In Fall 2014, the company announced it would receive $6.1 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. On July 17, 2014, the company announced its Y Combinator backing. The first version of the website was developed by Nathan Bashaw and Ryan Hoover over the Thanksgiving break in 2013. Product Hunt launched on Novemwhen it began as an email list built using Linkydink. In November 2016, AngelList acquired Product Hunt for $20 million.
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The site received funding from Y Combinator. The company's headquarters is in San Francisco.
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Product Hunt is also available as an iOS app, macOS app, an Android app, and Google Chrome extension. A version of the digest is also available for games and books. The site also includes a daily email list that sends out yesterday's top tech "hunts" (products) as well as a featured collection.
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As of 2016, according to Hoover, the website has led to the discovery of over 100 million products across 50,000 companies. A submission simply requires a product title, URL, and tagline. Products are organized into four categories technology products ( web apps, mobile apps, hardware products, etc.), games (PC, web, mobile apps), books and podcasts. The products with the most votes rise to the top of each day's list. The site includes a comments system and a voting system similar to Hacker News or Reddit.
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Users submit products, which are listed in a linear format by day. It was founded by Ryan Hoover in November 2013. Product Hunt is an American website to share and discover new products.