheets, supplier portals, PDFs, emails, and outdated systems. That works fine until one part breaks the whole plan. A small sensor, PCB, or motor controller gets delayed. Lead time jumps from 8 weeks to 22 weeks. A supplier is concentrated in one risky region. A tariff hits. A shortage starts. But by the time the team realizes what happened, production is already exposed. We both saw that problem, from different angles. I came from a risk management background at Morgan Stanley, where risk is modeled, monitored, and acted on before losses happen. But in manufacturing, teams often don't have the same part-level risk visibility. My co-founder @OlivierBuilds saw the pain directly while building hardware. Validating one alternate part took weeks and created real cost, delay, and sourcing risk. Olivier is an AI systems architect leading PartFinder’s technical build, with semiconductor engineering experience from Cirrus Logic. So we asked: why can't manufacturers upload a BOM or part list and instantly know which parts are risky, why they are risky, and what to do next? That became PartFinder. PartFinder gives manufacturers part-level supply chain risk intelligence. Upload a BOM or parts list and PartFinder: - Scores every component's risk and maps geographic exposure - Flags shortage signals and lead-time volatility - Finds alternates and compares specs side by side - Lets teams send RFQs directly from the platform What changed while building this: At first, we thought this was mainly a part search problem. But after 100+ conversations with manufacturers, procurement teams, engineers, and operators, it became clear the bigger pain was not just "where can I find this part?" It was: - Which parts are exposed? - Why are they risky? - What alternates are actually usable? - Who should we contact? - How fast can we act before production gets stuck? So PartFinder evolved from a sourcing tool into a risk-to-action platform. Our goal is simple: help manufacturers find supply issues before shipments fail, costs rise, or production stops. We’re excited to share PartFinder with the Product Hunt community today. We’d love feedback from anyone working in hardware, manufacturing, procurement, engineering, supply chain, or industrial AI: - What would make this most useful for your team? -What risk signals should we prioritize next? - How do you currently track part-level supply risk? We’ll be here all day reading comments and answering questions. Find us at partfinder.dev or follow @partfinderdev on X. — Jeffrey & Olivier

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22h ago

Interesting idea, curious how you’re defining “risk” for each part. Beyond stock and lead times, what else are you looking at to decide when a part might become a problem?

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4h ago

Maker

@yesenia4 Yeah - we have an algorithm that looks at several components together, not just stock or lead time.

It considers things like:

Geography exposure: Is the part tied to one risky region?

Lead-time volatility: Are lead times starting to jump?

Replacement difficulty: Are there many alternative options that match the part?

Disruption exposure: Could events like China tariffs, port strikes, Red Sea delays, or Strait of Hormuz tensions affect it?

So even if a part looks available today, the algorithm can flag it if multiple signals suggest it may become a problem soon.

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4h ago

Maker

Hi everyone,
I’m Olivier, co-founder of PartFinder and leading the technical build.

My background is in AI systems architecture and engineering, with experience across semiconductor and industrial projects. I’ve personally felt how painful and fragmented part sourcing can be, especially when specs, suppliers, lead times, and compatibility details are scattered across different tools.

Building PartFinder pushed me to solve real orchestration problems: chaining AI models, web scraping, and distributor APIs into a pipeline that self-heals when sources fail, while keeping results fast and accurate.

Super excited to launch PartFinder today and share what we’ve been building. Looking forward to interacting with everyone, hearing your feedback, answering questions, and learning from the Product Hunt community.

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6h ago