... still think it can be built so it makes money, but that's where your question actually bites. Comment from Hisashi Space(@hisashispace): @adana  Thank you for your reply. Token usage is the awkward one, agreed. A competitor with money behind them can run at a loss for a while just to take the users, and you can't answer that on price. There's still room though. Picking which model to send a given instruction to, automatically ... ... that into SaaS-style plans is hard, because unlike storage or AI tokens , there isn't an obvious "unit" to charge by . We've been weighing a few options: number of devices/systems covered, how often testing happens (one-time vs

... everyone! Two news! ArkTabs userbase reached 5.3k+ users today and MockupTown is live with most pro features available for free for month of August! Thank ...

... Prompt Optimization was one of the first features we shipped in AI Context Flow. We've grown a lot since then, evolving into a universal memory hub, but a big chunk of our userbase originally came for prompt optimization, and still loves it as a core part of their workflow. The feedback we kept hearing was consistent: " I like the fast, one-click optimization, but sometimes I need more control. " More control over how the prompt gets optimized. More control ...

... ways if I go opensource. But, yeah let me worry about that at later stage. Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @pablo_ani  Yeah, I never thought about launching paid in the first stage. I am talking Opensource vs community edition with paid one. I may have phrased it wrong in the forum. But, yeah let us see . Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @khadija_abdulhadi  Yes, Not till posting this thread. Community is helping me now. Comment ... ... from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @ruby_diaz1  Opensource + community one. Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @rahulbhavsar  Understood. Will move out in this direction now. Comment from Sundar Balamurugan(@sundar_balamurugan): @sophie_myers  For this bigger userbase

... everyone! News #1: ArkTabs crossed 2000+ users with 96% userbase in US. News #2: Arkida Mockups is launching on Product Hunt this Monday ! https://www.producthunt.com/prod... Follows, comments and shares would be highly appreciated! The more popularity it get, the more features it will get. Thank you! Comment from Nabeel Ali Hashmi(@nabeelalihashmi): @anthony_adams_  It was scheduling opening workspaces. That was implemented very early. Comment from Anthony Adams(@anthony_adams_): Would love to know what feature users requested ...

... very rarely drive core growth. They tend to be a good aux channel to drive an extra 5-10% here and there, but usually you can't fully rely on someone else's growth engine to also grow your userbase. Comment from Dawid Baranowski(@dawid_baranowski): @fatima_shehzad  curious to hear whatcha planning Comment from Nolan Vu(@nolan_vu): @dawid_baranowski  really, I'm glad to here that ...

... more game modes for published games. Reaching more influencers & players community. Comment from Peter Shu(@peterz_shu): @busmark_w_nika  Well right now I'm reading a book called Breath, by James Nestor. Its got a wide userbase, and is not as time consuming as youtube, and its algorithm is not as unforgiving as Tiktok. And also I already have some 400 followers Comment from Peter Shu(@peterz_shu): Hey Everyone Work Goals --> Scale my startup Dirac ...

... mentioned is that Apple does so much more than just pure software sales. The backbone of their ecosystem is their hardware. They have phones, ipads, laptops, headphones, watches and more. They've managed to build an immensely large dedicated userbase such that they don't quite have to really compete on the level of OpenAI, Anthropic and the others. When they do release their own AI (I'm sure they will) I would expect that many people, especially previous apple ... ... feature and I don't think there is a killer use case yet that pushes anyone from Apple to the competition. Even if they have better models. Apple is still a B2C company after all. A Google search alternative

... help" startups actually just slow them down or give advice that's detached from reality. Comment from Mohamed Ashraf(@dagermohamed): I have already applied, and I am building an open-source business management platform that could serve as an alternative to HubSpot, Zoho, and similar products. My focus is on making the platform user-friendly and simpler, unlike other platforms that are difficult to use. Most importantly, the platform I am creating will not be overpriced like many others ... ... specifically for that YC thread: Applying with QuantDesk Pro 18 year old solo founder, would love feedback Hey everyone, applying for Fall 2027 batch while finishing my first year of university. I built QuantDesk Pro a free Bloomberg Terminal alternative

... next to another bar :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ixord  Gauss curve. When nobody does it = risky (because the market is not prepared and it is unknown). When many people do it = risky (too many competitors). Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @tinyorgtech  Do you have any specific idea about that "opportunity"? What should it be? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @martin_rue   @thebigk  So it will be soon! Then message ... ... think that things are going too slowly. Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads... they are trying to succeed,d but somehow they struggle with traction  so far, only Threads is growing quite well, but just because of their "Meta userbase

... x.com/_Sparling_ https://x.com/awilkinson Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @siddharthpereiras  Do you mean when exiting/acquiring the company? Comment from Ben(@moonlite_money): @busmark_w_nika  if you're running a company, you know who your competitors are and where the market is. You probably intuitively know who the best acquirers are. They're usually the best partners. One way to visually illustrate what strategics would be good acquirers is to build a market map. You essentially ... ... think about all the categories you do / could fit in or add value to, then pull logos from all known companies in those spaces. Think about what companies would benefit the most from your functionality, has an overlapping userbase

... super excited about it! Thanks for your time, and wishing you a fantastic day and great energy ahead! Olena Co-founder of PortalBunny Comment from Corgi Cabal(@corgicabal): AI landscape questions: How much do you personally use google vs ai search? What do you think of the changes google/bing/etc is making to search? Good for them? For users? For you? How do you think user-generated content (such as forums!) fits into the rapid evolution we're seeing in search/ai ... ... that me replying to you here has actually generated traffic to my site from PH users, more-so than my silenced PH launches itself. So, to claim the product offering was not clear enough is clearly misaligned with your userbase

... community focused startups, kindly share your strategy of building community around your platform. What was the challenges and how did you solve it? How did you go from zero to current userbase ...

... course there are many things we need to get to. I'm new to doing product marketing and would love some advice from those who's gone through this phase of trying to grow the userbase from a grassroots perspective. What was the best way to get users on your site/product/service at the beginning? Were people willing to give you feedback and advice? (How did you find them?) Would love to hear your stories/kind advice ...

... track your expenses and do you generally plan ahead? Do you set aside some ramen money or just let it roll? Especially if you are bootstrapped? How do you link your revenue and expense? How do you track your userbase behavior ...