Since the start of 2023, there have been 529 featured AI launches on Product Hunt, compared to 99 in the same time period the previous year.
From AI avatar generators and writing assistants to AI-powered product management platforms and website builders, the possibilities for makers and marketers to integrate this technology are endless.
The AI revolution has taken over, and it's transforming the way we live, work, and play.
With new AI startups and tools emerging almost daily, Product Hunt is the go-to place for product discovery, community support, user feedback, and growth opportunities.
The following three AI startups have earned the attention of the Product Hunt community and had products nominated for 2022 Golden Kitty Awards.
1. Consensus
Consensus built an AI-powered search engine that reads millions of scientific papers and extracts key findings to answer specific questions. Founded in 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts with a pre-seed of $1 million from Bettor Capital and 8 other investors, their technology was built to answer questions about science, medicine, and health.
Founded: 2021
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Funding:
- Dec, 2021: $1,000,000 / Pre Seed from Bettor Capital and 8 other investors
Products:
- Consensus: A search engine that finds answers in scientific papers.
How Consensus works
Consensus uses AI to read millions of legitimate peer-reviewed research papers and deliver factual answers to your scientific, medical, and health questions in a familiar search engine format.
The tool not only surfaces the research papers and studies that answer your question but also summarizes and extracts the findings of the study to answer your questions quickly. Users can also easily share findings on social media.
Consensus reviews
"This is a fantastic product, thank you for building it! As someone with unhealthy cholesterol levels, I frequently research the effect of different dietary components. I just tried out Consensus on some of these questions and I'm blown away by the results. I think you can save me hours of effort! A search engine that uses properly vetted sources is a big step towards something that should always have been true about the internet -- informing us about what is true, instead of what is popular."
2. Hypotenuse AI
Hypotenuse AI created an AI content creation tool for businesses that generates copy and visuals from simple keywords in 25 languages. Founded in 2020 in San Francisco with investments from Y Combinator and CABRA VC among others, their flagship tool helps companies create content for ecommerce copywriting, blogging, image creation, paid ads, SEO optimization and more. One user shared: “I'm blown away by the results... I think Hypotenuse can save me hours of effort!”
Founded: 2020
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Funding:
- Aug 2020: $125,000 / Seed from Y Combinator
- Jan 2021: Undisclosed amount / Seed from CABRA VC
- Nov 2022: Undisclosed amount / Seed from Nick Raushenbush
Products:
- Hypotenuse AI: Create unique copywriting and visual content using AI.
How Hypotenuse AI works
AI text generation is hardly the new kid on the block in the generative AI space. So many users asked, what makes Hypotenuse AI different? The answer is simple: Hypotenuse AI generates factual copy backed up by up-to-date research. The tool can also write for SEO and generate content in 25 languages. Hypotenuse AI connects to several publishing platforms that support business users including Shopify and WordPress. Use cases for the tool include e-commerce copy, blogging, image creation, paid ads, and social media content.
Hypotenuse AI reviews
“Huge fan of this! Tried to generate a blog article and the research and paraphrasing tool really amazed me, definitely something I've not seen in the many AI copywriting tools out there today. Looking forward to generating more fun stuff with this tool.”
3. Monterey
The folks over at Monterey built an AI-powered product management tool designed to streamline collaboration in product development while extracting meaning and value from customer feedback. Founded in 2022 in San Francisco as part of Y Combinator's funding series; their tool helps teams turn product requirements documents into collaborative workflows with wireframes and dependency checks. It also classifies customer feedback into appropriate buckets and recognizes common themes to identify what needs building next; all while writing better product requirement documents (PDRs), release notes and engineering documentation using their AI text generation capabilities.
Founded: 2022
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Funding:
- Sep 2022: Undisclosed amount (Series Unknown) from Y Combinator
Products:
- Monterey AI: Copilot for product development.
How Monterey AI works
YC-backed startup Monterey’s AI tool is designed to help product leads gather customer feedback, drive insights, and create more efficient workflows internally. Their AI can classify user feedback into appropriate buckets and differentiate between feature requests, appreciation, and bugs. The Insights feature built into the tool finds common themes to help you quickly understand what to build next. And the tool’s AI text generation capabilities can be used to write better product requirement documents (PDRs), release notes, engineering documentation, and user research questions.
Monterey AI reviews
“I tried it out and it’s great! It really streamlines the product development lifecycle, and we found it cut out a lot of extra back and forth, which allowed us to move faster!”
Which AI startups are you keeping an eye on this year? Let us know in the comments. 💬