Sai Tharun Kakirala's profile on Product Hunt

All activity

19d ago

HelloAria — an AI productivity app on iOS. One app for tasks, reminders, and calendar. You talk to it in plain language and it just handles things. Think of it as Todoist + Apple Reminders + Calendar merged into one AI assistant. Launched this week. Would love brutally honest feedback on the app and the positioning — is "AI productivity app" too generic? Does it stand out at all? Search...

🔥 Roast my idea: drop your ideas and get brutally honest feedback 🔥

Aaron O'LearyJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralastarted a discussion

19d ago

I built an AI productivity app that connects to Whatsapp & telegram — 3 months free for early users

Hey PH community! I'm Tharun, a solo founder from NYC. I just launched HelloAria on the iOS App Store — it's an AI-powered productivity app that handles reminders, tasks, and calendar all in one place. Instead of switching between Todoist, Notion, and Calendar, you just tell Aria what you need and it handles the rest. It understands natural language so you can say things like "remind me to...

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

23d ago

The best advice I've seen about YC applications: don't overthink it. The application is a filter for clarity of thought, not polish. If you can explain what you're building, who it's for, and why now in plain language - that's 80% of it. The founders who spend weeks perfecting their application usually would've been better off shipping another feature.

YC deadline in <2 weeks; Who's applying?

Rajiv AyyangarJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

23d ago

For dev tools and B2B SaaS, Twitter/X still works but the ROI has dropped noticeably. The channels I've seen work best recently are niche communities - Product Hunt forums, specific Discord servers, and even Reddit. The key difference is that community channels compound slower but the audience quality is 10x higher than broad social media reach. People who find you in a relevant community are...

Founders: what is your favourite channel for growing your audience?

NikaJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

23d ago

The "not pushing too hard" part is underrated. I've found that setting fewer goals but making them concrete and measurable works better than an ambitious list. For Q1 I'm focused on just two things: shipping one product and building a consistent writing habit. Anything beyond that is bonus. What does your systematic approach look like in practice?

2026 and your goals. Let's try to set them for Q1.

NikaJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

23d ago

The PH community can absolutely move the needle, but it works best when you've been genuinely active here before launch day - not just showing up to ask for upvotes. The launches I've seen do well had makers who were already known faces in these forums. Curious how your re-launch goes - digital detox is a space where the product almost has to sell itself since your target users are trying to...

Can a large Product Hunt community help you with a product launch?

NikaJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

23d ago

India has been punching way above its weight recently, especially Bangalore. The talent density for engineering is unmatched at the cost, and the domestic market is large enough to validate before going global. The trade-off is that raising from US-based VCs still requires a Delaware flip in most cases. For pure bootstrapping though, building from India with a global customer base is arguably...

Barring the US, where is the best startup eco-system?

Geetanjali ShrivastavaJoin the discussion

Sai Tharun Kakiralaleft a comment

8mo ago

We’re launching HelloAria soon on @ProductHunt. Want early access? 👉 https://www.helloaria.in Or reply with a 👋 — we’ll reach out. Let’s make productivity effortless. TRY NOW!!