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, noting in his April 2025 email exchange with Ryan Hoover: "A v2 is coming soon. Hope to launch it on ProductHunt as well!"^[1] Given that Ryan Hoover himself was in the loop as a potential investor at the time, the Product Hunt launch carried both distribution value and relationship significance.

Jan's network includes multiple people connected to Product Hunt:

• Ryan_Hoover — founder; Jan was in direct email contact about a pre-seed investment in April 2025
• 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