As usual, Y Combinator came up with segments that are worth investing:

1. Cursor for Product Managers
2. AI-Native Hedge Funds
3. AI-Native Agencies
4. Stablecoin Financial Services
5. AI for Government
6. Modern Metal Mills
7. AI Guidance for Physical Work 8. Large Spatial Models 9. Infra for Government Fraud Hunters 10. Make LLMs Easy to Train

Supabase recently surveyed over 2,000 startup founders and builders to uncover what's powering modern startups: tech stacks, GTM, and approach to AI.

See full report here

Most businesses and startups rely on VCs.

I would briefly write it as follows:

We just published one of the most honest and practical founder interviews we've ever featured in Unicorns Journal.

It s the story of how Sergey Bakaev, co-founder of LovOn, raised $850K after hearing more than 100 rejections with no network and no previous fundraising experience.

A brutally honest, step-by-step breakdown of what pre-seed fundraising actually looks like behind the scenes the pressure, the tactics, the mistakes, and the breakthroughs.

Top takeaways:

Hey PH community

I m building a startup and reaching the point where I need to better understand the early-stage funding landscape especially around pre-seed and first checks.

There s a lot of theory online, but I d love to hear your real stories and practical tips:

How did you raise your first funding?

YC published a list of themes they want to invest in:

1. Full-stack AI Companies

2. More Design Founders

3. Voice AI

4. AI for Scientific Advancement

5. AI Personal Assistant

6. Healthcare AI

7. AI Personal Tutor for Everyone

8. Software Tools To Make Robots

9. The Future of Education

10. AI Residential Security

11. Internal Agent Builder

12. AI Research Labs

13. AI Voice Assistants for Email

14. AI for Personal Finance

Of course there are many projects and startups that launched on Product Hunt in each of these categories.

We just hit:

600+ people on the Meet-Ting waitlist

275+ invites sent

50+ meetings booked

I am trying to gather tools directly developed for the Product Hunt platform that could possibly help you with the launch.
This is what I have gathered so far.

• Advanced PH Scrapper extracting data of launches into the charts

• Hunted Space calendar & stats for upvotes, comments, upvote speed

• Launchgrid something like a database of launches from PH & HN

• Launchpedia  kits (PH resources)

• Product Hunt favourites  extension for bookmarking

• Product Hunt trending overview of successful launches (ranking)

• Product Wars  upvotes, comments, speed stats

If you know more, feel free to share.

I am trying to gather tools directly developed for the Product Hunt platform that could possibly help you with the launch.
This is what I have gathered so far.

• Advanced PH Scrapper extracting data of launches into the charts

• Hunted Space calendar & stats for upvotes, comments, upvote speed

• Launchgrid something like a database of launches from PH & HN

• Launchpedia  kits (PH resources)

• Product Hunt favourites  extension for bookmarking

• Product Hunt trending overview of successful launches (ranking)

• Product Wars  upvotes, comments, speed stats

If you know more, feel free to share.

Hey Product Hunt community!

I'm diving into the world of bootstrapping and want to build something amazing without spending a dime. I know many of you have been there starting from scratch, hustling with free tools, and leveraging creativity to grow.

Let s share our best tips, hacks, and stories! What free tools, platforms, or strategies have you used to launch or scale a project on a $0 budget? From no-cost marketing tactics to open-source software or scrappy growth hacks, spill the beans!

Hey folks,

I m building SaaS product on a ramen budget. The painful surprise? My burn on must have SaaS and Cloud is eclipsing what I can put into marketing and product.

I keep hearing legends about founders stacking thousands in AWS credits or discounts. But every blog post feels dated or locked behind an accelerator gate.

If you ve personally snagged legit credits (not referral spam), could you share:

Y Combinator is probably the best founder community in the world. What I want to know is what are the top 2-5 after them? I am not referring to accelerators as much as high signal places for builders to congregate together, connect, and build. I am in SF now and am spending time at Founders Inc., HF0, and The Residency. How do those stack up? What else is out there? Would love your thoughts.