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Inside the founding of Reddit 📚
Reddit is home to the best and worst of the internet. Political propagandists and puppy-lovers call the site home, with 1.2M+ subreddits spanning the globe. The site has driven hundreds of millions of dollars in donations to worthy caused... and disseminated thousands of leaked nude celebrity pictures.
A lot has happened over the company’s 13-year history.
Inc Magazine writer Christine Lagorio just published We Are The Nerds, a deep-dive into the founding story of Reddit.
The fifth most popular website in the US has humble beginnings. Part of Y Combinator's first cohort (back when it was run out of Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston's house in Cambridge), Reddit was the brainchild of UVA's Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman.
Only two years after launch, the small team sold their company to Conde Nast... only to see the site engulfed in controversies, corporate restructuring, and in-fighting that threatened to bring the entire site down.
Christine spoke with hundreds of community members over the course of 6 years to bring the untold insightful, somber, and wholesome history about the "front page of the Interent" to light. Get a copy here. 📦
And for the Reddit-addicts out there, here's a secret tool that lets you pretend to be working while browsing Reddit. We won't tell your boss. 🤐
A lot has happened over the company’s 13-year history.
Inc Magazine writer Christine Lagorio just published We Are The Nerds, a deep-dive into the founding story of Reddit.
The fifth most popular website in the US has humble beginnings. Part of Y Combinator's first cohort (back when it was run out of Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston's house in Cambridge), Reddit was the brainchild of UVA's Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman.
Only two years after launch, the small team sold their company to Conde Nast... only to see the site engulfed in controversies, corporate restructuring, and in-fighting that threatened to bring the entire site down.
Christine spoke with hundreds of community members over the course of 6 years to bring the untold insightful, somber, and wholesome history about the "front page of the Interent" to light. Get a copy here. 📦
And for the Reddit-addicts out there, here's a secret tool that lets you pretend to be working while browsing Reddit. We won't tell your boss. 🤐
Rumors confirmed. Facebook Portal is here.
The rumors are true. Facebook just launched its first hardware device: Portal.
Portal looks a bit like Amazon's Echo Show, but with a focus on helping you connect with people (as you might expect from the social network).
“Connecting through Portal feels like being together in the same room, even when you’re far apart. And Portal makes it easier to connect more regularly with the most important people in your life.”
The device sits in your kitchen, living room, or bedside. Use it to video chat your long-distance boo, family back home, or start a Houseparty-like group call with your buddies using its smart camera. Unlike other video chat apps you might use on your mobile, Portal is activated with your voice, hands-free.
While much of Facebook's marketing have fixated on video chatting, its audio/voice functionality might be the real killer app. As audio and voice eats into our screen time, Facebook needs a voice play. Other members of the FAANG already have theirs (except for Netflix... that we know of). Amazon has spread Alexa everywhere, integrated into all Echo devices and even their new microwave. Apple has Siri and AirPods. Google continues to roll out different variations of Google Home, including an adorable “donut”.
Funny note: because Facebook hasn't launched their own assistant yet, the Portal is powered by Alexa. Another win for Jeff Bezos. 😮
This is why Facebook Portal is so important for them. However, the device has been met with skepticism:
“Most of us already own more convenient, portable video calling devices. They’re called smartphones. Quality not as great, but will do the job for most people.” – Kurt Wagner
“You can’t watch YouTube; there’s no web browser; WhatsApp and Instagram are nowhere to be found; and you can’t send or receive normal Facebook messages, even if they’re video recordings. If you buy the Portal, you have to really want to video chat with other people on Facebook, and do so from one room in your home, on something other than the phone or laptop or tablet that you likely already have.” – Jacob Kastrenakes
Less than two weeks ago the company announced 50M accounts were compromised amid ongoing concerns about user privacy. It's also rare to see a software-first company successfully expand into hardware. Facebook's smaller archenemy, Snap, attempted this with Spectacles which resulted in a $40M write-off in 2017 (although v2 is looking fresh 😎).
Are you going to buy a $199 Portal? Add your thoughts in the discussion.
Portal looks a bit like Amazon's Echo Show, but with a focus on helping you connect with people (as you might expect from the social network).
“Connecting through Portal feels like being together in the same room, even when you’re far apart. And Portal makes it easier to connect more regularly with the most important people in your life.”
The device sits in your kitchen, living room, or bedside. Use it to video chat your long-distance boo, family back home, or start a Houseparty-like group call with your buddies using its smart camera. Unlike other video chat apps you might use on your mobile, Portal is activated with your voice, hands-free.
While much of Facebook's marketing have fixated on video chatting, its audio/voice functionality might be the real killer app. As audio and voice eats into our screen time, Facebook needs a voice play. Other members of the FAANG already have theirs (except for Netflix... that we know of). Amazon has spread Alexa everywhere, integrated into all Echo devices and even their new microwave. Apple has Siri and AirPods. Google continues to roll out different variations of Google Home, including an adorable “donut”.
Funny note: because Facebook hasn't launched their own assistant yet, the Portal is powered by Alexa. Another win for Jeff Bezos. 😮
This is why Facebook Portal is so important for them. However, the device has been met with skepticism:
“Most of us already own more convenient, portable video calling devices. They’re called smartphones. Quality not as great, but will do the job for most people.” – Kurt Wagner
“You can’t watch YouTube; there’s no web browser; WhatsApp and Instagram are nowhere to be found; and you can’t send or receive normal Facebook messages, even if they’re video recordings. If you buy the Portal, you have to really want to video chat with other people on Facebook, and do so from one room in your home, on something other than the phone or laptop or tablet that you likely already have.” – Jacob Kastrenakes
Less than two weeks ago the company announced 50M accounts were compromised amid ongoing concerns about user privacy. It's also rare to see a software-first company successfully expand into hardware. Facebook's smaller archenemy, Snap, attempted this with Spectacles which resulted in a $40M write-off in 2017 (although v2 is looking fresh 😎).
Are you going to buy a $199 Portal? Add your thoughts in the discussion.
The best VC on Instagram
She's called "the best VC on Instagram" by Homebrew's Hunter Walk. As part of her day-to-day as a VC at Backed, Jenny Gyllander runs Thingtesting, an Instagram account dedicated to reviewing the new wave of venture-backed products and brands like Sudden Coffee, Outdoor Voices, and more.
Her reviews are split into two portions: her personal review as a consumer, and her professional review as a venture capitalist. We asked her about her favorite products so far. 📸
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I launched Thingtesting after falling in love with the new wave of CPG products and brands both as a consumer and an investor. While I test and review new products that pop up on my feed, I do my best to demystify how VCs approach investing in consumer brands. It's a little bit like Product Hunt for brands. 💁
The most common question I get is: “What’s your favorite product?”
There's no easy answer. As a consumer, I've had three so far. Each had a delightful customer experience, were miles ahead of any competition I’d tested, had strong brands, and either provided a lot of value in my life or were simply fun & whimsical - just how I like it:
🏥 Curology is teledermatology for skincare. Fill out a quiz, and get a customized regimen mailed to your house.
Having never visited a dermatologist, or used any acne treatment - my expectations weren’t sky high - but oh my how wrong I was. Since moving to London my skin has been acting weirdly (because of London’s “hard” water). I used Curology every evening for less than 4 days and all problems were solved.
💉 Thriva blood tests you take at home to monitor your health. The product was quick to deliver and I was reminded regularly throughout the service which I liked - but the finger pricking experience is pretty grim. 😂
I find myself competing and trying to get better results test after test, which actually is quite fun (who knew blood tests could be fun..) I also received a test batch of free vitamin supplements to complement my subscription.
Her reviews are split into two portions: her personal review as a consumer, and her professional review as a venture capitalist. We asked her about her favorite products so far. 📸
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I launched Thingtesting after falling in love with the new wave of CPG products and brands both as a consumer and an investor. While I test and review new products that pop up on my feed, I do my best to demystify how VCs approach investing in consumer brands. It's a little bit like Product Hunt for brands. 💁
The most common question I get is: “What’s your favorite product?”
There's no easy answer. As a consumer, I've had three so far. Each had a delightful customer experience, were miles ahead of any competition I’d tested, had strong brands, and either provided a lot of value in my life or were simply fun & whimsical - just how I like it:
🏥 Curology is teledermatology for skincare. Fill out a quiz, and get a customized regimen mailed to your house.
Having never visited a dermatologist, or used any acne treatment - my expectations weren’t sky high - but oh my how wrong I was. Since moving to London my skin has been acting weirdly (because of London’s “hard” water). I used Curology every evening for less than 4 days and all problems were solved.
💉 Thriva blood tests you take at home to monitor your health. The product was quick to deliver and I was reminded regularly throughout the service which I liked - but the finger pricking experience is pretty grim. 😂
I find myself competing and trying to get better results test after test, which actually is quite fun (who knew blood tests could be fun..) I also received a test batch of free vitamin supplements to complement my subscription.
🛢️ Brightland delivers modern, elegant extra virgin olive oil grown in California right to your front door. The olive oil industry is absolutely crazy, with producers mixing in cheaper oils and additivies to drive down costs.
I’ve used half of the bottle in two weeks and l-o-v-e it. Super smooth & rich in taste. For a packaging lover like me, the bottle itself just makes the kitchen look better (it’s UV-powder coated to protect the oil from damaging light).
But... there's more. As a VC, I have to look for different things in products. There are a few that stand out with world-class founders as they attack huge markets, build proprietary tech, and cut out out middlemen:
🍺 IntelligentX Brewing Co uses AI to brew the best beer to suit your specific preferences. They’ve now created 18 different recipes and batches of beer, continually adapting it to the changing tastes of people drinking it.
A vast majority of consumer products fail because the wrong product is built, and customer feedback is collected in inefficient ways. Instead of using old-school market research methodologies like focus groups and fill-in surveys, IntelligentX wants to use AI to help make better products.
🌷 Floom sends stunning floral arrangements from independent florists in NY and London. Cut flowers is a $65b market, and the Floom model is smart and scalable compared to many other flower startups; no warehousing, no stock, no returns + high retention especially among business customers.
There’s been a couple of instances in the past years when I wanted to send flowers to someone and failed. Plus, most florists' attempts at ecommerce sites are... catastrophic, to say the least. Ultimately, I ended up choosing to send a book on Amazon as a gift instead. I wish I had known about Floom.
💅 Glossier designs community-driven beauty, with their line of millenial pink products. They've raised $80M+ already, launching dozens of different products and showrooms around the world.
Community-driven business means instant high demand and incredible customer loyalty. Brand + quality + curation + community + retail = success (framework courtesy of Mark Suster). And Glossier nailed it, even offline.
What product should I review next? Let me know in the comments. 🤗
Let's talk about sex 🍆
Think back to your high school's sex ed class. Try not to cringe. 😬
Apart from an awkward homeroom class in high school and the "birds and bees" talk with a parent, most of us receive little guidance on how things actually work. Besides, it's hard to ask questions touchy subjects when you're surrounded by your friends and family.
Earlier this week, Andrea Barrica and team launched O.school Originals, a judgement-free online community to help anybody learn about about sex, dating, and pleasure.
Their goal is to sit between Planned Parenthood and Pornhub, to help people around the world unlearn shame, heal from sexual trauma, and explore desires.
"I’ve been nothing but impressed by the O.school community. They have created a safe space to learn, ask questions and feel good about sex and pleasure." – Lucia Pavone
"Love the idea and how it's realised. Interesting and very high quality content, dives pretty deep into the topics. Sadly sex ed is largely ignored, and I'm glad to see you guys doing something to change that." – Ivan Vasilev
They're not alone in building products to help men and women solve uncomfortable problems:
Apart from an awkward homeroom class in high school and the "birds and bees" talk with a parent, most of us receive little guidance on how things actually work. Besides, it's hard to ask questions touchy subjects when you're surrounded by your friends and family.
Earlier this week, Andrea Barrica and team launched O.school Originals, a judgement-free online community to help anybody learn about about sex, dating, and pleasure.
Their goal is to sit between Planned Parenthood and Pornhub, to help people around the world unlearn shame, heal from sexual trauma, and explore desires.
"I’ve been nothing but impressed by the O.school community. They have created a safe space to learn, ask questions and feel good about sex and pleasure." – Lucia Pavone
"Love the idea and how it's realised. Interesting and very high quality content, dives pretty deep into the topics. Sadly sex ed is largely ignored, and I'm glad to see you guys doing something to change that." – Ivan Vasilev
They're not alone in building products to help men and women solve uncomfortable problems:
- Beautifully-branded Unbound helps everybody discover the best sex toys.
- Nurx helps women get birth control prescriptions without a doctor's visit.
- Roman and Hims help men with erectile dysfunction, with prescription medication delivered discretely in the mail.
- Aunt Flow sells tampons and pads to businesses so they can be provided it for their team, free of charge (we have them at the Product Hunt office). 🙏
Use this tool to get 90% off your next flight ✈️
Instant flight ruiner: when the person in front of you reclines their seat.
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This happens far more often than you'd think. A business class seat from San Francisco to New Zealand was priced at 90% off because someone forgot to include a zero. A few years ago, flights from the US to Hawaii were priced at $7 because of a computer glitch. Oops. 😮
Just this last week, mistake fares popped up for flights from the US to Greece for $325, Thailand for $350, Mexico for $150, and even Japan for $360.
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Instant week ruiner: when they paid less for their seat than you did. 😂
Dollar Flight Club monitors prices across 50,000+ international flights per day to find temporary mistake fares published by airlines.
Instead of forcing yourself into picking the best fare right now, join 500k+ travel addicts who use DFC to monitor favorite routes and book when the airlines screw up. You'll get texts or email alerts to book before the fares disappear.
This happens far more often than you'd think. A business class seat from San Francisco to New Zealand was priced at 90% off because someone forgot to include a zero. A few years ago, flights from the US to Hawaii were priced at $7 because of a computer glitch. Oops. 😮
Just this last week, mistake fares popped up for flights from the US to Greece for $325, Thailand for $350, Mexico for $150, and even Japan for $360.
Sign up for free. Your Instagram followers will thank you. ✈️
Turn yourself into Iron Man 😮
You can now star in your favorite GIFs. It's content magic. ✨
Uraniom is a French based startup working on 3D avatars and digital characters. Two years ago, they originally launched to put a digital version of you inside movies and video games, as the founder Loic Ledoux demonstrates:
Now, they've adapted their technology to let you put yourself inside of a GIF instantly. They’ve also unlocked a key insight: viral reaction GIFs are even more sharable when you see you and your friends inside of them.
It's incredibly simple to use:
Digital avatars are here to stay. Between Apple's Memoji, Snapchat's Bitmoji, and the Oculus Avatar SDK, everybody is competing to control how you express yourself digitally in 2D and beyond. The OASIS is coming sooner than you think.
Uraniom is a French based startup working on 3D avatars and digital characters. Two years ago, they originally launched to put a digital version of you inside movies and video games, as the founder Loic Ledoux demonstrates:
Now, they've adapted their technology to let you put yourself inside of a GIF instantly. They’ve also unlocked a key insight: viral reaction GIFs are even more sharable when you see you and your friends inside of them.
It's incredibly simple to use:
- Get early access to Morphin here.
- Take a selfie.
- Pick from their set of viral reaction GIFs. You can drop the mic like Obama, cheers like Leo in The Great Gatsby, and dozens more.
Digital avatars are here to stay. Between Apple's Memoji, Snapchat's Bitmoji, and the Oculus Avatar SDK, everybody is competing to control how you express yourself digitally in 2D and beyond. The OASIS is coming sooner than you think.
Don't buy an iPhone Xs. Win this instead 📱
The new iPhone Xs costs over $1,000. It doesn't even come with AirPods. 😿
We solved your problem. Enter to win a brand new iPhone Xs and AirPods, courtesy of our friends at Elevator, Men's Health, and more:
😮 Apple's most stunning OLED screen ever.
📷 A camera that can adjust the depth of field *after* a picture is taken
😅 Picture-perfect Memoji that work inside Facetime
💃 Dance anywhere with Apple's "best cordless product ever."
New phone, new headphones, new you. Boom. 💥
We solved your problem. Enter to win a brand new iPhone Xs and AirPods, courtesy of our friends at Elevator, Men's Health, and more:
😮 Apple's most stunning OLED screen ever.
📷 A camera that can adjust the depth of field *after* a picture is taken
😅 Picture-perfect Memoji that work inside Facetime
💃 Dance anywhere with Apple's "best cordless product ever."
New phone, new headphones, new you. Boom. 💥
Google’s had a rough month
Google's had a terrible, horrible, no good very bad few months.
First, the new Google Chrome update automatically began logging browsing history in perpetuity if you logged into any Google-owned service, like Gmail or YouTube. They quickly backtracked, promising a more secure version with next month's release. They've also been caught secretly tracking your location data... even if you've opted out.
Google also began development of a censored search engine in China and took part in buliding Pentagon-funded AI tools to improve targeting for unmanned drones. Over 3,100 employees signed a petition to dissuade Google from taking the contract.
To top it all off: the EU fined Google $5 billion dollars for antitrust violations earlier this summer. That's a lot of Google Home Minis. 😮
Users are beginning to fight back. Launched yesterday by serial-builder Pieter Levels, No More Google curates the best apps to replace your Google-owned tools. Came in #1 on PH with 850+ upvotes. 🏆
Replacing Chrome? Try Firefox Quantum or Brave.
Replacing Google Search? Try DuckDuckGo.
Replacing YouTube? Try Dlive.
Replacing Google Docs and Sheets? Try Notion and Airtable.
It's community driven, so you can even upvote or add your favorites. Share your thoughts about No More Google in the comments. 🔒
First, the new Google Chrome update automatically began logging browsing history in perpetuity if you logged into any Google-owned service, like Gmail or YouTube. They quickly backtracked, promising a more secure version with next month's release. They've also been caught secretly tracking your location data... even if you've opted out.
Google also began development of a censored search engine in China and took part in buliding Pentagon-funded AI tools to improve targeting for unmanned drones. Over 3,100 employees signed a petition to dissuade Google from taking the contract.
To top it all off: the EU fined Google $5 billion dollars for antitrust violations earlier this summer. That's a lot of Google Home Minis. 😮
Users are beginning to fight back. Launched yesterday by serial-builder Pieter Levels, No More Google curates the best apps to replace your Google-owned tools. Came in #1 on PH with 850+ upvotes. 🏆
Replacing Chrome? Try Firefox Quantum or Brave.
Replacing Google Search? Try DuckDuckGo.
Replacing YouTube? Try Dlive.
Replacing Google Docs and Sheets? Try Notion and Airtable.
It's community driven, so you can even upvote or add your favorites. Share your thoughts about No More Google in the comments. 🔒
Mark Zuckerberg's "iPhone" moment 😮
Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Oculus’ annual conference to reveal their next big thing: Oculus Quest.
“This is important. It may not be the ‘iPhone moment’ for VR, but it does suggest that single-device VR is coming and will make it so much more accessible to a broader audience.” – Chris Messina
Previously, headsets fell into two categories. Weaker VR systems like the Google Cardboard are typically powered by a smartphone and exist as standalone devices. Viewers typically don’t or can’t move around in these experiences. Doing so can be dangerous. 😆
Comprehensive VR systems like the Oculus Rift or Magic Leap One come with controllers for your hands (used to select virtual things) and six degrees of freedom. In other words, you can walk around and look up, down, left, and right in a virtual room naturally. The system knows where you are in your living room.
Gaming inside a comprehensive VR system is farrrrr more engaging. You can interact with virtual objects, dodge underneath projectiles, and move around naturally. It feels closer The OASIS we were all promised in Ready Player One.
Until now, these comprehensive VR systems required powerful gaming PCs to function. Facebook's new Oculus Quest offers the best of both worlds: location tracking, gaming controllers, and 50+ games in a standalone unit, no clunky gaming PC required.
It's only $399. It'll go on sale next spring. 📦🤑
2 million apps were built in the first 10 years of Apple's App Store. Some apps have been downloaded over one billion times around the world.
The first fully comprehensive, standalone VR gaming device is here for less than half the new iPhone. We can't wait to see what you build. 🤗
“This is important. It may not be the ‘iPhone moment’ for VR, but it does suggest that single-device VR is coming and will make it so much more accessible to a broader audience.” – Chris Messina
Previously, headsets fell into two categories. Weaker VR systems like the Google Cardboard are typically powered by a smartphone and exist as standalone devices. Viewers typically don’t or can’t move around in these experiences. Doing so can be dangerous. 😆
Comprehensive VR systems like the Oculus Rift or Magic Leap One come with controllers for your hands (used to select virtual things) and six degrees of freedom. In other words, you can walk around and look up, down, left, and right in a virtual room naturally. The system knows where you are in your living room.
Gaming inside a comprehensive VR system is farrrrr more engaging. You can interact with virtual objects, dodge underneath projectiles, and move around naturally. It feels closer The OASIS we were all promised in Ready Player One.
Until now, these comprehensive VR systems required powerful gaming PCs to function. Facebook's new Oculus Quest offers the best of both worlds: location tracking, gaming controllers, and 50+ games in a standalone unit, no clunky gaming PC required.
It's only $399. It'll go on sale next spring. 📦🤑
2 million apps were built in the first 10 years of Apple's App Store. Some apps have been downloaded over one billion times around the world.
The first fully comprehensive, standalone VR gaming device is here for less than half the new iPhone. We can't wait to see what you build. 🤗
Twitter for voice is here 🗣️
Yesterday a team out of Toronto launched Dialog, a simple way to host your own live AM radio show on the internet.
We gave it a try and a few friends popped in. Long-time Product Hunt community member, Adam Marx, jumped on. Gereltuya called in from Mongolia at 3am. Naval shared his feature requests and ideas. You can catch the recording of the conversation here.
Dialog is reminiscent of Meerkat (RIP). Similar to live streaming app, Dialog leverages the Twitter graph to bring listeners online instantly to participate in the conversation (or lurk), making content creation more accessible than traditional podcasting.
Now's a great time to build for voice and audio with the rise of AirPods and mass adoption of Google Home and Alexa-powered devices (fun fact: more than 40M homes in the U.S. have a voice assistant). Sonos just announced their developer platform. Amazon introduced their Alexa-powered microwave. Kids are barking commands at Alexa, even if Alexa isn't around. Hardware adoption is here and consumer behavior is shifting.
Of course, Dialog isn't the only one experimenting in this space:
🐦 Twitter's Periscope launched something similar as a weekend hackathon project earlier in the month.
💸 Ense is a super minimal app for sharing your voice and sounds, built by the co-founder of Venmo.
📝 Medium has quietly (pun intended) turned into an audio platform, offering professionally voice-read versions of its most popular articles.
🚣♂️ Anchor, with $14M+ in funding from GV, Accel and others, has evolved into a podcasters platform, making it easy to start your own show and publish to Apple Podcasts and more.
And then there are the picks and shovels for creating unique voice experiences:
✂️ Former Groupon CEO, Andrew Mason, built a tool to edit audio the same way you would edit text.
🤖 Lyrebird is a freaky tool that uses deep learning to imitate anyone's voice.
☎️ Y Cominbator-backed Voiceops brings analytics to call centers.
Give Dialog a try and add a link to your show in the Product Hunt discussion. We'd love to (literally) hear from more of you in the community. 🎙
We gave it a try and a few friends popped in. Long-time Product Hunt community member, Adam Marx, jumped on. Gereltuya called in from Mongolia at 3am. Naval shared his feature requests and ideas. You can catch the recording of the conversation here.
Dialog is reminiscent of Meerkat (RIP). Similar to live streaming app, Dialog leverages the Twitter graph to bring listeners online instantly to participate in the conversation (or lurk), making content creation more accessible than traditional podcasting.
Now's a great time to build for voice and audio with the rise of AirPods and mass adoption of Google Home and Alexa-powered devices (fun fact: more than 40M homes in the U.S. have a voice assistant). Sonos just announced their developer platform. Amazon introduced their Alexa-powered microwave. Kids are barking commands at Alexa, even if Alexa isn't around. Hardware adoption is here and consumer behavior is shifting.
Of course, Dialog isn't the only one experimenting in this space:
🐦 Twitter's Periscope launched something similar as a weekend hackathon project earlier in the month.
💸 Ense is a super minimal app for sharing your voice and sounds, built by the co-founder of Venmo.
📝 Medium has quietly (pun intended) turned into an audio platform, offering professionally voice-read versions of its most popular articles.
🚣♂️ Anchor, with $14M+ in funding from GV, Accel and others, has evolved into a podcasters platform, making it easy to start your own show and publish to Apple Podcasts and more.
And then there are the picks and shovels for creating unique voice experiences:
✂️ Former Groupon CEO, Andrew Mason, built a tool to edit audio the same way you would edit text.
🤖 Lyrebird is a freaky tool that uses deep learning to imitate anyone's voice.
☎️ Y Cominbator-backed Voiceops brings analytics to call centers.
Give Dialog a try and add a link to your show in the Product Hunt discussion. We'd love to (literally) hear from more of you in the community. 🎙
