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title: Product Hunt
description: Daily product launch leaderboard founded by Ryan Hoover; acquired by AngelList in 2016; a planned launch venue for Jan Wilmake
category: Organizations
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# Product Hunt

**Product Hunt** is an online community and daily leaderboard for new technology products, founded by [[Ryan_Hoover]] in November 2013 as a simple email digest of the day's best new products. It quickly became the primary launch platform for developer tools, SaaS products, and consumer apps.

## History

Product Hunt launched as a side project before growing into the leading discovery platform for startups and indie developers. It was **acquired by AngelList in 2016** and Hoover stepped down as CEO in October 2020. Despite the acquisition, it has remained the default launch venue for most developer-facing products. Ben Tossell ([[Ben_Tossell]]) worked at Product Hunt as one of the first hires in 2015, running community and launches.

## Relevance to Jan

[[Jan_Wilmake]] identified Product Hunt as a planned launch venue for [[uithub]] version 2. Jan's network includes multiple people connected to Product Hunt:

- **[[Ryan_Hoover]]** — founder; Jan was in direct contact about a potential investment in uithub
- **[[Ben_Tossell]]** — early employee; separately expressed interest in investing in uithub in May 2025

The combination of a potential Product Hunt launch with investor interest from its founder would represent a high-profile moment for uithub's public positioning.

## See Also

- [[Ryan_Hoover]]
- [[Ben_Tossell]]
- [[uithub]]
- [[Jan_Wilmake]]