Apps and companies
2024 apps and companies that founders and operators talked about on Lenny's Podcast, Sub Club, Superwall, Subversive and more: what each one tried, its numbers, and what to learn from it.
Marketing & growth toolsApp Masters
An app marketing and growth consultancy run by Steve P. Young, which also hosts a podcast.
115 sources · 465 tips
OtherApple
A consumer technology company that makes the Mac, iPod, iPhone and software.
74 sources · 200 tips
AI assistantsOpenAI
An AI research and product company behind ChatGPT, Codex and the Dots agent.
51 sources · 151 tips
Social & DatingA social network built around connecting people and sharing.
58 sources · 128 tips
AI assistantsChatGPT
OpenAI's AI assistant app used for chat, plugins and agent work.
51 sources · 102 tipsApple Search Ads
Apple's ad platform for promoting apps in the App Store.
44 sources · 132 tips
EducationDuolingo
A language learning app built around daily streaks and short lessons.
47 sources · 132 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMeta
The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, run by Mark Zuckerberg.
42 sources · 106 tips
OtherGoogle's web search product, now including AI Overviews, AI Mode and Lens.
47 sources · 97 tips
Health & FitnessCalm
A meditation and sleep app with guided sessions and celebrity-narrated Sleep Stories.
45 sources · 102 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSensor Tower
An app intelligence and ASO platform with keyword rankings, competitor research and download estimates.
42 sources · 90 tips
Business softwareMicrosoft
A software company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen that made BASIC, MS-DOS and Windows.
40 sources · 100 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMobile Action
An app store optimization and mobile marketing intelligence platform.
28 sources · 81 tips
Health & FitnessCal AI
A calorie tracking app that logs meals from photos, grown largely through influencer and UGC videos.
28 sources · 104 tips
AI assistantsAnthropic
An AI company that builds the Claude models and products such as Claude chat and Cowork.
25 sources · 71 tips
TravelAirbnb
A marketplace where hosts list unique homes and travelers book stays in 220 countries.
46 sources · 87 tips
Social & DatingA photo and video sharing social app built around creators, Stories, Reels and feeds.
38 sources · 79 tips
ShoppingAmazon
An online retailer and platform company that also runs AWS, Kindle, Echo and Prime.
38 sources · 94 tips
Social & DatingTikTok
A short-form video app where creators post content and can earn through a revenue-sharing program.
35 sources · 75 tips
TravelUber
A ride-hailing app that connects riders with nearby drivers.
27 sources · 65 tips
Business softwareFigma
A collaborative design platform with design, whiteboarding, slides, dev handoff and AI prototyping tools.
20 sources · 81 tips
Payments & subscriptionsRevenueCat
A subscription infrastructure platform with analytics, paywalls, experiments and web funnels for app developers.
36 sources · 52 tips
Health & FitnessHeadspace
A meditation and mental wellness app with guided sessions and subscriptions.
27 sources · 50 tips
Music & AudioSpotify
A music, podcast and audiobook streaming app with a freemium model and personalized recommendations.
26 sources · 61 tips
Developer toolsNvidia
A chip company whose GPUs and CUDA software power gaming, AI and accelerated computing.
11 sources · 90 tips
Developer toolsClaude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lets Claude work on code end to end.
15 sources · 46 tips
ProductivityNotion
A connected workspace for docs, projects and AI agents, built around blocks.
16 sources · 74 tips
Business softwareShopify
A commerce platform that lets merchants build online stores and sell to customers.
23 sources · 55 tips
Payments & subscriptionsStripe
A payments infrastructure company that lets businesses accept payments and run operations online.
28 sources · 47 tips
AI assistantsClaude
Anthropic's AI assistant and model family, used for chat, coding and agentic work.
19 sources · 35 tips
OtherGoogle Play
Google's app store for Android, with its own listing rules and search ranking.
18 sources · 49 tips
Developer toolsCursor
An AI code editor that lets engineers build software with AI while staying in control.
33 sources · 47 tips
Social & DatingA professional networking platform for jobs, hiring and career content.
15 sources · 55 tips
FinanceRamp
A finance automation platform combining corporate cards, bill pay, procurement, treasury and accounting in one place.
10 sources · 64 tips
Developer toolsGitHub Copilot
A code hosting and collaboration platform for software developers, with free and paid plans.
16 sources · 45 tips
Business softwareAtlassian
A software company behind Jira, Confluence, Trello and other team collaboration tools.
13 sources · 40 tips
Social & DatingTinder
A dating app with tiered subscriptions plus boosts, Super Likes and other in-app purchases.
11 sources · 47 tips
Business softwareSlack
A workplace messaging platform for teams, acquired by Salesforce.
25 sources · 46 tips
Business softwareAirtable
A no-code platform for building collaborative business apps on a real-time database.
9 sources · 43 tips
Developer toolsLovable
An AI app builder that lets people create software by chatting with an agent.
11 sources · 48 tipsB7Dev
An app development company that builds apps for founders and clients.
5 sources · 28 tips
Marketing & growth toolsHubSpot
A CRM and marketing software platform built for small and medium businesses.
14 sources · 41 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAdMob
Google's mobile ad monetization platform with mediation, open bidding and unified payments for app developers.
10 sources · 47 tips
ProductivityGrammarly
A writing assistant that checks grammar, tone and clarity across apps and browsers.
10 sources · 43 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppsFlyer
A mobile attribution and marketing analytics platform for app marketers.
17 sources · 30 tipsStandard Oil
John D. Rockefeller's oil refining company that came to dominate American kerosene and oil distribution.
5 sources · 48 tips
Business softwareMiro
An online visual collaboration whiteboard for teams.
7 sources · 36 tips
Health & FitnessFlo
A data tool that combines app analytics into one view and is adding AI agents.
10 sources · 31 tips
ShoppingWalmart
A discount retail chain built on everyday low prices, started in small Arkansas towns.
14 sources · 41 tips
ShoppingNike
A global athletic footwear and apparel company that began as a shoe importer called Blue Ribbon Sports.
10 sources · 46 tips
Business software37signals
A small, independent, profitable software company behind Basecamp, HEY and Highrise, run remotely with about 60 people.
5 sources · 41 tips
EntertainmentPixar
An animation studio known for computer-animated feature films like Toy Story and Inside Out.
5 sources · 41 tips
Photo & VideoCanva
An online design platform for presentations, social graphics, docs, whiteboards, video and more.
13 sources · 46 tips
Business softwareBasecamp
A simple project management and team collaboration tool from 37signals.
7 sources · 26 tips
EntertainmentDisney
A media and entertainment empire built on animated characters, theme parks, studios, ESPN and streaming.
7 sources · 40 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGoogle Ads
Google's advertising platform for search, display and app campaigns.
15 sources · 31 tips
Social & DatingSnap
The company behind Snapchat, a camera-first messaging app popular with teens.
6 sources · 29 tips
EntertainmentYouTube
A video platform for user-generated and professional video, owned by Google.
12 sources · 25 tips
Developer toolsLinear
A fast, well-designed project and issue tracking tool for software teams.
12 sources · 41 tips
Health & FitnessLadder
A strength training app with human coaches, a workout journal and a nutrition feature.
12 sources · 39 tips
Business softwareSalesforce
A cloud CRM and enterprise software company that now sells AI agents as digital labor.
17 sources · 30 tips
Business softwareAmplitude
A product analytics platform for tracking user behavior.
13 sources · 20 tipsAppAdvice
An app discovery and news site that features app deals and promotions.
16 sources · 26 tips
EducationHeadway
A book summary and self-growth app that sells subscriptions through a long web quiz funnel.
10 sources · 36 tips
Social & DatingDiscord
A chat and voice platform for gaming friends and communities.
10 sources · 29 tipsPaintball Rush
A mobile paintball game used as the worked example of a feature pitch.
7 sources · 14 tips
Social & DatingSnapchat
A camera-first messaging and social app built around close friends, Stories and AR lenses.
10 sources · 23 tips
Social & DatingA social network for short public posts and real-time conversation.
11 sources · 29 tips
Food & DrinkDoorDash
A delivery app for restaurants, groceries, convenience, alcohol and retail, with the DashPass membership.
6 sources · 43 tips
ProductivityOpal
A screen time app that helps people block distracting apps and reduce phone use.
3 sources · 36 tips
ProductivityDropbox
A cloud storage and file sharing service for individuals and teams.
11 sources · 27 tips
Business softwareIntercom
A customer service software company that rebuilt itself around its AI agent Fin.
7 sources · 29 tips
ShoppingCostco
A membership warehouse retailer selling a small range of bulk goods at capped markups.
11 sources · 28 tips
Marketing & growth toolsweb2wave
A platform for building web-to-app funnels, led by CEO Igor Lyubimov.
4 sources · 19 tips
AI assistantsElevenLabs
A voice AI company with text-to-speech, dubbing, speech-to-text and music models, plus consumer and creator apps.
6 sources · 37 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSideShift
A platform for running UGC creator programs, with creator discovery, tracking, payments and paid ad tools.
5 sources · 23 tips
OtherTSMC
The world's leading contract chip maker, a pure-play foundry that manufactures chips for fabless designers.
6 sources · 32 tips
OtherTesla
An electric car maker that builds its own key components and factories.
13 sources · 23 tips
Investors & studiosY Combinator
A startup accelerator that funds and advises early-stage companies.
11 sources · 18 tips
ProductivityGamma
An AI tool for making presentations, documents and websites without fixed slides.
4 sources · 39 tips
GamesChess.com
An online chess platform for playing, learning and reviewing games with engine analysis.
6 sources · 29 tips
Social & DatingA visual discovery app where people browse and save images and ideas.
11 sources · 16 tips
Developer toolsFirebase
Google's backend platform for building apps.
16 sources · 20 tips
EducationBlinkist
A nonfiction book summary app that turns books into short audio and text reads.
16 sources · 17 tips
Developer toolsVercel
A cloud platform for building, deploying and scaling front-end and AI web applications.
6 sources · 22 tips
Developer toolsReplit
An all-in-one browser platform where an AI agent builds, runs and deploys software from plain-language prompts.
12 sources · 28 tips
Social & DatingA social platform of topic-based communities.
8 sources · 29 tips
Developer toolsBolt
An AI tool that turns text prompts into full-stack web and mobile apps in the browser.
11 sources · 22 tips
OtherIntel
A semiconductor company that made memory chips and the first microprocessor.
10 sources · 20 tips
GamesColor Switch
A mobile arcade game where players pass a ball through obstacles by matching its color.
6 sources · 19 tips
Business softwareMixpanel
A product analytics platform that tracks user events to help product and engineering teams understand behavior.
11 sources · 26 tips
OtherSpaceX
A private aerospace company building reusable rockets, the Dragon capsule, Starship and the Starlink satellite network.
4 sources · 27 tips
EducationStudyFetch
An AI study platform that turns course materials into practice tests, flashcards and tutoring sessions.
4 sources · 31 tips
Payments & subscriptionsSuperwall
A paywall builder and testing platform that lets apps design and A/B test subscription paywalls.
13 sources · 27 tips
EntertainmentNetflix
A streaming entertainment company known for its public culture deck.
19 sources · 18 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppFigures
An app analytics and ASO platform with keyword research and competitor tracking tools.
10 sources · 17 tips
Business softwareOracle
An enterprise software company best known for its relational database and business applications.
7 sources · 23 tips
Health & FitnessZero
An intermittent fasting tracker app that teaches fasting and builds habits toward metabolic health.
6 sources · 21 tips
ProductivitySuperhuman
A fast, keyboard-driven email app for high performers, now with AI features and team collaboration.
10 sources · 29 tips
GamesCrossy Road
An endless arcade hopper mixing Frogger and Flappy Bird with collectible voxel characters.
9 sources · 21 tips
Business softwareIBM
The computer giant that struck a licensing deal with NeXT.
12 sources · 19 tips
Marketing & growth toolsIndie App Santa
A deal site for apps, similar to AppSumo or Groupon.
9 sources · 13 tips
News & MediaSubstack
A platform where writers publish newsletters and podcasts and earn directly from paid subscriptions.
9 sources · 26 tips
Developer toolsAWS
Amazon's cloud computing platform offering infrastructure to other companies.
6 sources · 23 tips
EducationCoconote
An AI study app that records and transcribes lectures and creates notes, summaries and flashcards.
3 sources · 30 tips
ShoppingIKEA
A Swedish furniture retailer selling flat-packed, low-priced home furnishings through large stores and a catalog.
3 sources · 34 tips
Health & FitnessRise
A sleep and energy app that helps people track and pay down their sleep debt.
3 sources · 29 tips
LifestyleDrunk Mode
A nightlife app that helps students find parties while staying safe with friends.
2 sources · 26 tips
LifestyleGojek
An Indonesian super app for ride hailing, food delivery, payments and many other on-demand services.
2 sources · 23 tips
Marketing & growth toolsProduct Hunt
A website where makers launch new products and a community votes on them.
7 sources · 16 tips
Health & FitnessRunna
A personalized running coach app that builds adaptive training plans around a runner's race goals.
6 sources · 28 tips
Marketing & growth toolsASO Mobile
An app store optimization tool that lists the keywords an app indexes for.
8 sources · 19 tipsCarnegie Steel
Andrew Carnegie's steel maker, which grew into the largest and most automated producer in America.
2 sources · 16 tips
Social & DatingA social media platform Musk bought and restructured with his own engineering-first rules.
4 sources · 21 tips
EntertainmentUFC
A mixed martial arts league run by Dana White and owned by TKO.
2 sources · 24 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppLovin
A mobile advertising platform that uses machine learning to match advertisers with app and game audiences.
7 sources · 27 tips
ProductivityGmail
A free web-based email service from Google with searchable storage.
7 sources · 11 tips
Developer toolsWindsurf
An AI code editor built to let developers direct and review AI-written code.
7 sources · 26 tips
Social & DatingA free messaging and calling app used by billions of people worldwide.
6 sources · 15 tips
AI assistantsGemini
Google's AI assistant app, available as a chatbot and moving toward a personal agent.
11 sources · 13 tips
Music & AudioSuno
An AI music platform that turns text prompts into full songs with lyrics, vocals and instrumentation.
8 sources · 24 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAdjust
A mobile measurement and attribution platform that tracks app installs, user actions and ad fraud.
10 sources · 12 tipsOh Snap
A camera app launched in 2014 as an alternative to Apple's default camera.
4 sources · 8 tipsMoonlight
A subscription app from App Masters with monthly, yearly and lifetime plans, used as the funnel analysis example.
2 sources · 13 tips
Marketing & growth toolsRocketShip HQ
A paid user acquisition agency that grows app downloads cost-effectively.
2 sources · 13 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppBroda
A company that helps app developers improve ad monetization, run by Sid Gupta.
4 sources · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsApp Annie
An app market data platform, formerly App Annie, with top charts and keyword data.
10 sources · 15 tips
TravelLyft
A ride-hailing app connecting riders with drivers, positioned as a semi-managed marketplace.
7 sources · 14 tips
Marketing & growth toolsApp Radar
An app store optimization platform for keyword tracking, competitor analysis and store metadata editing.
6 sources · 17 tips
ProductivityCalendly
A scheduling tool that lets people book meetings by sharing a link to their availability.
5 sources · 22 tipsB7 Dev
An app development firm that builds apps for startup founders using AI coding tools.
3 sources · 7 tipsCheckaso
An app store optimization tool for competitor analysis, keyword tracking and in-app purchase ranking data.
2 sources · 11 tips
Health & FitnessStrava
A fitness social platform for runners and cyclists.
13 sources · 13 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppFollow
An ASO and app review management tool.
9 sources · 14 tips
Marketing & growth toolsApp Annie
A mobile analytics and app store intelligence platform with free keyword, featuring and review tools.
4 sources · 13 tips
ShoppingWhatnot
A live stream shopping marketplace where sellers auction and sell products to buyers in real time.
4 sources · 15 tips
OtherFord
An automaker founded by Henry Ford that pioneered mass production with the Model T.
6 sources · 21 tips
EducationReforge
A company offering courses on product and growth, now also building AI products like Reforge Insights.
10 sources · 13 tips
Developer toolsApp Store Connect
Apple's portal for managing apps, including product page optimization tests.
5 sources · 16 tips
Photo & VideoGoogle Labs
Google's experimental product team that incubates early AI products and tests them with real users.
2 sources · 19 tips
Business softwareHelpshift
A customer support platform with in-app help centers, chatbots and agent tools for mobile apps and games.
2 sources · 12 tipsNeXT
Steve Jobs's computer company that built the NeXT cube and later sold the NeXTSTEP and WebObjects software.
2 sources · 17 tipsReelshot
A simple video app that was featured by Apple on the App Store.
2 sources · 11 tips
News & MediaTechCrunch
A technology news publication known for startup and funding coverage.
8 sources · 14 tips
OtherOpendoor
A real estate company that makes all-cash offers to buy homes directly from sellers.
5 sources · 17 tips
Developer toolsv0
An AI tool that builds web apps from prompts, screenshots and forks, shipping on Vercel.
5 sources · 12 tips
Photo & VideoGlam Up
A consumer app whose founders grew it through short-form UGC videos.
2 sources · 10 tips
Investors & studiosSequoia Capital
A venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology founders.
8 sources · 18 tips
TravelWaymo
A fully driverless ride-hailing service that operates autonomous cars in select US cities.
8 sources · 12 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppTweak
An app store optimization tool that shows keyword rankings and competitors.
6 sources · 14 tips
Developer toolsWebflow
A visual web design platform with a CMS for building and launching websites without code.
3 sources · 12 tips
Business softwareAdobe
A software company behind Photoshop, Creative Cloud, Lightroom and Adobe Express for creative work.
6 sources · 7 tips
Business softwareDell
A computer maker and enterprise technology company selling PCs, servers, storage and networking.
5 sources · 20 tips
ShoppingHome Depot
The world's largest home improvement retailer, selling tools, building materials and supplies through big-box warehouse stores.
5 sources · 20 tips
Social & DatingBehance
A platform where 56 million creatives showcase their portfolios and work.
4 sources · 7 tips
News & MediaZinio
A digital newsstand app offering over 6,000 magazines on web, iOS and Android.
4 sources · 13 tips
LifestyleThumbtack
A marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals for home projects.
7 sources · 10 tips
Payments & subscriptionsAdapty
A paywall and subscription management platform for mobile apps.
9 sources · 12 tips
Business softwareSilicon Valley Product Group
Marty Cagan's book on building product teams, now in its second edition.
3 sources · 4 tips
EducationCoursiv
An AI learning app that teaches beginners practical AI tools through short lessons and challenges.
2 sources · 17 tipsFedmart
A San Diego membership discount store founded by Sol Price in the 1950s.
2 sources · 12 tips
AI assistantsNotebookLM
A Google Labs app that answers questions about your own sources and turns them into AI-hosted audio shows.
2 sources · 18 tips
Food & DrinkYelp
A local business review and discovery app for restaurants, services and shopping.
2 sources · 14 tips
Developer toolsBase44
An AI app builder that turns plain-language descriptions into working apps with built-in database, integrations and user management.
4 sources · 21 tips
Business softwareRev
A transcription service with mobile apps for recording audio and ordering human-made transcripts.
3 sources · 14 tips
Marketing & growth toolsApple Ads
Apple's App Store advertising platform, formerly Apple Search Ads.
4 sources · 20 tipsBlue Throne
An app acquirer that buys working consumer apps for seven and eight figures and scales them.
4 sources · 6 tips
ProductivityEvernote
A note-taking app positioned as a personal second brain across devices.
4 sources · 10 tips
ProductivityWispr Flow
A voice dictation app that turns rambling speech into polished text in any app.
8 sources · 18 tips
ShoppingEtsy
An online marketplace for unique, handmade and vintage items from independent sellers.
4 sources · 22 tips
TravelSouthwest Airlines
A low-cost US airline that flies only Boeing 737s and focuses on short-haul routes.
4 sources · 22 tipsPrice Club
A pioneering membership warehouse club for small businesses, later merged into Costco.
3 sources · 11 tips
OtherDyson
A British technology company known for bagless cyclone vacuum cleaners, high-speed motors, and hair dryers.
6 sources · 17 tips
AI assistantsTolan
A voice-first AI companion app with an animated alien character that remembers your conversations.
2 sources · 17 tips
GamesWordle
A news organization selling a bundled digital subscription of journalism, games, cooking, sports, audio and shopping.
2 sources · 19 tips
GamesZynga
A social games company behind FarmVille, CityVille, Words with Friends and Zynga Poker.
5 sources · 12 tips
TravelAllTrails
A trail discovery and navigation app for hiking, trail running, mountain biking and backpacking.
4 sources · 20 tips
ShoppingFaire
A wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with brands.
4 sources · 6 tips
Health & FitnessNoom
A weight loss and preventive health app built on psychology, coaching and now clinical care.
4 sources · 19 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPatreon
A membership platform where creators earn recurring income from their fans.
4 sources · 10 tips
FinanceCoinbase
A crypto exchange and app for buying, storing and trading Bitcoin, stablecoins, stocks and more.
3 sources · 22 tips
Business softwareDeel
A platform for hiring, paying and managing employees and contractors in any country, with compliance built in.
3 sources · 19 tips
News & MediaEntrepreneur
A business magazine and website for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
3 sources · 10 tipsGenie
A ChatGPT-powered chat app that writes marketing copy, taglines, tweets and app store descriptions from short prompts.
3 sources · 13 tips
Developer toolsTwilio
A cloud communications platform with APIs for SMS, voice and other messaging.
3 sources · 11 tips
FinanceRevolut
A global digital bank app offering accounts, cards, trading, crypto, credit and business banking in one place.
3 sources · 19 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAirbridge
A mobile measurement and attribution platform with a DeepLinks product for tracking campaigns and routing users into apps.
2 sources · 11 tips
Business softwareHewlett-Packard
A technology company founded in a Palo Alto garage, first making electronic test instruments and later computers.
2 sources · 20 tips
OtherLVMH
A French luxury group owning fashion, leather goods, wine and spirits brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Moët.
2 sources · 10 tips
News & MediaNeos Kosmos
A Greek-Australian news publisher serving the Greek diaspora with a paywalled subscription offering.
2 sources · 6 tips
GamesSubway Surfers
An endless runner mobile game and the most downloaded mobile game ever.
2 sources · 11 tips
EducationUnacademy
An Indian online learning platform offering courses for exam preparation and other subjects.
2 sources · 6 tipsWiz
A cloud security platform that scans cloud environments for risks, sold to large enterprises.
2 sources · 19 tips
Food & DrinkGrubHub
A food delivery marketplace that connected diners with restaurants and took payments.
4 sources · 9 tips
Payments & subscriptionsCash App
A mobile payments app for sending money, spending with a card, and trading stocks and Bitcoin.
3 sources · 9 tips
Photo & VideoPhotoRoom
An AI photo editing app that removes and generates backgrounds for online sellers.
4 sources · 17 tips
Developer toolsDevin
An autonomous AI software engineer that takes tasks end to end and returns pull requests.
3 sources · 10 tips
Food & DrinkMcDonald's
A global fast food chain built on franchised restaurants and company-owned real estate.
3 sources · 13 tips
Business softwaremonday.com
A work management platform where teams build workflows, CRMs and project tracking on customizable boards.
3 sources · 17 tips
FinanceNubank
A Latin American digital bank that started with a no-fee credit card in Brazil.
3 sources · 17 tipsSony
A Japanese electronics maker founded after WWII, known for the Walkman, transistor radios and tape recorders.
3 sources · 17 tips
Marketing & growth toolsbeehiiv
A newsletter platform that has expanded into websites, podcasts, digital products, community and an ad network.
2 sources · 19 tips
Photo & VideoCaptions
An AI app for generating and editing talking videos, aimed at people who could not make video before.
2 sources · 14 tips
Food & DrinkCoca-Cola
A global beverage company that sells cola syrup to franchised bottlers and builds its brand through advertising.
2 sources · 16 tips
Marketing & growth toolsCreateUGC
A tool that generates AI avatar UGC video ads from a product description, link or screenshot.
2 sources · 14 tips
Developer toolsGitHub Next
GitHub's research team that invents products three to five years out.
2 sources · 5 tips
LifestyleHermes
A French luxury house making handcrafted leather goods, silk scarves and clothing, run by the Dumas family.
2 sources · 18 tips
OtherHonda
A Japanese maker of motorcycles and cars, founded by Soichiro Honda in 1949.
2 sources · 18 tips
LifestyleHouzz
A home remodeling and design app and marketplace connecting homeowners with products and professionals.
2 sources · 5 tips
LifestyleLife360
A family safety app that locates and protects people, pets and things through shared circles.
2 sources · 19 tips
Photo & VideoMojo
A mobile-first app for creating animated social media content.
2 sources · 14 tips
Business softwareProfitWell
A subscription analytics, pricing and retention software company, later sold to Paddle.
2 sources · 10 tips
LifestylePurpose
An AI mentor app for personal growth, co-founded by Mark Manson, that pushes back on users.
2 sources · 17 tips
OtherQualcomm
A fabless chip designer and patent licensor that built the CDMA wireless standard and Snapdragon chips.
2 sources · 17 tips
ProductivityRoutinery
A morning routine app that guides users through ready-made routines with reminders, stats and a social feed.
2 sources · 16 tips
Food & DrinkStarbucks
A global coffeehouse chain selling espresso drinks, beans and food, with a large mobile ordering app.
2 sources · 15 tips
Business softwareEventbrite
A ticketing and event platform for creators, with payments, tools and its own demand marketplace.
4 sources · 8 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGraphite
An SEO and answer engine optimization consultancy led by Ethan Smith.
3 sources · 4 tips
Health & FitnessMigraine Buddy
A migraine tracking app with insights, records and reports for people who suffer from migraines.
3 sources · 8 tips
ProductivityHEY
An email service from 37signals.
3 sources · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPayPal
An online payments company Musk co-founded, with no separate engineering department.
6 sources · 7 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppMagic
An app market intelligence tool with free revenue and download data.
8 sources · 9 tips
OtherGeneral Electric
Edison's electric lighting company, backed by Morgan and the Vanderbilts, which later merged into General Electric.
4 sources · 7 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPaddle
A merchant of record payments platform that handles checkout, tax and compliance for software and app companies.
4 sources · 7 tips
AI assistantsReplika
An AI companion app that offers a friend to talk to.
3 sources · 8 tips
Payments & subscriptionsSquare
A payments and point-of-sale company for merchants.
6 sources · 10 tips
ShoppingeBay
An online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers.
5 sources · 10 tips
News & MediaLenny's Newsletter
A Substack newsletter and podcast on product, growth and careers, written by Lenny Rachitsky.
2 sources · 8 tips
AI assistantsSierra
A company building AI agents for customer service, sales and other business jobs.
4 sources · 7 tips
Business softwareHipChat
A team chat product Atlassian acquired, built for developers and later sold to Slack.
3 sources · 7 tips
ShoppingTrader Joe's
A US grocery chain selling mostly its own differentiated private label products in small, dense stores.
3 sources · 18 tips
Investors & studiosBending Spoons
An Italian company that acquires digital businesses and runs them on one shared platform of proprietary tools.
2 sources · 19 tips
EducationClassDojo
A classroom communication app connecting teachers, parents and kids, with optional paid extras and new learning products.
2 sources · 17 tips
Business softwareMercor
A marketplace that connects AI labs with vetted professionals who write evals and training data.
2 sources · 10 tips
Health & FitnessMyFitnessPal
A long-established calorie and nutrition tracking app.
8 sources · 8 tips
Food & DrinkRaising Cane's
A chicken finger restaurant chain built on one craveable menu and company-owned locations.
2 sources · 17 tipsRolex
A Swiss luxury watchmaker known for the Oyster and Perpetual wristwatches.
2 sources · 17 tips
Business softwareSnowflake
A cloud data platform for analytics and data warehousing.
8 sources · 8 tips
EducationSpeak
An AI language tutor app that teaches learners to speak out loud through roleplay and pronunciation feedback.
2 sources · 14 tips
Health & FitnessSuperpower
A health membership combining blood tests, health data and clinicians as the first stop for care.
2 sources · 17 tips
AI assistantsTolan
A voice-first alien companion app that acts as a friendly AI guide through life.
2 sources · 16 tips
EntertainmentWabi
A platform to discover, remix and use small personal mini apps that share context and work together.
2 sources · 10 tips
Food & DrinkWhole Foods Market
A natural and organic grocery chain founded in Austin, Texas, later bought by Amazon.
2 sources · 18 tips
Health & Fitness8fit
A fitness and nutrition app offering workouts and meal plans through subscriptions.
1 source · 9 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAirbridge
A mobile measurement platform that offers attribution and marketing mix modeling for app marketers.
1 source · 10 tips
News & MediaAll the Hacks
A podcast and newsletter about upgrading your life, money and travel.
1 source · 10 tips
Music & AudioAnchor
A podcast creation and hosting app, later renamed Spotify for Podcasters.
1 source · 10 tips
EducationApp Empire
Chad Mureta's app business and course teaching people how to build and run profitable mobile apps.
1 source · 13 tips
Developer toolsApp Store Connect
Apple's portal for managing apps, subscriptions and offers on the App Store.
4 sources · 10 tipsApt
An AI career mentor that starts with a personality and aptitude quiz and plans a talent marketplace.
1 source · 12 tips
GamesBlack Box
A puzzle game of unconventional brain teasers that uses the device's features, sold as a paid app with in-app purchases.
1 source · 11 tips
EducationBoldVoice
An AI speech coach app that helps non-native English speakers improve accent and fluency.
1 source · 17 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBoost App Social
A subscription iOS app for Instagram hashtag research and growth, later sold to a buyer.
1 source · 9 tips
Health & FitnessBreathwrk
A breathing exercises app with guided sessions led by trainers, now owned by Peloton.
1 source · 12 tips
Health & FitnessBuilt With Science
A fitness and nutrition coaching app built by the Built With Science YouTube channel.
1 source · 17 tips
TravelBYHOURS
A booking platform for regular hotel rooms rented by the hour for short stays.
1 source · 12 tipsC SWOT
A paid iOS app that blends SWOT analysis with balanced scorecard scoring to compare options.
1 source · 12 tipsCaveman
A paid app giving men one romantic tip for every day of the year.
1 source · 9 tips
Marketing & growth toolsClover Labs
A distribution company that scales organic social and AI search content for apps by cloning proven posts.
1 source · 11 tips
Marketing & growth toolsCustomlytics
A Berlin mobile app marketing agency focused on paid user acquisition and tracking setup.
1 source · 10 tips
Developer toolsdbt Labs
The company behind dbt, an open source data transformation tool, with a paid cloud product.
1 source · 11 tips
Marketing & growth toolsDigital Turbine
A mobile advertising and app delivery company whose Ignite platform preloads apps on carrier and phone maker devices.
1 source · 9 tips
OtherEvery
A small media, software and consulting company that writes about AI and builds AI products.
1 source · 9 tips
Health & FitnessFastic
An intermittent fasting app with a timer, personalized programs, nutrition plans and gamified challenges.
1 source · 13 tips
OtherFerrari
An Italian luxury sports car maker that also runs a Formula 1 racing team.
1 source · 19 tips
Health & FitnessFitbod
A strength training app that builds personalized workout plans based on muscle recovery, equipment and goals.
1 source · 16 tips
LifestyleFlame
An AI relationship app for couples built around a daily question, widgets and reply tools.
1 source · 18 tips
AI assistantsFLORA
An AI creative platform with an infinite canvas where professionals chain text, image and video blocks into workflows.
1 source · 16 tips
Developer toolsFlurry
A mobile analytics platform that tracks app usage, audiences, crashes and user acquisition.
1 source · 16 tipsFly Bye Birdie
A casual one-tap bird game with flat cartoon art, built solo by a graphic designer.
1 source · 8 tips
GamesFrom the Bench
A Spanish studio making licensed sports manager games for mobile.
1 source · 14 tipsFun Run 3
A Mario Kart style multiplayer racing game where players race and use weapons against others.
1 source · 9 tips
Social & DatingGameChanger
A youth sports app for scorekeeping, live streaming and following kids' games.
1 source · 17 tips
LifestyleGet Your Marriage On
A marriage and intimacy app for couples, aimed at people from conservative or religious backgrounds.
1 source · 12 tips
AI assistantsGPTZero
An AI detection tool that checks whether text was written by AI, now part of Superhuman.
1 source · 16 tips
AI assistantsGrok Bot
A cloud-based AI colleague that runs on its own computer and takes on work delegated by users.
1 source · 15 tips
Photo & VideoHalo AI
An AI photo editor where users upload a photo, write a prompt and get an edited image.
1 source · 16 tips
Health & FitnessHoneydew
A telehealth platform prescribing full-strength dermatology treatments like Accutane through licensed dermatologists in all 50 states.
1 source · 17 tips
ShoppingInditex
A Spanish fashion retail group and owner of Zara, founded by Amancio Ortega.
1 source · 8 tipsJosh's utility app
A single-function utility app from 2011, with its name hidden to protect against copycats.
1 source · 11 tips
EducationLearna
A language learning app with an AI tutor, story-style onboarding and heavy paid video ads.
1 source · 11 tipsLinks
An indie app built by developer Hans, promoted through Indie App Santa.
1 source · 11 tipsListory
A mission-driven reading app that offers a finite, curated list of recommendations instead of an infinite feed.
1 source · 13 tipsLocked
A gamified focus and task app that uses XP and competition to keep Gen Z on task.
1 source · 17 tips
Health & FitnessMad Muscles
A fitness app offering workout programs for men, sold through a web checkout funnel.
1 source · 9 tips
EntertainmentMaginary
An interactive reading app where books play out as stories with purchases and review prompts built into the plot.
1 source · 10 tips
LifestyleMargins
A reading app for tracking books, notes, social and discovery with a deep book catalog.
1 source · 18 tips
Photo & VideoMematic
A meme maker app launched in 2012 with free tools and a Pro subscription.
1 source · 10 tipsMindful Mamas
A wellness and mindfulness subscription app for mothers.
1 source · 10 tips
Health & FitnessMiracle Morning
A morning routine app that turns the Miracle Morning book into guided daily practice.
1 source · 15 tipsMy Cafe
A Diner Dash style cafe game where players run and decorate their own coffee shop.
1 source · 11 tips
Health & FitnessNatal
A pre and postnatal fitness app with expert coaches, corrective exercise and a community for mothers.
1 source · 19 tipsNoise
A platform where thousands of posters publish app promo slideshows and UGC on TikTok, paid per view.
1 source · 14 tips
TravelNomad Table
A solo travel app where users post activities and nearby travelers get notified and can join.
1 source · 16 tipsNotepad
A basic, dated notes app from 2013 with a yearly or lifetime premium upgrade.
1 source · 10 tips
Marketing & growth toolsObviously Awesome
April Dunford's positioning consultancy for B2B tech companies.
1 source · 15 tips
TravelonX
A maker of outdoor navigation apps with land boundary maps for hunting, off-roading, backcountry skiing and fishing.
1 source · 16 tipsOOMPH
A kickboxing workout app with high quality video content in a crowded fitness market.
1 source · 10 tips
AI assistantsOpenArt
An AI platform for turning ideas into images and short videos, focused on visual storytelling.
1 source · 17 tips
FinancePayout
An app that helps people find and claim class action settlements.
1 source · 13 tipsPenman
A notes app with speech-to-text, notebooks and sync across devices.
1 source · 12 tips
Health & FitnessPep AI
A peptide and GLP tracking app for logging doses, vials, injection sites, nutrition and sleep.
1 source · 18 tips
EducationPingo
An AI language learning app where users hold spoken conversations with an AI in many languages.
1 source · 17 tips
EntertainmentPok Pok
A subscription app of open-ended digital toys for kids ages 2 to 8, with no ads.
1 source · 18 tipsPollen VC
A revenue-based financing company that advances cash to app developers against store and ad network receipts.
1 source · 12 tips
EducationPraktika
An AI language tutor app with animated avatars, aimed at career-minded English learners.
1 source · 13 tips
EducationPreply
An online marketplace matching language learners with human tutors for one-on-one lessons.
1 source · 16 tipsProductive
A habit tracker app with challenges, templates and streaks.
1 source · 11 tips
Health & FitnessPuff Count
An app that helps people quit vaping and nicotine.
1 source · 12 tips
Photo & VideoReface
A consumer app company known for its face swap app, now running AI-driven growth and ad creation.
1 source · 16 tips
EducationRiseGuide
A self-improvement app with short interactive lessons from famous experts on memory, cognitive skills and communication.
1 source · 14 tips
Health & FitnessRootd
An anxiety and panic attack relief app with a panic button and lessons.
1 source · 17 tipsRunafy
A ranked running app where runners compete with friends and strangers using GPS data from watches.
1 source · 16 tips
Business softwareSaaStr
A B2B founder community, annual event and media business run by Jason Lemkin.
1 source · 13 tipsSailor Bear
A paid parenting app combining bedtime stories, relaxing music and infant massage to help children sleep.
1 source · 11 tips
TravelSavvy Navvy
A boat navigation app that plans routes using weather, tide and hazard data, like Google Maps for boats.
1 source · 17 tips
EntertainmentScribd
A subscription app bundling audiobooks, ebooks, books and magazines for one monthly price.
1 source · 11 tips
Health & FitnessSick Days
A symptom tracking app that began as an "I'm sick" or "I'm healthy" toggle with graphs.
1 source · 12 tips
EducationSimply
A maker of guided learning apps for piano, guitar, singing and drawing.
1 source · 16 tips
LifestyleSkylight
A smart calendar and photo frame for families, sold as hardware with an optional subscription.
1 source · 18 tips
Developer toolsSnyk
A developer-first security platform that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers and cloud configurations.
1 source · 18 tipsSocial
A bootstrapped app studio that buys apps after their viral peak and grows them with AI ads and testing.
1 source · 10 tips
Health & FitnessSunflower
A sobriety app with a day counter, community and an AI sponsor for people quitting addictions.
1 source · 12 tipsSuper Unlimited
A consumer app company behind a free VPN app, with Windows, eSIM and second phone number products.
1 source · 16 tips
AI assistantsSuperMe
An AI-native professional network where experts have AI profiles that answer questions from their own knowledge.
1 source · 17 tips
Social & DatingSway AI
An AI app that analyzes dating profiles and gives feedback on photos and prompts.
1 source · 11 tips
Investors & studiosTeledyne
A conglomerate founded in 1960 that bought niche businesses, ran an insurance investment arm, and repurchased its own stock.
1 source · 17 tips
OtherThe Browser Company
The New York startup behind the Arc browser, built as a dream team of makers.
1 source · 9 tips
EntertainmentThe Walt Disney Company
A media company spanning animation, films, television, theme parks, books, music and merchandise.
1 source · 12 tips
Marketing & growth toolsTheoremReach
A rewarded survey platform that lets mobile apps pay players in currency for answering market research surveys.
1 source · 11 tips
Marketing & growth toolsThrive Digital
A Vancouver-based performance marketing agency managing paid search, social and programmatic ads for large brands.
1 source · 14 tipsTimeClock
A time tracking app where employees clock in and out, aimed at small construction companies.
1 source · 11 tips
Payments & subscriptionsVisa
A global payments network owned originally by competing banks, moving card transactions between issuers and merchant banks.
1 source · 14 tips
Health & FitnessVisible
An activity tracker and armband that helps people with chronic illness pace their energy.
1 source · 17 tipsVolo Ventures
A venture firm investing in consumer apps and AI-powered consumer products.
1 source · 9 tips
Social & DatingWaterspeed
An Apple Watch-first speed tracker for sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing and paddling.
1 source · 8 tips
TravelWaze
A crowdsourced GPS navigation app that helps drivers avoid traffic jams.
1 source · 8 tips
Health & FitnessWelltory
A health app that turns Apple Watch signals into a story of daily stress and energy.
1 source · 17 tips
Health & FitnessWeWard
A walk-to-earn app that rewards users with points for steps, convertible to cash or gift cards.
1 source · 16 tips
FinanceWise
An international money transfer and multi-currency account provider that sells low-cost, fast cross-border payments to people and businesses.
1 source · 20 tips
ProductivityWisey
A productivity app that pairs focus tools and an app blocker with short lessons on procrastination.
1 source · 9 tips
Health & FitnessWrestle AI
An AI app that analyzes wrestling matches and tracks weight-class calories for wrestlers.
1 source · 8 tips
FinanceYNAB
A budgeting app and brand built on a blog, a book and a community.
1 source · 10 tips
Social & DatingYourMove AI
An AI tool that writes dating texts and profiles and generates photos for online daters.
1 source · 17 tips
ShoppingZara
A fast fashion clothing retailer and Inditex's best-known brand.
1 source · 9 tips
ProductivityArc
A web browser from The Browser Company meant to replace your default browser and become an internet computer.
6 sources · 7 tips
Business softwareGong
A revenue intelligence platform that records and transcribes sales calls.
6 sources · 8 tips
AI assistantsPerplexity
An AI answer engine and search assistant.
8 sources · 7 tips
Health & FitnessZero
A fasting tracker app with a distinctive no-close-button paywall.
5 sources · 9 tips
FinanceBank of America
A major US bank that financed Disney's early feature films and studio.
4 sources · 9 tips
AI assistantsFin
Intercom's AI customer service agent that resolves support tickets for businesses.
1 source · 7 tips
EducationLearneo
A parent company that owns a family of study, writing and learning brands.
1 source · 7 tipsTBH
An anonymous polling app for teens built around positive-only compliments.
1 source · 7 tips
News & MediaThe Pragmatic Engineer
A paid tech newsletter on software engineering and the tech industry, written by Gergely Orosz.
1 source · 7 tipsThe Re-Wired Group
A consultancy led by Bob Moesta that teaches the Jobs to Be Done method for product innovation.
1 source · 7 tips
Food & DrinkInstacart
A grocery delivery app with shoppers fulfilling orders.
6 sources · 9 tips
Investors & studiosFirst Round Capital
A seed-stage venture capital firm that backs early technology startups.
4 sources · 5 tips
ShoppingSam's Club
Walmart's membership warehouse club chain, modeled on Sol Price's club concept.
4 sources · 5 tips
News & MediaBGR
Boy Genius Report, a tech news site that also posts app deals.
6 sources · 7 tips
Developer toolsMobbin
A design reference library of real app screens and flows for designers and product teams.
3 sources · 5 tips
Music & AudioBeats
A headphone and audio brand co-founded by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre.
2 sources · 6 tipsCheckASO
An app store optimization tool for keyword research and tracking.
2 sources · 2 tips
EducationCourse Hero
An online learning platform with course-specific study materials from students and educators.
2 sources · 6 tips
GamesAmong Us
A social deduction game where crewmates hunt impostors, played on mobile and Steam.
1 source · 6 tipsArize AI
An observability and evaluation platform for AI engineers building on machine learning and LLM models.
1 source · 6 tips
Health & FitnessBite Pal
A nutrition app built around a Tamagotchi-like raccoon pet that users care for.
1 source · 6 tips
Health & FitnessBrawler
A boxing app with AI video analysis, live coaching and an arcade mode.
1 source · 6 tipsBreakthrough
A white-label platform that lets wellness influencers launch their own mobile apps, described as OnlyFans for wellness.
1 source · 6 tips
Business softwareCreative Artists Agency
A talent and sports agency that packages actors, directors and writers for film, TV and music.
1 source · 6 tips
Developer toolsFeed.fm
A music licensing and streaming provider that lets apps and devices add pre-cleared music through one integration.
1 source · 6 tips
Marketing & growth toolsFyber
An ad monetization and mediation platform for mobile app and game publishers.
1 source · 6 tips
Social & DatingGas
An anonymous compliment polling app for teens, rebuilt from TBH with monetization.
1 source · 6 tipsGeometry Solver
A niche geometry app with free and locked shapes, ads, and in-app purchases.
1 source · 6 tips
Business softwareLogMeIn
A remote access software company, sold for over $4 billion, that Sean helped found.
1 source · 6 tips
Developer toolsStackBlitz
A browser-based developer tools company behind WebContainer and Bolt.
1 source · 6 tips
Business softwareGlean
An enterprise AI search and assistant that answers questions across a company's work apps.
3 sources · 5 tips
Business softwareAmazon Mechanical Turk
A crowdsourcing marketplace for paid online tasks.
5 sources · 7 tips
Marketing & growth toolsArcads
A tool that generates AI UGC-style video ads with actors in many languages.
2 sources · 9 tips
Food & DrinkChick-fil-A
A fast food chain whose mobile app handles ordering, checkout and loyalty rewards.
2 sources · 5 tipsDollar Shave Club
A subscription service that delivers razors and grooming products to customers.
2 sources · 5 tipsParaphrase
An AI writing app that rewrites text in your own style and now translates speech.
2 sources · 5 tips
Social & DatingPeriscope
A live video streaming app with real-time chat and hearts.
2 sources · 5 tipsBenchmark
A venture capital firm that invests in consumer and marketplace startups.
3 sources · 4 tips
ShoppingSephora
A beauty retailer with a shopping app.
3 sources · 8 tips
News & MediaYahoo
A web portal and media company.
6 sources · 6 tips
Developer toolsCognition
The AI lab behind Devin, focused only on autonomous coding agents.
2 sources · 5 tips
Developer toolsRetool
A platform for building internal tools, sold to developers and enterprises.
5 sources · 7 tips
Business softwareSimon-Kucher
A global pricing and growth consulting firm.
2 sources · 1 tips
Developer toolsAzure
Microsoft's cloud computing platform.
4 sources · 7 tips
Health & FitnessCarbon Health
A vertically integrated health care provider that runs its own clinics and builds all its software.
1 source · 5 tips
Social & DatingClubhouse
A live audio chat app.
4 sources · 7 tipsDaBaby car game
A mobile racing game built around the DaBaby car-head meme.
1 source · 5 tipsEndeavor
A talent agency and sports and entertainment holding company built around WME.
1 source · 5 tipsFirst Influence
An influencer marketing agency that connects app brands with YouTube creators.
1 source · 5 tips
Business softwareFiverr
A freelance marketplace where people hire designers and other freelancers.
4 sources · 7 tips
Developer toolsGoogle Cloud
Google's custom chip for neural network matrix math, offered through Google Cloud.
4 sources · 7 tips
EntertainmentInterscope Records
A major record label founded in 1990 by Jimmy Iovine, home to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
1 source · 5 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMethods
A platform where creators earn money posting short-form videos, also used by companies to run UGC programs.
1 source · 5 tipsMidnight Owl
A sleep sounds app that Steve bought on Flippa to test aggressive ASO.
1 source · 5 tips
Business softwareProblemio
A maker of business planning apps, plus books and courses, run by Alex Genadinik.
1 source · 5 tips
Marketing & growth toolsPyze
A mobile analytics platform that uses machine learning for user engagement, retention and automated campaigns.
1 source · 5 tips
AI assistantsQuillBot
An AI writing assistant with a paraphraser, grammar checker and other writing tools.
1 source · 5 tips
EducationSentence Master
An English sentence-building app, renamed Sentence Builder Master after keyword research.
1 source · 5 tips
Business softwareSprout
A 'Tinder for jobs' app where swiping right auto-applies with an AI-tailored resume and cover letter.
1 source · 5 tipsTUNE
A mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform that also screens ad networks for fraud.
1 source · 5 tips
Social & DatingViber
A messaging and calling app with sticker packs and public chats.
1 source · 5 tips
ProductivityAsana
A work management tool for tracking tasks and deadlines.
6 sources · 6 tips
EducationBusuu
A language learning app with free and Premium tiers for studying multiple languages.
2 sources · 4 tips
TravelHotelTonight
A mobile app for booking last-minute hotel rooms at discounted rates.
2 sources · 4 tips
OtherMojo
An app that uses a paywall with a free trial to sell yearly and monthly subscriptions.
2 sources · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSocialPeta
An ad intelligence tool showing competitor ads, spend and creatives across channels.
2 sources · 8 tipsSpytok
A tool that matches outlier TikTok videos to App Store ranking jumps to find converting formats.
2 sources · 4 tips
Health & FitnessUnplug Meditation
A small meditation app used as the demo example against Calm and Headspace.
2 sources · 4 tips
Investors & studiosa16z Speedrun
A venture capital firm investing in technology startups.
5 sources · 3 tips
EducationMasterClass
An online learning platform with classes taught by celebrities and experts.
4 sources · 7 tips
OtherAdidas
A sportswear brand.
3 sources · 7 tips
OtherBing
Microsoft's search engine, launched in 2009.
3 sources · 7 tips
Health & FitnessSleep Cycle
A sleep tracker and smart alarm app.
3 sources · 7 tips
OtherTexas Instruments
An American semiconductor company where Chang spent his early career.
3 sources · 7 tips
AI assistantsMidjourney
An AI image generation service.
8 sources · 5 tipsBali Fide
A social word game blending Words with Friends and solitaire mechanics.
1 source · 4 tipsBlue Ribbon Sports
Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman's original shoe distributor, which later became Nike.
1 source · 4 tipsCelebs
A celebrity lookalike app that Social bought after its viral peak.
1 source · 4 tips
ProductivityCora
An AI chief of staff that summarizes and manages your email.
1 source · 4 tips
Health & FitnessDeBloat AI
A face-scan app that rates facial bloating and promises to help users debloat.
1 source · 4 tipsDots
An always-on personal agent that learns your goals and works across devices.
1 source · 4 tipsFairchild Semiconductor
A pioneering chip maker founded by the Traitorous Eight that seeded Silicon Valley.
1 source · 4 tips
Investors & studiosFloodgate
A seed-stage venture firm founded over 20 years ago, early backer of Twitter, Lyft and Twitch.
1 source · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsForget The Funnel
A consultancy pairing strategy marketing with customer research, mostly for B2B SaaS companies.
1 source · 4 tips
Developer toolsGitLab
A DevOps platform with open source roots, sold through enterprise sales and a developer-led free product.
1 source · 4 tips
TravelGoing
A flight deal subscription service that sends cheap airfare alerts to members on free and premium plans.
1 source · 4 tipsGreen Noise
A niche sleep sound app built around the green noise keyword.
1 source · 4 tipsIndie App Santa
A roughly half-million-dollar-a-year app Steve Young bought in 2024 with a loan.
1 source · 4 tipsKit
A gear recommendation startup where people followed trusted curators.
1 source · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsLexicon Branding
A naming agency that creates brand names using linguists, sound symbolism and a structured process.
1 source · 4 tips
LifestyleNest
Maker of a learning thermostat and smoke alarm for the home.
1 source · 4 tipsOmarchy
A curated, keyboard-driven Linux setup built on Arch Linux and Hyprland.
1 source · 4 tips
Business softwareOutseta
An all-in-one software platform for SaaS founders covering billing, CRM, email and customer support.
1 source · 4 tips
Photo & VideoPhoto Revive AI
An AI photo app for restoring old photos, with photo to video and text to image features.
1 source · 12 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSingular
A mobile measurement partner that tracks installs and in-app events and reports ROI across ad channels.
1 source · 4 tips
Social & DatingSlopes
A ski and snowboard tracking app that records runs, speed and stats on the mountain.
1 source · 4 tips
FinanceSoFi
A personal finance app offering banking, loans, and investing.
1 source · 4 tips
OtherSpecs
Snap's wholly owned hardware subsidiary building AR glasses meant to pull people away from screens.
1 source · 4 tips
Business softwareTypeform
A form and survey tool that makes the web conversational, one question at a time.
1 source · 4 tips
ProductivityTypewise
A smartphone keyboard app with a customized typing layout, promoted through influencer marketing.
1 source · 4 tipsUpad
A tool with ready-made automations for cancellations, failed payments and win-back screens.
1 source · 4 tips
OtherVirgin Mobile UAE
A mobile network operator in the United Arab Emirates with a digital sign-up flow.
1 source · 4 tipsWeather Up
An indie weather app with a card interface combining radar, map and data, formerly called Weather Atlas.
1 source · 4 tips
Payments & subscriptionsZuora
Subscription billing software that helps companies run subscription businesses.
1 source · 9 tips
ProductivityGranola
An AI meeting notes app.
11 sources · 5 tipsNano Banana
Google's image generation and editing model inside the Gemini app.
4 sources · 3 tips
GamesGalaxy Jump
A mobile game made by Steve P. Young.
2 sources · 3 tips
TravelGoogle Maps
A web mapping service with navigation, imagery and a developer API.
2 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsModel Context Protocol
An open protocol for connecting AI models to tools and data sources.
2 sources · 3 tipsParaphrase AI
An AI paraphrasing app built by Steve P. Young's team.
2 sources · 3 tips
Investors & studiosTiny
A holding company that buys profitable internet businesses from founders and keeps them for the long term.
2 sources · 3 tips
Business softwareUpwork
A freelance marketplace for hiring contractors.
4 sources · 6 tips
OtherProcter & Gamble
A consumer goods maker whose Ivory soap became one of the first national brands.
3 sources · 6 tipsSimilarweb
A web analytics tool that estimates traffic sources and visits for any site.
3 sources · 6 tips
Business softwareSurveyMonkey
A freemium online survey tool with free templates.
3 sources · 6 tips
News & MediaThe Next Web
A technology news publication.
3 sources · 6 tips
AI assistantsChatPRD
An AI assistant that helps product managers write product requirement documents and other product docs.
2 sources · 3 tips
Health & FitnessSimple Habit
A meditation app with short guided sessions for busy people.
5 sources · 5 tips
TravelTripAdvisor
A travel site with hotel, city and traveler review pages.
5 sources · 5 tipsAdams
Kalanick's robotics and physical AI company building specialized machines one industry at a time.
1 source · 3 tipsAdMax
A fitness app focused on getting abs, grown almost entirely through talking-head ads.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherAndroid
A free, open-source mobile operating system owned by Google.
1 source · 3 tipsAproda
An ad monetization consultancy that helps app developers optimize mediation and eCPM.
1 source · 3 tipsAtrium
Data-driven sales management software for managers of SDR and AE teams.
1 source · 3 tips
ShoppingBuyagift
A UK retailer selling gift experiences and vouchers online.
1 source · 3 tipsChapter 1
An early-stage venture firm for product-obsessed founders, run by Jeff Morris.
1 source · 3 tips
Investors & studiosCharacter Capital
A startup investor and studio founded by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Eli Blee-Goldman.
1 source · 3 tips
ShoppingClarks
A British footwear brand selling shoes online and in stores.
1 source · 3 tipsColor Switch Academy
An online course teaching mindset and creative techniques for making games without coding.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherDribbble
A showcase site where designers share their work.
4 sources · 5 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGamezop
A platform that embeds HTML5 games and other content inside apps and shares ad revenue with owners.
1 source · 3 tips
Food & DrinkGoldelucks
An Australian dessert delivery service that sells desserts online through product pages.
1 source · 3 tipsGould's railroads
Jay Gould's network of railroads, assembled through finance, secrecy and consolidation rather than pools.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessGrounded
A habit app for quitting or moderating weed use that grows an acorn into a tree.
1 source · 3 tipsHelp a Reporter Out
A service connecting journalists with sources, used to post queries and get expert contributions.
1 source · 7 tips
Social & DatingHinge
A dating app with a distinctive premium visual style.
4 sources · 5 tipsIl Giornale
The Seattle espresso bar company Schultz founded before buying Starbucks.
1 source · 3 tips
ShoppingIngka Holdings
The IKEA store operator, owned by a Dutch foundation.
1 source · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsInstapage
A landing page builder for marketing teams that creates and optimizes post-click pages.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareJJELLYFISH
A firm that teaches and embeds with early-stage founders to run founder-led sales and customer discovery.
1 source · 3 tipsLatchet
A startup helping artisans grow online sales with Substack-style network features.
1 source · 7 tipsMidnight Owl Sleep Sound
A sleep sounds app used as a keyword optimization case study in App Masters Academy.
1 source · 3 tips
LifestyleMoonly
A moon phase and lunar cycle app with a subscription paywall.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareMural
A digital whiteboard and visual collaboration platform for teams, built around boards and sticky notes.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareNurture Boss
An AI assistant for apartment property managers that handles leads, customer service and appointment booking.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareONCE
A 37signals line of pay-once software that customers run on their own servers.
1 source · 3 tipsPaktor
A mobile dating app in Asia where users like or dislike profiles.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessPeptalk
A mobile app offering premium video content for members, with free and paid tiers.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesPlay Studios
A mobile games publisher behind titles like Pop Slots and Tetris.
1 source · 3 tipsProducts Labs
A product management consultancy founded by Melissa Perri that runs transformations, PM setup, strategy and roadmaps.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessRuntastic
A fitness tracking app for running and workouts with a premium membership.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessSolid Starts
A baby feeding and first foods app built by experts, including allergen introduction guidance.
1 source · 3 tips
ShoppingT.M. Lewin
A British shirt and menswear retailer selling clothing online and in stores.
1 source · 3 tipsThe PDF Scanner
A utility app for scanning documents and creating PDFs on a phone.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherTIPSTOP
An app with a premium plan offered through a paywall and free trial flow.
1 source · 3 tipsTrue Healers
A marketplace connecting users with vetted healers across more than 35 categories.
1 source · 3 tips
Photo & VideoVEED
An online video editing platform with paid Pro features such as 4K export and AI tools.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesVoodoo
A mobile game publisher known for hyper-casual games.
4 sources · 5 tipsWiseSam
A safe, easy OpenClaw-style AI assistant for consumers, sold through ads and a long onboarding.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareWix
A website building platform.
4 sources · 5 tips
EducationQuizlet
A study app with flashcards and learning tools used by students and teachers.
10 sources · 4 tipsBen Franklin
A variety store franchise chain whose stores Walton ran before founding Walmart.
2 sources · 6 tips
Health & FitnessFlow
A subscription app with a long onboarding, a chat-style Q&A step and a post-trial discount offer.
2 sources · 6 tipsMailbox
A mobile email client with swipe and snooze features that Dropbox acquired.
2 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessMindbliss
An AI guided meditation app featured by Apple after a pitch from App Masters.
2 sources · 6 tips
EntertainmentPrime Video
Amazon's streaming video service included with Prime membership.
2 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessReflectly
An AI journaling and mindfulness app that launched in 2017.
2 sources · 2 tips
TravelFlighty
A flight tracking app for frequent flyers.
4 sources · 5 tips
Business softwareZapier
An automation platform that connects apps so workflows run between them.
4 sources · 5 tips
AI assistantsDeepMind
An AI research lab led by Demis Hassabis, now part of Google.
3 sources · 5 tips
EntertainmentESPN
A sports television network owned by Disney.
3 sources · 5 tips
EntertainmentLucasfilm
George Lucas's film company behind Star Wars, Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound.
3 sources · 5 tips
News & MediaMashable
A digital media site covering technology and culture.
3 sources · 5 tips
ProductivityOtter
A meeting transcription tool.
3 sources · 5 tipsPennsylvania Railroad
A leading railroad where Carnegie learned the business under Tom Scott.
3 sources · 5 tips
Health & FitnessSimple
A fasting and weight loss app that competes with Zero.
3 sources · 5 tips
EducationUdemy
An online course marketplace for creators and learners.
3 sources · 5 tips
Developer toolsSegment
A customer data platform used to collect and route event tracking.
6 sources · 4 tips
Photo & VideoGoogle Lens
Camera-based visual search in the Google app.
2 sources · 2 tips
Developer toolsRender
A paid tool that turns App Store screenshots into 3D device mockups with animated videos.
2 sources · 2 tipsTribe
Pincus's earlier social networking startup built around urban tribes.
2 sources · 2 tips10 Scale
A performance marketing agency working with social impact businesses in mental health and education.
1 source · 2 tipsAbound
A cash back and rewards app with a send-money-to-India feature.
1 source · 2 tips
EntertainmentAccent Oracle
A free web tool that guesses where you are from after 10 seconds of speech.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppMasters
A consultancy that helps apps grow downloads and revenue.
1 source · 2 tipsAudioFile
A FileMaker Pro database Fried built as a teenager to track lent tapes and CDs.
1 source · 2 tipsBark
Suno's open-source text-to-audio model that produced expressive, lifelike speech.
1 source · 2 tipsBeats Music
A streaming service built from the MOG purchase that became Apple Music.
1 source · 2 tips
ShoppingBeckett Simonon
An online retailer of handcrafted leather shoes.
1 source · 2 tipsCarousel
A Dropbox photo app spun out from the main product.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsCodeium
A free AI autocomplete tool that Windsurf's founders built before creating the Windsurf editor.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsConfluent
A data streaming platform company built around Apache Kafka, selling to enterprises and self-serve users.
1 source · 2 tipsConsumer Club
A community for consumer app builders and marketers, run by the host.
4 sources · 4 tipsCRED
An Indian fintech app that rewards creditworthy users for paying credit card bills.
1 source · 2 tipsDo Habit
A habit tracking app, formerly called Done, acquired as part of a bundle.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsGoogle AI Studio
A Google tool for developers to prototype with and build on Gemini models.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsHackAPrompt
A crowdsourced AI red-teaming competition that collects prompt injection attacks to test and harden models.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareHarvey
An AI platform for legal work that embeds legal engineers in customer teams.
4 sources · 4 tipsHonen
A course-creation platform for internal training teams, built on StudyFetch's learning engine.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareIrrational Labs
A behavioral science consulting shop that designs and tests product changes to shift user behavior.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceJupiter Money
An Indian money app offering a savings account, credit card, mutual funds, gold and fixed deposits.
1 source · 2 tips
Social & DatingKumu
A social super app, mainly in the Philippines, with feeds, audio, video and multi-seat rooms.
1 source · 2 tipsLatitud
An operating system and fund for early-stage Latin American startups, co-founded by Gina Gotthilf.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareLong-Term Stock Exchange
A stock exchange built to encourage long-term thinking and governance in the companies it lists.
1 source · 2 tipsMARI
A live events company started by Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro.
1 source · 2 tipsMenlo Park
Edison's New Jersey laboratory, built to invent full time away from business and manufacturing.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareMetalab
A web design agency that Wilkinson started early in his career.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceN26
A European mobile bank offering accounts, cards, savings and lending.
1 source · 2 tipsNubank Payments Assistant
A Nubank feature that onboards bills across several payment rails and automates paying them.
1 source · 2 tipsNubank Ultravioleta
Nubank's premium credit card with bundled benefits and a monthly fee that can be waived.
1 source · 2 tipsO Snap
A camera app that previously ran a paid-to-free campaign.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwarePando
An employee progression platform that gives leaders structure for developing and coaching their people.
1 source · 2 tipsPhonograph
Edison's device for recording and replaying the human voice.
1 source · 2 tipsPixelberry
A mobile game studio that makes story-driven games.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherQXO
A building products distribution company that Brad Jacobs is building through acquisitions.
1 source · 2 tipsRobo call blocker app
A hard-paywalled call blocking app that cannot be used without paying.
1 source · 2 tipsScreens.design
A searchable video library of onboarding and paywall flows from successful apps.
1 source · 2 tips
EducationShaw Academy
An online learning platform offering courses with a free trial before paid subscription.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSparkToro
An audience research tool from Rand Fishkin that shows where a target audience spends time online.
1 source · 6 tipsSpinnaker Software
An educational software company of the 1980s that made illustrated adventure games based on science fiction.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSpiral
A content automation app that writes and refines posts.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceStash
A investing app that lets users automatically save and invest through recurring Auto-Stash deposits.
1 source · 2 tipsSteven's Wordle
A timed word-building game from 2016 that added a six-guess mode and ranks near the top for the Wordle name.
1 source · 2 tipsStride
The rewritten successor to HipChat, built for team communication.
1 source · 2 tipsStudyMate
A student app where users upload materials and get AI-generated quizzes.
1 source · 2 tips
GamesSupercell
A mobile game studio known for Clash of Clans and small autonomous teams.
4 sources · 4 tips
Food & DrinkSwiggy
An Indian food and grocery delivery app that is a three-sided marketplace.
1 source · 6 tips
News & MediaTimes Internet
An Indian digital media conglomerate that runs a portfolio of consumer apps and products.
1 source · 2 tipsTinder Select
A high-priced premium Tinder tier aimed at big spenders.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherUnited Rentals
An equipment rental company Jacobs founded and consolidated.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareUserTesting
A platform that recruits real users to test products and think aloud.
4 sources · 4 tipsVaccinateCA
A volunteer project that phoned vaccine sites and mapped eligibility answers.
1 source · 2 tips
Health & FitnessVoro
A health social network that surfaced doctors recommended by friends, plus objective quality data.
1 source · 2 tips
Social & DatingVRChat
A social virtual reality platform where users meet and hang out as avatars in user-made worlds.
1 source · 2 tips
Investors & studiosWeekend Fund
A small early-stage venture fund run by Ryan Hoover that backs founders.
1 source · 2 tipsX-Mode
A company that works with anonymous location data, which also built the Drunk Mode app.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherXPO
A logistics and transportation company built through acquisitions.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppScreens
A design tool for App Store screenshots that exports and uploads tests to App Store Connect.
2 sources · 5 tips
ShoppingDupe.com
A shopping app that finds cheaper lookalike versions of furniture and products.
2 sources · 5 tips
Business softwareHelp Scout
Customer service software for digital businesses, positioned between a shared inbox and a full help desk.
2 sources · 5 tipsKmart
A discount retailer founded by Harry Cunningham that chased big city markets.
2 sources · 5 tipsMITS
The Albuquerque maker of the Altair 8800 personal computer, Microsoft's first customer.
2 sources · 5 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBranch
A mobile linking and attribution platform offering deferred deep links.
4 sources · 4 tipsFlippa
An online marketplace for buying and selling websites, apps and online businesses.
4 sources · 4 tips
FinanceMercury
A banking platform for startups with a complex business account onboarding flow.
4 sources · 4 tips
ProductivityNotion
A workspace app for notes, docs and projects, with an MCP for agents.
4 sources · 4 tips
Health & FitnessPeloton
A connected fitness company known for bikes, treadmills, and subscription workout classes.
4 sources · 4 tips
LifestyleZillow
A real estate marketplace with home values, listings and neighborhood data.
4 sources · 4 tips
Social & DatingBumble
A dating app that copied Tinder's campus ambassador approach.
3 sources · 4 tipsCompaq
A former PC maker that sold computers through retail stores.
3 sources · 4 tips
Business softwareLooker
A business intelligence and data analytics platform.
3 sources · 4 tips
Developer toolsMongoDB
A document database company.
3 sources · 4 tips
Developer toolsNetlify
A web hosting and deployment platform.
3 sources · 4 tips
Photo & VideoFlickr
A photo sharing site co-founded by Butterfield and Cal Henderson.
2 sources · 1 tips
Investors & studiosMenlo Ventures
A venture firm investing from seed to Series B.
2 sources · 1 tipsRuby on Rails
An open source web framework created by DHH out of building Basecamp.
2 sources · 1 tips
GamesThe Sims
A major video game publisher and the guest's employer.
2 sources · 1 tips
OtherAlphabet
The holding company created in 2015 that owns Google and other bets.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosApp Nation
An app development studio that built Genie and works with clients on app growth.
1 source · 1 tipsApp Rehab
A postpartum core rehab program that became Nancy Anderson's hero offering.
1 source · 1 tipsBuild Collective
A fund and advisory group backing deep technology startups with product and story help.
1 source · 1 tipsCASH
Anthropic's internal effort to have Claude run growth experiments end to end.
1 source · 1 tipsChamber DS
The company behind the TimeClock app, led by Jordan Bryant.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCliffsNotes
A study guide brand known for literature summaries and analysis.
1 source · 1 tipsComplex
A media company covering culture, live events and e-commerce, backed by Universal.
1 source · 1 tipsCoradiant
A web performance analytics company where Croll worked.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCPO Accelerator
A program that helps VPs and heads of product move into the C-suite.
1 source · 1 tipsDear Mishudad
An influencer account built around NG Gordon's dog.
1 source · 1 tipsDinobyte Apps
David Reichelt's game studio, named after his first dinosaur game.
1 source · 1 tipsDragon
Microsoft's AI product that assists physicians with clinical documentation.
1 source · 1 tipsEbb
Headspace's AI companion that helps members explore feelings and navigate its care services.
1 source · 5 tipsEtsy Studio
A defunct Etsy product offering craft inspiration and supplies.
1 source · 1 tipsEvo Marketing
A UGC and creator marketing agency that runs viral content campaigns for apps.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesExploding Kittens
A game studio behind the Exploding Kittens card game and its mobile version.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosFelicis
A venture capital firm investing in early-stage founders.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessFight AI
A martial arts app that gives feedback on uploaded training videos.
1 source · 1 tipsFirst Roots Media
A startup letting independent musicians sell or share music and track how far fans spread it.
1 source · 1 tipsFitstar
An adaptive video workout app for the iPad that Fitbit acquired.
1 source · 1 tipsFreeloader
Pincus's first company, built on offline browsing.
1 source · 1 tipsFusion Books
An Australian school yearbook design and publishing platform, Melanie Perkins' first company.
1 source · 1 tipsFuture Freshman
Spiegel and Murphy's failed first startup, a college application product.
1 source · 1 tipsGlitch
A multiplayer online game built by Butterfield's team before Slack.
1 source · 1 tipsGoa
Ortega's first clothing manufacturing company, named with his initials reversed.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGoogle Beam
A video communication platform that renders a 3D version of the person you talk to.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityGoogle Docs
Free browser-based word processing, spreadsheets and slides with real-time collaboration.
1 source · 1 tipsGoogle Video
Google's early video product, which started as search over TV content.
1 source · 1 tipsGrowpixel
Ryan McLeod's indie studio behind Black Box.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosGV
A venture capital firm (formerly Google Ventures) that runs design and research sprints with its portfolio startups.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingHannah & Henry
An online store whose product pages were the subject of this A/B test.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareHighrise
A CRM from 37signals, its second biggest hit.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesHipster Whale
The Australian game studio behind Crossy Road.
1 source · 1 tipsimeem
A music discovery and social media startup founded by Dalton Caldwell.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoInstasize
A photo and video editing app with filters, collages, and a premium subscription.
1 source · 1 tipsInter IKEA Systems
The IKEA brand and concept owner, held by a Liechtenstein foundation.
1 source · 1 tipsJ. P. Morgan & Co.
The banking house of J. P. Morgan, the last of the great merchant bankers.
1 source · 1 tipsJuiced Media
An agency that tests and produces TikTok content for clients.
1 source · 1 tipsJust Evil Enough
Croll and Emily Ross's book on subversive marketing.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosKhosla Ventures
A venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla that backs early-stage technology companies.
1 source · 1 tipsKiss My Keto
A keto-focused food and supplement brand that sells products online.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityLanguageTool
A multilingual grammar, spelling and style checker.
1 source · 1 tipsLaunch Center Pro
A complex iOS productivity app for launching actions and shortcuts.
1 source · 1 tipsLean Analytics
The book by Croll on startup data and metrics.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationLearn Prompting
A prompt engineering education resource and guide founded by Sander Schulhoff.
1 source · 1 tipsLenny's Product Pass
A subscriber bundle giving paying readers free access to several AI product tools.
1 source · 1 tipsLipstick
One of Social's four leading apps, earning just over $300K a month.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationLitCharts
A literature study guide site with themes, summaries and analysis.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityMailform
An app that prints and mails any document to any address.
1 source · 1 tipsMcDonald brothers' restaurant
The original California hamburger stand run by Dick and Mac McDonald with a stripped-down system.
1 source · 5 tipsMerge
A mobile puzzle game that rewards players with coins after each puzzle.
1 source · 5 tips
Social & DatingMessenger
Facebook's standalone messaging app.
1 source · 1 tipsMirror Up
A mirror app by David Barnard that grew through App Store search.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosMKT1 Capital
A small angel fund and resource hub that backs early-stage B2B startups and helps them build marketing.
1 source · 1 tipsMoney News Network
A podcast and media company associated with Feifer.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityMonologue
A speech-to-text dictation app built by Every.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsNotebookLM
A Google AI notebook tool that turns documents into summaries and AI-hosted podcasts.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsOgilvy
A global advertising and marketing agency where Rory Sutherland is vice chairman of the UK arm.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationOutpace
A career coaching startup that pairs structured content with human coaches, using AI to make coaches more efficient.
1 source · 1 tipsQuitter
An early app by McCabe that told you when someone unfollowed you on Twitter.
1 source · 1 tipsRain Sounds
A sleep and ambient sounds app made by the guest.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationScribbr
An academic writing help brand with proofreading and citation tools for students.
1 source · 1 tipsSentinel
A password manager app made by Chris.
1 source · 1 tipsSix Eastern
A PR agency for tech companies, from stealth startups to public ones.
1 source · 1 tipsSkibidi Toilet game
An influencer-partnered mobile game based on the Skibidi Toilet YouTube universe, called Escape the Toilet.
1 source · 1 tipsSocial Deck
A mobile games startup founded by Anish Acharya and sold to Google.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesSpaceman Dodgeball
A dodgeball game from the same developer's portfolio that normally gets few downloads.
1 source · 1 tipsSparkle
A file cleaner that organizes the files on your computer.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherSpecs
Snap's augmented reality glasses, a fully vertically integrated AR hardware and software stack.
1 source · 1 tipsStarbucks Reserve Roastery
Starbucks' large theater-style roasting and tasting venues.
1 source · 1 tipsStoryo
An app that builds videos from photo metadata.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationSymbolab
A math learning tool with step-by-step calculators and solvers.
1 source · 1 tipsVirality
Software for managing influencer and UGC marketing campaigns.
1 source · 1 tipsWilliam Morris
A century-old Hollywood talent agency that merged with Endeavor.
1 source · 5 tips
Business softwareWP Engine
A managed WordPress hosting company founded by Jason Cohen.
1 source · 1 tipsXMode
The company behind Drunk Mode, led by a team that grew out of its campus reps.
1 source · 1 tipsZeeno Games
A solo indie game studio making casual mobile games.
1 source · 1 tipsZip2
Musk's first company, an early online business directory and city guide software startup.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsDrift
A conversational marketing and sales chat software company.
3 sources · 4 tips
ShoppingBarnes & Noble
A US bookstore chain that hosted Starbucks cafes.
2 sources · 4 tips
Health & FitnessBody Fast
A fasting app that mostly works as a fasting timer.
2 sources · 4 tips
News & MediaFast Company
A business magazine covering design, leadership and the future of work.
2 sources · 4 tips
TravelFour Seasons
A luxury hotel chain that manages hotels owned by others.
2 sources · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGoogle Ad Manager
Google's ad management platform with pricing controls and bid data for publishers.
2 sources · 4 tips
ShoppingJ.C. Penney
A department store chain strong in small towns where Walton began his retail career.
2 sources · 4 tips
Food & DrinkPostmates
An on-demand delivery app for restaurants and retail.
2 sources · 4 tipsQuibi
A short-form mobile video streaming service built around Hollywood-produced shows made for the phone.
2 sources · 4 tips
Food & DrinkUber Eats
A food delivery app from Uber.
2 sources · 4 tips
FinanceWealthfront
An automated investing and cash management service that bought Hutchins' financial advice startup.
2 sources · 4 tips
Business softwareZendesk
A customer service software company and a direct competitor to Intercom.
5 sources · 3 tips
TravelBooking.com
An online accommodation booking platform.
4 sources · 3 tips
Social & DatingQuora
A question-and-answer site where users post and answer questions.
4 sources · 3 tips
Social & DatingThreads
A text-based social app from Meta built on top of Instagram.
4 sources · 3 tips
EntertainmentABC
A broadcast TV network, bought by Disney as part of Capital Cities/ABC.
3 sources · 3 tipsAngry Birds
A popular mobile puzzle game where players launch birds at pigs.
3 sources · 3 tips
News & MediaAOL
An early internet company that tried to merge with Disney before Time Warner.
3 sources · 3 tips
EntertainmentAudible
Amazon's audiobook subscription service.
3 sources · 3 tips
Health & FitnessClassPass
A fitness class booking app and membership.
3 sources · 3 tips
GamesColor Switch
A mobile arcade game where players pass a ball through matching colors.
3 sources · 3 tips
Business softwareFair
A car subscription company founded by Max Rhodes.
3 sources · 3 tipsFun Run
A casual multiplayer running game with daily rewards and a spin wheel.
3 sources · 3 tips
ShoppingGOAT
A sneaker marketplace.
3 sources · 3 tips
AI assistantsManus
An AI agent tool for complex tasks.
3 sources · 3 tipsNetscape
An early web browser company with a portal directory.
3 sources · 3 tips
OtherOneLook
A reverse dictionary that returns words related to a concept.
3 sources · 3 tips
AI assistantsOpenClaw
An open-source agent setup that gives bots real tools and feels like a colleague.
3 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsPostHog
A product analytics platform.
3 sources · 3 tipsRecast
A marketing mix modeling software vendor.
3 sources · 3 tips
OtherSamsung
A Korean electronics and semiconductor conglomerate that also runs a chip foundry.
3 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsStatsig
A third-party experimentation and feature flagging platform.
3 sources · 3 tips
OtherToyota
A Japanese automaker and an early customer of Honda's piston rings.
3 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsUnity
A game engine company that also runs a mobile advertising network.
3 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsVisual Studio Code
A widely used open source code editor from Microsoft.
3 sources · 3 tips
Business softwareVanta
A compliance automation software company.
2 sources · 4 tips
Business softwareZip
A procurement orchestration software company.
2 sources · 4 tips
Business software360Learning
A learning platform for companies built on collaborative learning.
1 source · 4 tips
LifestyleBible BFF
A Bible app that narrates Bible stories, aimed at Gen Z.
1 source · 4 tipsBoussac
A French textile conglomerate whose bankruptcy was the largest industrial failure in France.
1 source · 4 tipsClark and Rockefeller
A Cleveland produce trading firm Rockefeller co-founded in 1858 with Maurice Clark.
1 source · 4 tipseSign Live
An electronic signature app, now renamed Once.
1 source · 4 tipsHarry Sonneborn
The finance executive who built McDonald's real estate and financing model.
1 source · 4 tipsMellow
A mobile-first AI agent startup handling tasks like email summaries, calendar tidying and drafted replies.
1 source · 4 tipsMomingo
A transit app that helps riders never miss their stop and share their location for safety.
1 source · 4 tips
EntertainmentNFL
The American football league, which licenses its teams for a manager game.
1 source · 4 tips
Food & DrinkPepsi
A cola brand and Coca-Cola's longest-running rival, now part of PepsiCo.
1 source · 4 tips
EntertainmentReal Madrid
A Spanish football club that licenses its name to a manager game.
1 source · 4 tipsSMB Market
A marketplace for buying existing small businesses, about $20K a month, with loans.
1 source · 4 tipsSpaces
Twitter's live audio conversation product, codenamed Hydra internally.
1 source · 4 tipsThe Ultimate Fighter
A reality TV show where fighters compete for UFC contracts.
1 source · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsTikTok Ad Library
TikTok's public library for browsing ads by advertiser or category, with performance data.
1 source · 4 tipsTolen
An AI app that matches each user with a personal creature and voice chats with them.
1 source · 4 tips
Marketing & growth toolsUnbotify
A Tel Aviv startup whose SDK detects whether device interaction comes from a human or a bot.
1 source · 4 tipsWe Share
An electric car-sharing app from Volkswagen operating in Berlin.
1 source · 4 tips
Business softwareBox
A cloud content management and file sharing platform for businesses.
4 sources · 3 tips
AI assistantsCharacter.ai
An AI chatbot app where users talk to custom characters.
4 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsOptimizely
An experimentation and A/B testing software company.
4 sources · 3 tips
FinanceJP Morgan
The largest US bank, serving retail, enterprise and investment banking clients.
3 sources · 3 tips
ProductivityOutlook
Microsoft's email and calendar software.
3 sources · 3 tips
Music & AudioApple Podcasts
Apple's built-in podcast listening app.
2 sources · 3 tipsArya
A paid membership product sold through a mobile web flow and Meta ads.
2 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsBalsamiq
A wireframing tool for sketching low-fidelity interface designs.
2 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBananatag
An email tracking tool that shows whether recipients open your messages.
2 sources · 3 tips
Social & DatingBeReal
A social photo-sharing app that prompts users to post when a notification arrives.
2 sources · 3 tips
Health & FitnessBetterMe
A fitness and weight loss app that was Lennox's first mobile app job.
2 sources · 3 tips
FinanceBill.com
A public company offering bill pay and accounts payable software.
2 sources · 3 tips
OtherBlackBerry
A maker of phones with physical keyboards, popular before the iPhone.
2 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsCensus
A reverse ETL tool that syncs warehouse data to business tools.
2 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsClickFunnels
A web sales funnel and landing page builder.
2 sources · 3 tipsErie Railroad
A railroad that Gould and Jim Fisk fought Vanderbilt to control in the 1870s.
2 sources · 3 tips
GamesFortnite
A battle royale game from Epic Games with building and live events.
2 sources · 3 tipsGeneral Instrument
An American electronics company where Chang worked before TSMC.
2 sources · 3 tipsGoogle Glass
A Google smart glasses product launched to developers at roughly $1,000.
2 sources · 3 tips
Developer toolsHeroku
A cloud platform where developers deploy apps with a git push.
2 sources · 3 tips
Business softwareOkta
A cloud identity management software company.
2 sources · 3 tips
GamesPac-Man
A classic arcade game where a character eats dots while avoiding ghosts.
2 sources · 3 tips
Photo & VideoParallel Live
An app for creating fake live stream videos.
2 sources · 3 tips
ShoppingTemu
An online marketplace whose class action lawsuit inspired Payout's skit format.
2 sources · 3 tips
News & MediaThe Wall Street Journal
A major US business newspaper.
2 sources · 3 tipsTouchArcade
A mobile gaming news site with an active community forum.
2 sources · 3 tips
Business softwareWeWork
A flexible office space provider.
2 sources · 3 tips10X
A "Shopify for apps" platform that turns a prompt into an app and helps market it.
2 sources
Business softwareGame Refinery
A mobile games analytics firm that supplies feature-level data on what works in games.
2 sources49 Palms
An early-stage AI venture fund that helps founders with monetization.
1 source
EducationAltmba
An online leadership and management workshop started by Seth Godin.
1 sourceAmanda AI
A relationship-coach app that analyzes screenshots of text conversations.
1 source
Developer toolsAnysphere
The company behind the Cursor AI code editor.
1 source
Social & DatingApp.net
An ad-free social network built as a Twitter competitor.
1 source
ProductivityAutopaste
A utility app in Social's portfolio.
1 sourceBasis One
A consulting firm that helps startups build growth models and strategies.
1 source
OtherBlock Party
An online safety company building anti-harassment and anti-spam tools, starting with Twitter.
1 sourceCEB
A best-practice research and advisory firm where the Challenger Sale study began, later acquired by Gartner.
1 source
AI assistantschat.com
A domain name Dharmesh Shah bought and later resold.
1 sourceCleverbots
An enterprise chatbot company founded in 2017 that automated customer and HR support.
1 sourceDesign Nation
A nonprofit and conference that opens design education to undergraduates.
1 sourceFive Labs
An app that inferred personality from users' Facebook posts.
1 source
ProductivityFont Maker
An app that turns your handwriting into a keyboard font.
1 source
EducationGeneration Girl
A nonprofit giving girls in Indonesia free STEM classes.
1 sourceGolden Gate Claude
A Claude variant with one dialed-up feature that steered every answer to the Golden Gate Bridge.
1 source
Developer toolsGPT Engineer
An open source tool that writes whole applications from a prompt, which Lovable grew out of.
1 sourceHotspots
An app Social bought from Pablo.
1 source
Business softwareJellyfish
A company that teaches early-stage founders how to sell, co-founded by Jen Abel.
1 source
ProductivityLex
An AI document writing tool.
1 sourceLocal Mine
A Lenny startup app for asking people checked in at a place about it.
1 sourceModern Sales Pros
A community of sales operations people and sales leaders.
1 source
OtherNeuralink
A brain-computer interface company developing implantable devices.
1 sourceNudgestock
A behavioral science and creativity festival founded by Rory Sutherland.
1 sourceNurra
A startup giving patients with complex conditions a personal health advocate.
1 sourceOutline
A government-software company that grew out of Politify.
1 sourcePicPlz
A mobile photo sharing app founded by Dalton Caldwell.
1 source
Photo & VideoPicture Split
A before and after photo app made by Chris.
1 sourcePolitify
A policy calculator showing voters in dollars how candidates' policies would affect them.
1 source
FinancePontera
A fintech company that helps people manage retirement accounts to retire richer.
1 sourceProblem Pal
A homework helper app that was Evan's first app.
1 source
EducationProduct Institute
An online school for product management training, run by Melissa Perri.
1 source
ProductivitySaturn
A calendar app for friends that Snap acquired.
1 source
Photo & VideoSora
OpenAI's AI video generation product.
1 sourceSpaceXAI
An AI company with three pillars: coding, knowledge work and training general models.
1 source
Developer toolsStitch
A Google Labs tool for generating app and UI designs with AI.
1 source
Business softwareTalemetry
Recruiting software company Pete started in 2009.
1 source
OtherThe Boring Company
A tunneling company aiming to dig cheap, fast tunnels under cities.
1 source
Business softwareToast
A restaurant technology platform offering point-of-sale and related software for restaurants.
1 sourceUSC Iovine and Young Academy
A school founded by Iovine and Dr. Dre teaching collaboration across tech, arts, design and entrepreneurship.
1 sourceWordle
A word game whose same-named 2015 app unexpectedly went viral after the browser game took off.
1 sourceWordplay
A word game built by Dharmesh Shah as a side project.
1 sourceYear One Labs
A startup accelerator that applied Lean Startup ideas.
1 source
Business softwareGoogle Meet
Google's video calling product for meetings.
2 sources · 3 tips
Music & AudioSonos
A maker of wireless home speakers.
2 sources · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAhrefs
An SEO tool for keyword research, backlink analysis and competitor page data.
1 source · 3 tipsBallbarrow
A wheelbarrow company with a big red ball, founded by James Dyson.
1 source · 3 tipsBallified
A social card game that blends Words With Friends with Solitaire.
1 source · 3 tips
FinanceBinance
A crypto exchange that launched in 2017 and became the largest in the world.
1 source · 3 tipsBraniff
A Texas-based airline that was an early rival of Southwest.
1 source · 3 tipsBumper Jump
A mobile game self-published by developer Austin and featured by Apple in early 2016.
1 source · 3 tips
AI assistantsChatGPT
An AI chatbot from OpenAI that answers questions and drafts text.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesClash of Clans
A mobile strategy game about building a village and fighting in clans.
1 source · 3 tipsClock Hop
A mobile game self-published by Austin, his third title.
1 source · 3 tips
TravelDidi
China's dominant ride-hailing company, built on taxis, that rivaled Uber there.
1 source · 3 tips
LifestyleDior
A French luxury fashion house that was the prize inside the bankrupt Boussac group.
1 source · 3 tips
EntertainmentDisney+
Disney's streaming service for its films and shows.
1 source · 3 tips
EntertainmentDisneyland
The theme park Walt Disney built in California, opened in 1955.
1 source · 3 tipsDr. Dre
The hip-hop producer and artist, and Iovine's partner in Beats.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessEndel
A soundscape app for focus, relaxation and sleep.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesFall Guys
A colorful multiplayer party game where players race through obstacle courses.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherFiat
An Italian mass-market carmaker that owned Ferrari from 1969 to the 2015 IPO.
1 source · 3 tipsFriendFeed
A social feed startup that introduced the like button and real-time newsfeed.
1 source · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGoogle Trends
A free Google tool showing how search interest in topics changes over time.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareGreenhouse
A hiring software company known for applicant tracking and structured recruiting.
1 source · 3 tips
ShoppingHairstory
A haircare brand selling products online.
1 source · 3 tipsIMG
A sports, events, production and licensing business that Endeavor bought.
1 source · 3 tips
Business softwareinvoice2go
A mobile invoicing app for small businesses, once the top grossing business app.
1 source · 3 tipsJeff Johnson
Nike's first full-time employee, who ran its first store and named the brand.
1 source · 3 tipsJetpack
A travel app that helps people save money on flights.
1 source · 3 tipsKeystone Bridge Works
An iron bridge company Carnegie formed with Thomas Scott while working at the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1 source · 3 tips
Investors & studiosKKR
A global private equity firm that invested in AppLovin in 2018.
1 source · 3 tips
Investors & studiosLazard
An investment bank where Arnault's mentor Antoine Bernheim was a senior figure.
1 source · 3 tips
News & MediaLifehacker
A tech and productivity news site covering apps, tips and life hacks.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessLiftoff
A gym app with ranked workouts that gamifies lifting progress.
1 source · 3 tips
News & MediaMark Manson
A bestselling self-help author with a large audience, and co-founder of Purpose.
1 source · 3 tips
Payments & subscriptionsMastercard
The card network that grew out of the Interbank consortium, originally called Master Charge.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesMerge Dragons
A puzzle game about merging items and raising dragons.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherMichael Jordan / Air Jordan
Nike's basketball line built around Michael Jordan's signature shoes.
1 source · 3 tips
EntertainmentNBA
The basketball league, whose license the studio won for a manager game.
1 source · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsNotix
A push notification platform whose data is cited on send frequency and message length.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherOnitsuka Tiger
A Japanese running shoe maker that supplied Blue Ribbon Sports before Nike existed.
1 source · 3 tipsOverture
Formerly GoTo, it invented pay-per-click keyword auctions for search advertising.
1 source · 3 tips
OtherPentagram
A global design studio and an early FLORA customer.
1 source · 3 tipsResto Me
A health app run by Ivy, a past guest who scales paid social.
1 source · 3 tips
Health & FitnessSecond Nature
A nutrition and dieting app with personal coaching support.
1 source · 3 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSemrush
An SEO and keyword research platform for analyzing competitor traffic and rankings.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesSlotomania
A mobile social casino slots game with daily bonuses and coin pack offers.
1 source · 3 tipsSpike TV
A cable network aimed at young men that first aired the UFC's reality show.
1 source · 3 tips
GamesTag with Ryan
A kids' endless runner reskinned for Ryan's YouTube channel.
1 source · 3 tips
FinanceVanguard
An investment firm known for low-cost index funds and ETFs.
1 source · 3 tips
ProductivityWhimsical
A visual collaboration tool for flowcharts, wireframes and docs.
1 source · 3 tips
EducationChegg
An education company that began with textbook rentals and moved to online homework answers.
4 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessOura
A smart ring wearable that tracks sleep and readiness.
4 sources · 2 tips
Health & Fitness10% Happier
A meditation app built around practical, skeptic-friendly guidance.
3 sources · 2 tips
OtherAMD
A chipmaker competing with Nvidia in GPUs.
3 sources · 2 tips
Developer toolsBuildbox
A no-code game builder for making mobile games without programming.
3 sources · 2 tips
Developer toolsDatadog
A monitoring and observability platform for software systems.
3 sources · 2 tipsFlappy Bird
A viral mobile game about guiding a bird through pipes.
3 sources · 2 tips
AI assistantsHiggsfield
An AI video generation company.
3 sources · 2 tips
EducationMaven
A platform for cohort-based online courses.
3 sources · 2 tips
Business softwareMcKinsey
A management consulting firm that recruits top graduates.
3 sources · 2 tips
Social & DatingMySpace
An early social network that was big for music.
3 sources · 2 tips
GamesOculus
Meta's virtual reality headset line, including the standalone Quest II.
3 sources · 2 tips
Food & DrinkOpenTable
A restaurant reservation marketplace.
3 sources · 2 tips
FinanceRobinhood
A trading platform for stocks and crypto.
3 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessWhoop
A wearable band that tracks strain, recovery and sleep.
3 sources · 2 tips
Other99designs
A marketplace for commissioning custom design work from freelance designers.
2 sources · 2 tips
Business softwareAccenture
A global consulting and technology services firm.
2 sources · 2 tips
Investors & studiosAngelList
A platform for startups and investors that also launched an incorporation product.
2 sources · 2 tips
Music & AudioApple Music
Apple's music streaming service, launched to compete with Spotify.
2 sources · 2 tips
Payments & subscriptionsAutobooks
A Detroit company that lets banks offer invoicing and Apple Pay to small business customers.
2 sources · 2 tips
ShoppingBest Buy
A consumer electronics retailer that sells Skylight devices.
2 sources · 2 tips
Food & DrinkBlue Apron
A meal-kit delivery service.
2 sources · 2 tips
OtherBoeing
An aircraft manufacturer.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBuffer
A social media scheduling and management tool.
2 sources · 2 tips
FinanceChime
A US neobank app offering mobile checking accounts.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsClearscope
An SEO content tool that grades drafts on relevance and readability.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsCleverTap
A customer engagement platform for in-app messaging and push campaigns.
2 sources · 2 tips
Social & DatingCoffee Meets Bagel
A dating app that sends curated daily matches.
2 sources · 2 tips
Business softwareCrisp
A live chat tool that works on websites, in apps and on paywalls.
2 sources · 2 tips
EducationElevate
A brain training app launched around 2014 where RevenueCat's founders first built subscription billing.
2 sources · 2 tips
TravelExpedia
An online travel booking platform.
2 sources · 2 tips
Investors & studiosFounders Fund
A venture capital fund led by Peter Thiel.
2 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessFunction Health
A health testing and wellness company.
2 sources · 2 tips
Business softwareG2
A software review and comparison site.
2 sources · 2 tips
OtherGeneral Motors
An automaker that invested in Lyft and partnered on its rental fleet.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGrin
Influencer management software used by large sales teams.
2 sources · 2 tips
News & MediaHacker News
A tech news and discussion site run by Y Combinator.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsHightouch
A reverse ETL tool that activates warehouse data in other tools.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsHotjar
A tool for session recordings and heatmaps of user behavior.
2 sources · 2 tips
Developer toolsInVision
A prototyping tool that turns static screens into clickable prototypes.
2 sources · 2 tips
OtherJaguar
A British luxury car brand going all electric.
2 sources · 2 tipsKetchapp
A hyper-casual mobile game studio known for simple, ad-supported games.
2 sources · 2 tipsLocalMind
A service that let strangers answer questions about a place.
2 sources · 2 tips
ShoppingLouis Vuitton
A French luxury leather goods maker that merged with Moët Hennessy to form LVMH.
2 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessMacroFactor
A nutrition and macro tracking app.
2 sources · 2 tips
FinanceMonarch
A personal budgeting and finance app.
2 sources · 2 tips
Developer toolsNew Relic
A software observability and monitoring company.
2 sources · 2 tips
OtherNokia
A Finnish handset maker whose phone unit Microsoft acquired.
2 sources · 2 tips
Investors & studiosOpenView
A venture capital firm that invests in software companies and advises them on product-led growth.
2 sources · 2 tipsPets.com
An online pet supplies retailer Amazon invested in that shut down in 2000.
2 sources · 2 tips
EducationRosetta Stone
A long-running language learning product built around immersive lessons.
2 sources · 2 tipsSeattle Computer Products
The small company whose DOS Microsoft bought and turned into MS-DOS.
2 sources · 2 tipsSlumber
A sleep app from a past client of the guest's agency.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSplit Metrics
An app growth platform known for A/B testing and store page case studies.
2 sources · 2 tips
AI assistantsStable Diffusion
An open source image generation model.
2 sources · 2 tips
ShoppingStockX
A resale marketplace for sneakers and other limited-release goods.
2 sources · 2 tips
Health & FitnessSweatcoin
A rewards app that pays users for walking and daily activity.
2 sources · 2 tips
Business softwareTableau
A data visualization and analytics platform.
2 sources · 2 tips
Investors & studiosThrive Capital
A venture capital firm founded by Josh Kushner.
2 sources · 2 tips
EntertainmentTwitch
A live streaming platform for gamers and creators, supported by ads and subscriptions.
2 sources · 2 tips
TravelUnited Airlines
A major US airline that served Starbucks coffee.
2 sources · 2 tips
Music & AudioUniversal Music Group
The world's largest music company, with major labels and a publishing arm.
2 sources · 2 tips
GamesUno
A card game where players match colors and numbers.
2 sources · 2 tips
Payments & subscriptionsVenmo
A mobile payments app for sending money between people.
2 sources · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsClay
A data enrichment and outbound automation platform for go-to-market teams.
3 sources · 2 tips
TravelAgoda
An online travel agency based in Bangkok, part of Booking Holdings.
2 sources · 2 tips
AI assistantsDelphi
A tool for building digital clones of people from their content.
2 sources · 2 tipsLotus
A 1980s spreadsheet software maker and Microsoft competitor.
2 sources · 2 tipsMorning Brew
A newsletter-first media company whose internal tools became the origin of beehiiv.
2 sources · 2 tips
OtherPhilips
A Dutch electronics company based in a small town in a small country.
2 sources · 2 tips
Games21 Moves
A Rubik's cube solver app that teaches users to solve the cube.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer tools21st.dev
A library of UI components that exports code rather than screenshots.
1 source · 2 tips
Shopping7-Eleven
A convenience store chain and the world's largest retailer by store count.
1 source · 2 tipsAegler
A Swiss movement maker that supplied small, affordable watch movements to Rolex.
1 source · 2 tips
TravelAlmosafer
A Saudi Arabian online travel agency.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceAmerican Express
A closed-loop card network and issuer that launched its charge card in 1958.
1 source · 2 tipsApps Gone Free
An app run by AppAdvice that lists apps temporarily free for download.
1 source · 2 tipsApptiv
An app that shows a discount offer after the paywall is closed.
1 source · 2 tipsArtifact
An AI-powered personalized news app co-founded by Mike Krieger.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareathenahealth
A healthcare technology company where Perri worked on product organization.
1 source · 2 tipsATI
A Canadian graphics chip maker and Nvidia's longest-lasting rival.
1 source · 2 tipsBali Side
A word game that mixes solitaire and Scrabble.
1 source · 2 tipsBloomberg campaign
Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign, where Gotthilf worked on digital landing pages.
1 source · 2 tipsBread & Circus
A natural food supermarket chain in the Boston area that Whole Foods acquired.
1 source · 2 tipsBreathwork
A small breathing exercises app.
1 source · 2 tipsButler Brothers
A variety store franchisor and wholesaler that supplied Ben Franklin franchisees.
1 source · 2 tipsByte Shop
An early computer retail store that placed Apple's first order.
1 source · 2 tipsCalorie AI
A smaller AI calorie tracking app that ranks well despite few ratings.
1 source · 2 tips
Investors & studiosCanon
The Japanese electronics maker that invested heavily in NeXT and later bought its hardware division.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherCarrot Weather
A weather app fronted by a sassy, cocky robot character.
1 source · 2 tipsCleanup
A duplicate photo deleter app that uses a paywall and rewarded ads.
1 source · 2 tips
AI assistantsCluely
A viral AI startup known for its aggressive short-form video marketing.
1 source · 2 tips
News & MediaCNBC
A business news network aimed at public-market audiences.
1 source · 2 tipsContinental Airlines
A major US airline that opposed Southwest's launch.
1 source · 2 tips
News & MediaCosmopolitan
A women's lifestyle magazine and website.
1 source · 2 tipsCUDA
Nvidia's software platform for programming GPUs, including compiler, libraries and tools.
1 source · 2 tipsDelantero09
A Spain-based gaming YouTuber with viewers across Spanish-speaking countries.
1 source · 2 tips
ShoppingDick's Sporting Goods
A US sporting goods retailer that owns GameChanger.
1 source · 2 tips
EntertainmentDisney Animation
Walt Disney's animation studio, which made features like The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.
1 source · 2 tipsDocumentum
An enterprise document management software company that began with pharmaceutical drug approval filings.
1 source · 2 tipsE.J. Korvette
A discount retailer that used paid membership to dodge price-fixing laws.
1 source · 2 tips
Othereero
A home Wi-Fi mesh router company.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherElectrolux
A long-established home appliance and vacuum cleaner maker.
1 source · 2 tipsEndle
An app that ranked first for a keyword and was later acquired.
1 source · 2 tipseTips
An app founded by Gonzalo, who shared the staged localization strategy.
1 source · 2 tipsEva Learn English
A language learning app that started in the founders' native language.
1 source · 2 tipsFast Stick
A single-purpose fasting app in the health and fitness charts.
1 source · 2 tipsFire TV Remote
A single-purpose remote control app for Amazon Fire TV devices.
1 source · 2 tipsFleets
Twitter's ephemeral stories-style feature, led by Mo Oladam.
1 source · 2 tipsFlight
A minimalist one-tap mobile game with a rotating object that has one opening.
1 source · 2 tipsFliptop
A marketplace for listing and selling apps to buyers.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareFulfillment by Amazon
A service letting sellers use Amazon's fulfillment network to store and ship products.
1 source · 2 tipsFun Run 3
A multiplayer running race game with daily rewards.
1 source · 2 tips
Food & DrinkGloria Jean's
A coffee chain that expanded through franchising.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceGoldman Sachs
An investment bank that advised TSMC on financing.
1 source · 2 tipsGoogle Brain
Google's deep learning research team, born inside Google X in 2011.
1 source · 2 tips
Photo & VideoGoogle Photos
Google's photo storage and sharing app.
1 source · 2 tips
Payments & subscriptionsGoPay
Gojek's e-wallet that holds a digital balance for paying for rides and services.
1 source · 2 tips
EducationGrinnell College
Noyce's Iowa liberal arts college, later an early Intel investor.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGummicube
An app store optimization and marketing agency.
1 source · 2 tips
EducationHeadway
A learning app that delivers book summaries and uses long onboarding questionnaires.
1 source · 2 tips
TravelHipcamp
A marketplace for booking camping on private land.
1 source · 2 tipsHomeClub
A Los Angeles hardware warehouse store run by Pat Farrah that copied the Price Club model.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherHoover
An established vacuum cleaner maker.
1 source · 2 tips
Food & DrinkImperfect Foods
A grocery delivery service selling surplus and imperfect produce and other food.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherIngram
A major US book distributor that held much of the inventory Amazon sold.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsInMobi
A mobile advertising network with demand across regions.
1 source · 2 tipsInstinct
Dris's UGC distribution company, which sold views, users and revenue to startups.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareIronclad
A contract lifecycle management platform for legal teams.
1 source · 2 tipsJamesway
A discount retail chain that resembled Walmart in culture but trailed in results.
1 source · 2 tipsJeremy Fry
A millionaire engineer and entrepreneur who mentored and backed James Dyson.
1 source · 2 tipsKay Kamen
A licensing agency run by adman Kay Kamen that handled Disney's merchandise deals.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareLattice
A people management platform for HR teams covering performance management.
1 source · 2 tipsLee Walker
A veteran businessman and banker-connected executive who helped Dell early on.
1 source · 2 tips
Social & DatingLetterboxd
A social network for film lovers to review and log movies.
1 source · 2 tips
Health & FitnessLife
A fasting tracker app whose in-app purchase ranks in App Store search.
1 source · 2 tipsLitton Industries
A conglomerate where Singleton worked before leaving in 1960 to found Teledyne.
1 source · 2 tipsMad Hat
A creative app from an App Masters client that reached Mashable's weekend roundup.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsManyChat
A chat automation tool that sends DMs when viewers comment a keyword.
1 source · 2 tipsMatsushita
A Japanese electronics giant, now known as Panasonic.
1 source · 2 tipsMinion Rush
A Despicable Me themed endless runner game.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareMode
A business intelligence and analytics tool where Nan Yu previously worked.
1 source · 2 tipsMoët Hennessy
A French champagne and cognac group run by Alain Chevalier that merged with Louis Vuitton.
1 source · 2 tipsMoonate
A sleep-sound app that plays calming noise, including tinnitus masking.
1 source · 2 tipsMoonlight Background Noise
A background noise app whose title matches its top search keyword.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsmParticle
A customer data platform vendor where Austin Hay was VP of growth.
1 source · 2 tipsMr. Impulsive (Eric)
A sobriety influencer with a huge Facebook and TikTok audience, employed by Sunflower.
1 source · 2 tipsMultimixer
A milkshake mixing machine Kroc sold to restaurants, drugstores and soda fountains.
1 source · 2 tips
EducationNew York Institute of Technology
A university on Long Island where Catmull ran an early computer graphics group.
1 source · 2 tips
News & MediaNewsweek
A major news publisher that moved its newsletters to beehiiv.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsNext.js
Vercel's open source React framework for building web apps.
1 source · 2 tipsNisho Iwai
A Japanese trading company that financed Blue Ribbon's inventory and introduced it to factories.
1 source · 2 tipsNissho
A Japanese trading company that financed Nike's early inventory when banks refused.
1 source · 2 tips
Health & FitnessOne Medical
A membership primary care provider with an app for booking doctors and virtual visits.
1 source · 2 tipsOnitsuka Tiger
A Japanese shoe maker whose Tiger sneakers Blue Ribbon first distributed in the US.
1 source · 2 tipsOrient Hontai Capital
A Chinese private equity firm that agreed to invest in AppLovin in 2016.
1 source · 2 tips
Music & AudioOvercast
A podcast player that sells in-app ads for promoting shows.
1 source · 2 tipsPaid Wordle app (David's)
A word game launched in 2018 that was renamed Wordle and switched to a paid model.
1 source · 2 tips
Music & AudioPandora
A personalized internet radio service built on the Music Genome engine.
1 source · 2 tips
Food & DrinkPepsi
A beverage giant that partnered with Starbucks on bottled Frappuccino.
1 source · 2 tipsPhantom
A web-based AI note taker with no App Store app.
1 source · 2 tipsPhilipp Brothers
A commodity trading firm that was once the largest in the world.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherPlaud
A hardware maker selling a phone-attached call recorder with a paid AI software subscription.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherPostpartum Support International
A nonprofit that runs a hotline and support services for mothers dealing with postpartum challenges.
1 source · 2 tips
EntertainmentPower Slap
A slap-fighting league with live events and a reality show.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareQualified
An AI inbound agent vendor founded by Salesforce's former CMO.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareRekki
A marketplace connecting restaurants with their food suppliers.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherRockefeller Foundation
A philanthropic foundation chartered in New York in 1913 to make Rockefeller giving permanent.
1 source · 2 tipsRoss Perot
The billionaire investor who backed NeXT after seeing a PBS documentary about it.
1 source · 2 tips
Health & FitnessRupa
The company where Koby led growth before founding Sunflower.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsScreaming Frog
A website crawler that finds URLs, errors and internal link coverage.
1 source · 2 tips
GamesSega
A Japanese game maker and console company that was Nvidia's first big customer.
1 source · 2 tips
ShoppingShang Xia
A Chinese luxury craft brand launched by Hermès in 2009.
1 source · 2 tipsSheryl Sandberg
Facebook's COO who built its ads business.
1 source · 2 tipsShotsy
A GLP-1 medication tracking app.
1 source · 2 tipsSilicon Valley Bank
A bank focused on startups and venture-backed companies.
1 source · 2 tipsSouth Improvement Company
A shell company linking Standard Oil with the three biggest railroads to fix shipping rates.
1 source · 2 tipsStandard Oil of Indiana
A Standard Oil spin-out company that later became Amoco.
1 source · 2 tipsSticky Space
A mobile game self-published by Austin after Bumper Jump.
1 source · 2 tipsSwirkit
A fitness app that works with kids and schools.
1 source · 2 tips
AI assistantsSynthesia
An AI video platform that generates talking avatars.
1 source · 2 tips
GamesTalking Tom Gold Run
An endless runner starring the Talking Tom character.
1 source · 2 tips
News & MediaTech.co
A technology and startup news publication that accepts contributed articles.
1 source · 2 tips
Social & DatingTelegram
A messaging app used here to negotiate with creators.
1 source · 2 tipsTidewater Pipeline Company
An independent oil pipeline company formed in 1877 to break Standard's rail leverage.
1 source · 2 tips
News & MediaTime
A major news publisher that moved its newsletters from a legacy email platform to beehiiv.
1 source · 2 tips
ProductivityTodoist
A to-do list app for capturing and organizing tasks.
1 source · 2 tipsTomatoes
An Italian-named Pomodoro timer app.
1 source · 2 tips
TravelTrainline
A UK rail and coach ticketing platform.
1 source · 2 tipsTrans Texas Airways
A Texas regional airline that fought Southwest's entry.
1 source · 2 tips
Developer toolsTransform
A startup that built a semantic layer for defining business metrics once.
1 source · 2 tips
Marketing & growth toolsTube Science
A creative and performance marketing agency that partnered with Calm on ad formats and messaging.
1 source · 2 tipsUnited States Steel
The steel corporation formed when Morgan combined Carnegie Steel with other firms, the first billion dollar company.
1 source · 2 tipsUniversal TV Remote
A remote control app that works with many TV brands.
1 source · 2 tips
LifestyleUrbanSitter
A babysitter marketplace connecting parents with local sitters.
1 source · 2 tipsVenus Williams
A US tennis star who is WeWard's brand ambassador and investor.
1 source · 2 tipsVoice translator app
An $11 to $12 paid voice translation app from Steve's past work.
1 source · 2 tipsVolvo
A car maker known for safety.
1 source · 2 tipsWager Lab
William's wagering-related app business that ran push permission and offer tests.
1 source · 2 tips
Health & FitnessWaking Up
A meditation app led by Sam Harris.
1 source · 2 tips
FinanceWells Fargo
A bank that advised and later lent to HP.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareWestern Union
The dominant telegraph monopoly of the 1800s.
1 source · 2 tips
OtherWhite Pages
A caller ID and phone number lookup service built on SEO.
1 source · 2 tips
Business softwareWorkday
Enterprise software for HR and finance, used as a system of record.
1 source · 2 tips
EducationWyzant
A tutoring marketplace connecting students with tutors.
1 source · 2 tips
ProductivityCoda
A collaborative document and workspace tool that Grammarly has combined with.
3 sources · 1 tips
Health & FitnessFinch
A self-care app with a virtual pet that users nurture through daily habits.
3 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareLoom
A video messaging tool for work, where both Coconote founders previously worked.
3 sources · 1 tips
Developer toolsSupabase
An open-source database and backend platform for developers.
3 sources · 1 tips
EntertainmentTwitch
A live streaming platform that spun out of Justin.tv.
3 sources · 1 tips
OtherARM
A chip IP company whose low-power instruction set underpins most mobile processors.
2 sources · 1 tips
Health & FitnessAura
A meditation and mindfulness app with a marketplace of teachers.
2 sources · 1 tips
EducationBabbel
A language learning app that started in Germany.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareBench
A bookkeeping service that keeps small business finances organized.
2 sources · 1 tips
FinanceBrex
A business credit card and spend management company.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareCal.com
A scheduling software company.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareCarta
A cap table and equity management platform for startups.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareCisco
A networking equipment company that Sequoia backed early.
2 sources · 1 tips
ProductivityClockwise
A calendar and scheduling tool that optimizes meeting times.
2 sources · 1 tipsCraigslist
An online classifieds site with plain text listings.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareDatabricks
A data and AI platform company.
2 sources · 1 tips
Photo & VideoDescript
An audio and video editing tool that works from transcripts.
2 sources · 1 tips
Developer toolsEppo
An experimentation platform that runs on the data warehouse.
2 sources · 1 tipsExxonMobil
An oil major formed from the Standard Oil spin-outs of New Jersey and New York.
2 sources · 1 tipsFedco
A Los Angeles membership store that sold only to federal employees.
2 sources · 1 tips
Social & DatingFoursquare
A location check-in and discovery app that later shifted to B2B.
2 sources · 1 tips
Investors & studiosGeneral Catalyst
A venture firm with a growth fund that finances app user acquisition.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareGlassdoor
A site with employee-written company reviews and salary data.
2 sources · 1 tips
Investors & studiosInsight Partners
A venture and private equity investor with board seats at Wiz.
2 sources · 1 tips
Health & FitnessKaiser Permanente
A US healthcare provider and the surviving company of Henry Kaiser's business empire.
2 sources · 1 tips
AI assistantsLindy
An AI agent company that began with a virtual office product.
2 sources · 1 tipsLionsgate
A film and TV studio that bought the UFC's old merchandise and media rights.
2 sources · 1 tips
Food & DrinkLiquid Death
A canned water brand with edgy marketing.
2 sources · 1 tipsLSI Logic
A chip design company where Huang worked early in his career.
2 sources · 1 tips
AI assistantsOpenEvidence
An AI tool that answers clinical questions for medical professionals.
2 sources · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsPocus
A tool that surfaces product-qualified leads for sales teams.
2 sources · 1 tips
Health & FitnessRelax Melodies
A sleep sound mixer app with ambient sounds and melodies.
2 sources · 1 tips
Music & AudioRiverside
A podcast and video recording tool.
2 sources · 1 tips
LifestyleRover
A marketplace for booking pet sitters and dog walkers.
2 sources · 1 tips
GamesRovio
The Finnish studio that made Angry Birds.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareScale AI
A data labeling and AI training data provider for frontier labs.
2 sources · 1 tips
Music & AudioShazam
A music identification app.
2 sources · 1 tips
Investors & studiosThiel Fellowship
A program giving $100,000 to young people to skip college and build things.
2 sources · 1 tipsVentureBeat
A technology news outlet with a focus on AI.
2 sources · 1 tips
Business softwareZoomInfo
A B2B sales intelligence and contact data company.
2 sources · 1 tips
Shopping1-800-Mattress
A mattress retailer.
1 source · 1 tips100 Monkeys
A naming firm.
1 source · 1 tips
Business software1Password
A password manager for individuals, families and companies.
1 source · 1 tips20th Century Fox
A film and TV studio whose entertainment assets Disney acquired.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkABN InBev
A global brewer that ran direct-to-consumer beer subscriptions.
1 source · 1 tipsABtest.design
A public library of A/B test case studies.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosAccel
A venture firm that led Facebook's Series A.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceAcorns
A micro-investing app with round-ups and recurring investments.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareAcquire.com
A marketplace where founders sell their startups and apps to buyers.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaAcquired
A podcast about the stories and strategies of great technology companies.
1 source · 1 tipsAdelle Sans
A typeface chosen for Superhuman's interface.
1 source · 1 tipsAdor Milk Farms
A Southern California dairy that supplied and financed Pronto Markets.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherADT
A home security and alarm company.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkAeroPress
A maker of the popular AeroPress coffee brewer.
1 source · 1 tipsAfterlife
A startup that crawled obituaries to sell flowers.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessAG1
A daily nutrition supplement brand.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareAkamai
An internet content delivery company co-founded by Danny Lewin.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingAldi Nord
A German discount grocery group whose founder Theo Albrecht bought Trader Joe's personally.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsAlexa
Amazon's voice assistant that handles requests through smart speakers and devices.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherAlfa Romeo
An Italian carmaker that hired Enzo Ferrari and sponsored his early racing.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityAlfred
A paid Mac utility for launching apps and automating tasks.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceAlt
A marketplace for investing in alternative assets such as sports cards.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingAmerican Eagle
A fashion retailer whose app offers background music while shopping.
1 source · 1 tipsAmway
A direct-selling company that licensed Dyson's cyclone technology.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsAnima
A company making Figma-to-code tools since 2017.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingAO
A UK online electrical retailer.
1 source · 1 tipsApartment List
A rental marketplace that helps people find apartments.
1 source · 1 tipsAperture London
A growth agency that works with consumer apps.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareApp Business Brokers
A brokerage that sells app businesses and portfolios to vetted buyers.
1 source · 1 tipsApp Design Vault
A provider of app design templates and resources, run by Tope.
1 source · 1 tipsApp Shopper
A site that lists new and updated App Store apps.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppBot
A paid app review monitoring service that also alerts you when Apple features your app.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppcues
A tool for building in-app onboarding flows without engineers.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityApple iCloud
Apple's cloud storage and sync service built into its devices.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsApplied Intuition
A software company serving autonomous vehicle development.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsAppStack
A mobile app attribution and marketing tool company.
1 source · 1 tipsApptamin
An app business run by Sylvain, who appeared as an early podcast guest.
1 source · 1 tipsApptive
An app that shows a timed second offer after users close the paywall.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsApptopia
An app analytics tool whose keywords tab shows what competitors rank for.
1 source · 1 tipsAppWeek
An app ranking data tool used for ASO.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherArc Boats
A Los Angeles maker of fully electric wake boats, described as the Tesla for boats.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsArch Linux
A Linux distribution run by volunteers with no company behind it.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsArtificial Analysis
A site that benchmarks and compares AI models.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareArtisan
A Y Combinator-backed AI sales agent vendor with an outbound agent called Arty.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationarXiv
An open repository where researchers post new scientific papers.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareAshby
A next-generation applicant tracking system with analytics built into the hiring workflow.
1 source · 1 tipsASML
The Dutch maker of the EUV lithography machines needed for leading-edge chips.
1 source · 1 tipsAstra
A horoscope app promoted through astrology content on TikTok.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherAT&T
A US wireless carrier.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkAthletic Greens
A nutrition supplement brand selling greens powder.
1 source · 1 tipsAtlas
OpenAI's web browser with built-in AI.
1 source · 1 tipsAtoms
A startup attempting a very ambitious project.
1 source · 1 tipsAtrium
A legal startup founded by Justin Kan.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareAttention
A conversation intelligence tool that records sales activity into the CRM.
1 source · 1 tipsAxion Orbital
A solo-founder startup building a browser-based no-code environment for geospatial developers.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaAxios
A news outlet with short-form coverage focused on business and deals.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherBain and Company
A consulting firm behind the Net Promoter Score.
1 source · 1 tipsBAMTech
A streaming technology company that Disney bought to power its own service.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareBandwidth
A communications platform company where Laura worked in sales early in her career.
1 source · 1 tipsBank of California
A bank that lent to Blue Ribbon Sports during its early cash-strapped years.
1 source · 1 tipsBard
Google's first chatbot response to ChatGPT, launched in 2023 on the Lambda model.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsBard
Google's AI chatbot.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityBBEdit
A text editor for Mac used for prose, code and cleaning lists.
1 source · 1 tipsBe Inc.
The maker of BeOS, the rival operating system Apple considered buying.
1 source · 1 tipsBeacon
Facebook's 2007 ad product that published users' purchases to friends.
1 source · 1 tipsBear Stearns
A Wall Street investment bank that underwrote Home Depot's IPO.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessBearable
A symptom and mood tracking app for chronic conditions.
1 source · 1 tipsBerkeley Systems
A software and games maker behind You Don't Know Jack and the flying toaster screensaver.
1 source · 1 tipsBerkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett's holding company, with a large insurance float and concentrated stock holdings.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareBetterUp
A coaching and professional development company with a large editorial content library.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkBetty Crocker
A packaged baking mix brand.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBig Spy
An ad-spy tool that shows competitors' ads for gaming and non-gaming apps.
1 source · 1 tipsBindWell
A startup using AI to design precision pesticides.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBitly
A link shortening service for creating short, trackable URLs.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosBlackstone
A global private equity and real estate investment firm.
1 source · 1 tipsBlair Witch Project
A 1999 horror film with a viral marketing campaign.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesBlock Blast
A casual puzzle game that offers rewarded ads to continue play.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentBlockbuster
A former video rental chain that later pivoted to mail DVDs.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceBlockchain.com
A crypto wallet and exchange company, originally known as blockchain.info.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareBlue Cross Blue Shield
A federation of US health insurance companies.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelBooking Holdings
The parent company of Booking.com and Agoda, selling flights, hotels and cars.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareBoston Consulting Group
A management consulting firm that popularized the learning or experience curve.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsBraintrust
An observability and evaluation tool for AI applications.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsBraze
A customer engagement platform for email and messaging.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherBreville
A kitchen appliance maker known for its toasters.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosBridgewater Associates
A large hedge fund known for its radical-transparency principles.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkBronco Wines
A California wine producer founded by the Franzia family as a distressed-winery buyout shop.
1 source · 1 tipsBuena Vista
Disney's own film distribution arm, launched in 1953 after leaving RKO.
1 source · 1 tipsBuilder Square
A 1980s home improvement warehouse chain that copied Home Depot's format.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingBulova
An American watch brand that once tried to buy Sony radios under its own name.
1 source · 1 tipsBurger King
A fast food chain known for the Whopper.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelBusbud
A bus ticket booking platform.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaBusiness Insider
A business news publication with pitch deck stories and professional lists.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoCamera Plus
A photo and camera app.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesCandy Crush Saga
A hugely popular match-three puzzle game.
1 source · 1 tipsCapterra
A software review and comparison site.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareCarbonchain
A UK carbon accounting software company for supply chains.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCareerFoundry
An online coding and tech career school.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingCasper
A direct-to-consumer mattress and sleep products company.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherCaterpillar
A heavy machinery maker with a mobile app for customers.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityCentered
A focus app that helps people concentrate while working.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsChargeflow
An automated chargeback recovery service for merchants.
1 source · 1 tipsChariot
A San Francisco commuter shuttle startup running fixed-route 15-person vans.
1 source · 1 tipsCharlie
An AI coding agent that lives in GitHub.
1 source · 1 tipsChatPRD
An AI tool for writing product requirement documents.
1 source · 1 tipsCheater Buster
An app that uses skit-heavy TikTok videos to promote its cheating-detection premise.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleChristian Lacroix
A Paris fashion house built around the designer Christian Lacroix.
1 source · 1 tipsChronicles
A bill reminder app.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherChrysler
An American automaker.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareCigna
A large US health insurance company.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareClari
Revenue platform software for sales and go-to-market teams.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesClash Royale
A real-time multiplayer card battle game with clans.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareClassy
A nonprofit fundraising platform acquired by GoFundMe.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsClearbit
A data enrichment tool for B2B leads.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsCloudflare
A web infrastructure and security provider.
1 source · 1 tipsClueless
A consumer app that runs a UGC creator program.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaCNET
A technology news and reviews publisher.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaCNN
A news app delivering articles and video from CNN.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCoding Dojo
A coding bootcamp.
1 source · 1 tipsCoffee Connection
A Boston specialty coffee chain founded by George Howell.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesCoin Master
A mobile game built around slot spins, village building and raiding friends.
1 source · 1 tipsCollab Max
An app that lets creators earn tips from their fans.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCollege Board
A nonprofit known for the SAT and AP programs.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceColumn Tax
A company that embeds tax filing inside fintech apps.
1 source · 1 tipsCommand E
A search startup whose technology became the base for Dropbox Dash.
1 source · 1 tipsCon-way
A freight and logistics company acquired by XPO.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessConcept2
Maker of the Concept2 Rower, a simple indoor rowing machine.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsConstant Contact
An email newsletter marketing tool for small businesses.
1 source · 1 tipsConverse
An American sneaker brand known for the canvas Chuck Taylor shoe, later bought by Nike.
1 source · 1 tipsCora
An app that runs many Web2App ad campaigns.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherCorcoran Group
A New York real estate brokerage founded by Barbara Corcoran.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsCorona SDK
A cross-platform framework for building mobile apps and games.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleCouple Joy
A couples app that was first to put a widget on the lock screen.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationCoursera
An online learning platform with courses from universities and companies.
1 source · 1 tipsCreative Partners
An investment bank that advised Coconote on its sale.
1 source · 1 tips
Music & AudioCreative Sound Blaster
A maker of PC sound cards that were absorbed by onboard audio.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosCrowdcube
A UK equity crowdfunding platform where anyone can buy shares in private companies.
1 source · 1 tipsCuno Korten
A Swiss watch import and export firm where Wilsdorf began his career as a clerk.
1 source · 1 tipsCurio
An audio app offering narrated journalism from top publications.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherCurtiss-Wright
A US aerospace and industrial company in which Teledyne held a large stake.
1 source · 1 tipsCVS
A US pharmacy and retail chain.
1 source · 1 tipsD. E. Shaw
A quantitative hedge fund where Bezos worked before founding Amazon.
1 source · 1 tipsDaimler
A German automaker that invested in Tesla's early years.
1 source · 1 tipsDanny Miranda
A podcaster known for clipping every episode for social video growth.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsDaydream
A programmatic SEO content provider.
1 source · 1 tipsDazz
A camera app with retro film and digital camera effects.
1 source · 1 tipsDEC
Digital Equipment Corporation, the minicomputer maker that beat IBM in a new market.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareDecagon
An AI customer support startup.
1 source · 1 tipsDeckard
A billion-dollar AI lab pushing a consumer AI photo and video app.
1 source · 1 tipsDefunct Sibling
A social media influencer who promoted Sway.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkDeliveroo
A food delivery app operating in Europe and beyond.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareDeloitte
A global consulting and professional services firm.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherDentsply
A dental products maker that sold a cordless, lightweight dental wand to dentists.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationDesign Lab
A design education business.
1 source · 1 tipsDetroit Electric Company
The Detroit electric utility where Ford worked as chief engineer while building his first car.
1 source · 1 tipsDigital Research
Gary Kildall's software company, maker of the CP/M operating system.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceDiners Club
The first charge card, started in Manhattan in 1949 for restaurants.
1 source · 1 tipsDNN Research
Geoff Hinton's startup with Krizhevsky and Sutskever, built on AlexNet, with no products.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherDoctolib
A French health tech company for booking and managing medical appointments.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareDocuSign
Software for signing legal documents online.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessDoFasting
An intermittent fasting app with fasting plans and tracking.
1 source · 1 tipsDoubleClick
An ad serving and ad exchange business that powered display advertising.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelDoubletree
A hotel chain famous for its check-in cookie.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentDreamWorks
A film studio founded by Katzenberg, Spielberg and Geffen as a full-stack rival to Disney.
1 source · 1 tips
Social & DatingeHarmony
A desktop-era dating site focused on long-term relationships.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsElena Verna
A growth leader at Lovable known for her many product and growth ideas.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsEmail Hunter
A tool and plugin for finding professional email addresses.
1 source · 1 tipsEmergent
An AI app builder that turns plain-language prompts into working apps.
1 source · 1 tipsEmpire Transportation Company
A Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary that moved into oil refining.
1 source · 1 tipsEndgame
A tool supporting product-qualified lead workflows.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareEnergage
An HR software company that runs local best-workplaces surveys.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsEnode
A software platform connecting apps to EV chargers and home energy systems.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareEnvoy
An iPad-based visitor check-in tool that replaces the paper sign-in sheet.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherEquilibrium
An app that uses symbols in its iOS name.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingEstée Lauder
A beauty company with prestige brands like Clinique, Bobbi Brown and MAC.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingEverlane
A clothing retailer where Nan Yu previously worked.
1 source · 1 tipsEvertale
Ferrari's first startup, an AI app that wrote diaries automatically.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceEveryDollar
A budgeting app that has been in the app store since 2015.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherExcite
A 1990s web portal and search engine.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsExpo
A React Native toolchain that provides a route to the app store.
1 source · 1 tipsFacebook Home
A Facebook-branded Android fork launched on HTC hardware.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsFacebook SDK
Facebook's software kit that attributes app installs to Facebook ads.
1 source · 1 tipsFairchild Camera and Instrument
Sherman Fairchild's company that funded the eight defectors and later bought their startup.
1 source · 1 tipsFamebit
An influencer marketplace where brands post campaigns and creators bid.
1 source · 1 tipsFastTrak
An app that answers a closed paywall with a discount offer.
1 source · 1 tipsFifi
A copycat of the fake live-stream app concept.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessFiit
A home-workout subscription app with video classes.
1 source · 1 tipsFin Shell Pay
A finance app popular in India offering loans, payments and deals.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityFirefox
Mozilla's web browser.
1 source · 1 tipsFishtown Analytics
The analytics consulting firm that dbt's founders ran before it became dbt Labs.
1 source · 1 tipsFlarion
A wireless technology company that held patents for OFDMA, the basis of 4G.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsFlex
A payments partner that enables HSA and FSA checkout.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosFlybridge
A venture capital firm.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaForbes
A business media brand with awards lists and a contributor network.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentFox
A US broadcast and sports television company.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentFox
A US broadcaster that signed the UFC after it left Spike.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsFox Data
An app intelligence tool that shows the keywords a given app ranks for.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosFrancisco Partners
A private equity firm that bought MyFitnessPal.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsFreecharge
An Indian mobile recharge and digital payments startup.
1 source · 1 tipsFriday
An AI coding agent used alongside Claude Code.
1 source · 1 tipsFriendster
An early social network that was open to everyone and grew to millions of users.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkFrito-Lay
A snack food maker that Pepsi bought in 1965.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsFunnelFox
A web funnel and checkout tool for app subscriptions.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGainsight
A customer success software company.
1 source · 1 tipsGame of Whales
An SDK tool that tunes in-game offers to player behavior.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGartner
A research and advisory firm known for its Magic Quadrant vendor rankings.
1 source · 1 tipsGC.AI
An AI assistant for in-house legal teams.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGelato
A print-on-demand platform that sponsored Casper's videos.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationGeneral Assembly
A school teaching coding, data and product skills.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosGeneral Atlantic
A global growth equity investor.
1 source · 1 tipsGeneral Magic
An early handheld computing startup where Tony worked before Apple.
1 source · 1 tipsGeneral Radio
An established maker of electronic test equipment and HP's early competitor.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsGephi
An open-source network visualization tool.
1 source · 1 tipsGet Satisfaction
A customer community and support platform.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelGetaround
A peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingGilt
A shopping app for discounted fashion and lifestyle goods.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessGinger
A digital coaching and therapy service that merged with Headspace in 2021.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherGiveDirectly
A nonprofit that sends cash directly to people living in extreme poverty.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsGLM
An open-weight AI model with no vision component.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleGlorify
A Christian prayer and devotional app.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsGoDaddy
A US domain registrar and web hosting provider.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkGoFood
Gojek's food delivery service.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherGojo
The maker of Purell, which created liquid soap and then hand sanitizer.
1 source · 1 tipsGold Indicator Company
A telegraph company that sold rapid financial and gold price news to traders.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsGoodBarber
An app builder that lets non-coders create mobile apps from templates.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityGoodnotes
A note-taking app for writing and organizing handwritten and typed notes.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsGoogle AdMob
Google's mobile ad network, bought in 2008 for nearly a billion dollars.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityGoogle Drive
Google's cloud file storage and collaboration service.
1 source · 1 tipsGoogle Local
An early Google local search product styled like a digital Yellow Pages.
1 source · 1 tipsGoogle Now
A Google phone assistant that pushed timely information to users.
1 source · 1 tipsGoogle Wave
A discontinued Google collaboration and messaging product.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleGoWish
A wishlist app for sharing gift ideas with friends and family.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessGravl
A strength training app with personalized workout plans.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsGrok
xAI's AI chatbot, built with Next.js and shadcn/ui.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGroove
A customer support and help desk software company.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherGroq
An AI chip company.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingGroupon
A daily deals marketplace known for discounted local offers.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsGrowthBook
An A/B testing and experimentation platform that runs on top of a data warehouse.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingGucci
An Italian luxury fashion house.
1 source · 1 tipsGuess the Footballer
A football trivia app where players guess footballers.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareGusto
A payroll and HR software company for small businesses.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingGymshark
A fitness apparel brand.
1 source · 1 tipsHailo
A London ride-hailing startup that competed with Uber and Lyft.
1 source · 1 tipsHandy Dan
A Los Angeles hardware chain run by Marcus and Blank before Home Depot.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesHappy Glass
A casual puzzle game.
1 source · 1 tipsHayden Stone
A Wall Street firm where Arthur Rock pitched the Traitorous Eight's startup.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareHD Supply
A distribution business Nardelli built inside Home Depot, later sold to private equity.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaHealthline
A health information website with high domain authority.
1 source · 1 tipsHewitt and Tuttle
A Cleveland produce and meat trading firm that gave Rockefeller his first job.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareHex
A collaborative data analysis workspace with AI-assisted threads for querying and modeling data.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoHeyGen
An AI video tool that creates talking avatar videos.
1 source · 1 tipsHighly
A dating app that monetizes with a low-cost one-time purchase.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessHims & Hers
A telehealth company selling commodity treatments directly to consumers.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesHomescapes
A match-three game with a home design layer.
1 source · 1 tipsHoneycode
A no-code app development platform from Amazon Web Services.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelHopper
A travel app that helps people find the best flight deals.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelHotelTonight
A mobile app for booking last-minute hotel rooms.
1 source · 1 tipsHouseparty
A real-time group video chat app.
1 source · 1 tipsHubX
A mobile app publisher that builds and runs many consumer apps.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaHuffington Post
A news site with a college section.
1 source · 1 tipsHugo Mann
A German retail operator that bought control of FedMart and pushed out Sol Price.
1 source · 1 tipsHumane
Maker of the Humane AI Pin, a wearable AI device.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelHyatt
A hotel chain used as a contrast to Nike.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsHyprland
A keyboard-driven tiling window manager for Linux, built by a teenager.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingIbotta
A grocery rebate app that pays users cash back on purchases.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkIHOP
A pancake restaurant chain.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaiMore
A website covering Apple products and apps.
1 source · 1 tips
Social & DatingIMVU
A 3D avatar-based social app where users chat and customize characters.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkIn-N-Out Burger
A California burger chain known for a small, unchanged menu.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsIncrmntal
An incrementality measurement tool for paid media.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoInSave
An Instagram story saver app run by an indie developer.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessInsight Timer
A meditation app with a large community of meditation coaches.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsInstantly
A cold email tool with inbox warm-up.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaInvestopedia
A finance education and reference site.
1 source · 1 tipsiPresser
A service that turns a WordPress site into a mobile app.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsironSource
A mobile ad network and app monetization company.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingJet.com
An online retailer founded by Marc Lore and bought by Walmart.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsJetBrains
A maker of developer IDEs such as IntelliJ, popular with Java and C++ developers.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationJim Kwik
A memory and learning coach whose content is featured as an expert in RiseGuide.
1 source · 1 tipsJoe Rogan
A comedian and podcaster who became the UFC's commentator.
1 source · 1 tipsJohns Hopkins
A university whose four-year medical school model set the standard for training doctors.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsJump
An AI note taker built for financial advisors that feeds notes into their CRM.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsJungle Scout
A research tool for Amazon sellers that shows keyword and product data.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingKavak
An online marketplace for buying and selling used cars in Mexico and Latin America.
1 source · 1 tipsKeyhole
A startup that built a simulated model of the Earth, later Google Earth.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsKeywordtool.io
A keyword research tool that expands autocomplete suggestions into longer phrases.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesKing of Thieves
A mobile game about breaking into castles and stealing from other players.
1 source · 1 tipsKinko's
A copy and print shop chain founded by Paul Orfalea.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceKiva
A nonprofit microlending platform, including Kiva Zip for borrowers.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesKongregate
A mobile and web game publisher and platform.
1 source · 1 tipsKosmix
A social media technology startup that Walmart acquired and turned into Walmart Labs.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkKraft
A packaged food maker.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingKroger
A major US grocery retailer.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsKubernetes
An open source system for running and managing containerized applications.
1 source · 1 tipsLaugh-O-Grams
Walt Disney's first animation company in Kansas City, founded when he was 20.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosLaunch Accelerator
An accelerator and investor run by Jason Calacanis.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesLeague of Legends
A competitive team strategy game with a roster of playable champions.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesLeague of Legends: Wild Rift
A mobile version of the League of Legends MOBA.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesLegends of Runeterra
A collectible card battler set in the League of Legends universe.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherLego
A toy maker known for building bricks and a strong brand.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceLending Club
A lending platform that connects borrowers with loans.
1 source · 1 tipsLevelJump
A sales enablement tool built natively on Salesforce.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentLibby
A library app for borrowing ebooks and audiobooks.
1 source · 1 tipsLibra
Facebook's cancelled cryptocurrency project to make sending money as easy as texting.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceLifeLock
An identity theft protection service.
1 source · 1 tipsLily Tulip
A paper cup maker where Kroc worked as a salesman for 17 years.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsLimitless
A wearable recorder that captures your day so an LLM can answer questions about it.
1 source · 1 tipsLingo
A language learning app with a softened paywall flow.
1 source · 1 tipsLingo Pingo
A language learning app that roasts users when they get a word wrong.
1 source · 1 tipsLiquidity
A newsletter publisher that migrated its list to beehiiv.
1 source · 1 tipsLittle Things
A hidden-object game first released on PC and later on iPad.
1 source · 1 tipsLitton Engineering
Charlie Litton's engineering shop in the same industry as early HP.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentLive Nation
A global live music and concert company led by Michael Rapino.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherLiving Carbon
A startup making genetically engineered trees for carbon removal.
1 source · 1 tipsLiving.com
An online furniture retailer Amazon invested in that shut down in 2000.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceLloyds Bank
A British high-street bank.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsLM Arena
A public leaderboard that ranks AI models.
1 source · 1 tipsLogic Loop
A software company for operations data and workflows.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleLomi
Maker of a smart home composter that turns food scraps into soil.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherLookout
A mobile security app that bundled backup, find-my-phone, a firewall and antivirus.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessLose It
A calorie tracking and weight loss app.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingLowe's
A home improvement retailer and Home Depot's main rival.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityLucid
A diagramming and visual collaboration tool for teams.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsLuma Labs
An AI video and 3D generation company.
1 source · 1 tipsLuxottica
The eyewear giant behind Ray-Ban and Sunglass Hut.
1 source · 1 tipsMacro
An Amsterdam membership warehouse chain open only to business owners.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherMagic Leap
An augmented reality headset maker.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsMagic Patterns
An AI tool for generating interface designs and prototypes.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityMagnet
A paid Mac utility for snapping and organizing windows.
1 source · 1 tipsMail.ru
A Russian internet company that acquired Pixonic.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMailChimp
An email marketing platform for managing mailing lists and campaigns.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentMarvel
A comics and film company behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesMarvel Contest of Champions
A Marvel superhero fighting game with a hero collection.
1 source · 1 tipsMarvel Super War
A Marvel-themed mobile MOBA from NetEase.
1 source · 1 tips
Social & DatingMatch
A desktop-era dating site for people seeking a lifelong partner.
1 source · 1 tipsMcCann Erickson
The advertising agency Coca-Cola hired in the 1950s.
1 source · 1 tipsMcClure's
A national magazine that published Ida Tarbell's history of Standard Oil.
1 source · 1 tipsMCI
A US telecom firm that launched the Friends and Family calling discount.
1 source · 1 tipsMe+
A habit tracker app with checklists and schedules.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMeasured
A marketing measurement platform focused on incrementality testing.
1 source · 1 tipsMedia Labs
A TikTok Shop course run by creator Alex Sedlak.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherMediaTek
A Taiwanese fabless chip designer.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaMedium
An online publishing platform for articles and essays.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleMenace
A prank-style app that earned huge TikTok views.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingMercado Libre
A Latin American online marketplace.
1 source · 1 tipsMeta Portal
A Facebook smart display for video calling on a TV, since discontinued.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareMetabase
An open source business intelligence and dashboard tool.
1 source · 1 tipsMetromile
A public auto insurance technology company with a consumer product.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherMichelin
A tire manufacturer.
1 source · 1 tipsMidway Airlines
A Chicago-based airline that collapsed and sold its gates.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingMigros
Switzerland's largest supermarket chain.
1 source · 1 tipsMileageIQ
A mileage tracking app.
1 source · 1 tipsMind Bliss
A small meditation app used as the example of a niche-focused app.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesMiniclip
A mobile and browser games publisher.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityMinutes
An AI meeting note taker app.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaMIT Technology Review
A technology publication that runs The Download newsletter.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationMixergy
Andrew Warner's interview and course site for entrepreneurs.
1 source · 1 tips
Productivitymmhmm
A camera app that adds effects and presentation tools to video calls.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsModash
An influencer discovery platform for filtering creators by followers and reach.
1 source · 1 tipsMOG
A small streaming service that Iovine bought and turned into Beats Music.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareMomentum
A tool that logs sales activity into the CRM automatically.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesMonopoly Go
A mobile board game based on Monopoly.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkMonster Beverage
An energy drink maker in which Coca-Cola holds a 20% stake.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsMoPub
A mobile ad mediation platform.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareMotorola
An electronics maker whose semiconductor division was raided by Fairchild.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherMoultrie
One of the largest trail camera providers.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkMountain Dew
A soft drink brand.
1 source · 1 tipsMovie Q
A movie trailer app described as the Shazam for movie trailers.
1 source · 1 tipsMrs. Gooch's
A Los Angeles natural food supermarket and an early model for Whole Foods.
1 source · 1 tipsMTV News
MTV's news outlet covering youth and college culture.
1 source · 1 tipsMuleSoft
A back-end integration software company, acquired by Salesforce.
1 source · 1 tipsMuscle Booster
A muscle building and fitness app.
1 source · 1 tipsMusic Zen
A relaxation and sleep sounds app that competes in the same App Store keyword space.
1 source · 1 tipsMutiny
A tool that personalizes website copy and design for each visitor.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsn8n
A workflow automation platform that connects apps, models and services into automated pipelines.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsNamecheap
A US domain registrar and web hosting provider.
1 source · 1 tipsNano Banana Pro
An AI image generation model used to create slideshow visuals.
1 source · 1 tipsNapster
The file-sharing service that disrupted the record business in the early 2000s.
1 source · 1 tipsNational Refiners Association
An open association of refiners that bought crude and negotiated rail rates as a group.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsNativo
An advertising platform that Life360 acquired to extend ad targeting.
1 source · 1 tipsNatural
A digital camera app built by Superwall's founder Jake.
1 source · 1 tipsNature's
A natural foods retailer based in Portland, Oregon.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationNaviance
A college and career readiness platform used by school counselors.
1 source · 1 tipsNew York Central
Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad, which fought Gould's Erie.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherNFLPA
The NFL players association, which owns player rights for licensed games.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationNibble
An education app from the Headway team that teaches topics like geopolitics.
1 source · 1 tipsNibble
A mobile app that sells subscriptions through web funnels.
1 source · 1 tipsNippon Steel
A Japanese steelmaker that lent Oracle money during its 1991 cash crunch.
1 source · 1 tipsNoise
A creator marketplace that pays creators on a CPM model with a cap.
1 source · 1 tipsNorbert Dentressangle
A European logistics company acquired by XPO.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceNubank
A Brazilian digital bank and credit card company founded by David Vélez.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOctopus Energy
A UK energy supplier whose Kraken software arm runs on small autonomous teams.
1 source · 1 tipsOlivia Unplugged
A creator channel on offline living and healthy habits, run by an Opal user.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingOmega
A Swiss watch brand and Rolex competitor.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOmnitracs
A satellite messaging network linking trucks to distribution centers, spun out of Qualcomm and Omnet.
1 source · 1 tipsOnce Upon a Pumpkin
A food blog and social presence focused on pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin recipes.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOneTrust
A software company that started with data privacy compliance.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsOpenCode
An open-source coding agent tool.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherOpera
A web browser company.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessOrangetheory Fitness
A boutique fitness studio chain with group interval workouts.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkOreo
A cookie brand known for its Super Bowl blackout tweet.
1 source · 1 tipsOsborne Computer
An early portable computer maker whose Osborne 1 sold well in the early 1980s.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOtis
The elevator maker founded by Elisha Otis, still the category leader.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingOur Place
A direct-to-consumer cookware brand.
1 source · 1 tipsOversee
A startup that rebooks flights automatically when prices drop after booking.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosOwl Ventures
A venture capital firm focused on education technology.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOwner.com
A software company for restaurants that is leaning heavily on AI in sales.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareOyster
A global employment platform for hiring distributed teams.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherPachama
A startup that uses software to verify and sell forest carbon credits.
1 source · 1 tipsPackard Bell
An electronics maker that Teledyne acquired and that included a television operation.
1 source · 1 tipsPalo Alto National Bank
A small local bank that gave HP its early loan.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentParamount
A media company that holds the UFC's current US broadcast rights.
1 source · 1 tipsPDFtoBrain
A brain-rot PDF reader that voices a PDF over Minecraft parkour footage.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessPeak
A brain training app with short games that exercise memory, focus and problem solving.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkPeet's Coffee
A San Francisco specialty coffee roaster founded by Alfred Peet.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwarePersona
An identity verification platform for businesses.
1 source · 1 tipsPertec
A computer peripherals company that bought MITS for $6 million in 1977.
1 source · 1 tipsPhilco
A Philadelphia electronics company with a young semiconductor group.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationPhotomath
A homework help app that solves math problems by scanning them with the camera.
1 source · 1 tipsPi
An open-source agent tool whose makers partnered early with OpenAI.
1 source · 1 tipsPicnic
An app shown in ads through over-the-shoulder usage footage.
1 source · 1 tips
FinancePilot
A bookkeeping and accounting service for startups and small businesses.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherPininfarina
An Italian coachbuilder that designed Ferrari road cars.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesPixonic
A Moscow-based mobile game studio and maker of War Robots.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPlaid
A platform that connects apps to users' bank accounts for fintechs.
1 source · 1 tipsPlaxo
An address-book startup that fired Sean Parker.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesPlaybite
A mobile games app whose users were paid to post slideshows.
1 source · 1 tipsPlaylist
A free music app that imports any playlist.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaPocket Gamer
A mobile games news site.
1 source · 1 tips
Music & AudioPodcast App
A podcast listening app whose founder Martin shares what works for its growth.
1 source · 1 tipsPogChamps
A Chess.com tournament where non-chess personalities play each other on stream.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesPokemon Go
An augmented reality mobile game where players catch Pokemon in the real world.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherPolar
A Finnish maker of heart rate monitors and sports wearables, active since 1977.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherPolaroid
The instant photography company founded by Edwin Land.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoPolaroid
The instant photography company founded by Edwin Land.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestylePorch
A home services platform matching homeowners with service professionals.
1 source · 1 tips
Social & DatingPortal
Meta's video conferencing device and product.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsPostman
A platform for building and using APIs.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessPower
A clinical trial lead-gen site that connects people with studies.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwarePower BI
Microsoft's business analytics and dashboard tool.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsPPC Hero
A paid search publication and training site.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoPrequel
A photo and video editing app with filters and effects.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPrimer
A payment orchestration platform that connects several payment systems with fallbacks.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsPurchasely
A dynamic paywall tool for mobile apps that ships offers without store releases.
1 source · 1 tipsPure Oil
A competing oil refiner that Standard Oil allowed to survive.
1 source · 1 tipsPyometer Plus+
An app that follows the standard SwiftUI design system.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareQualtrics
Survey and customer experience software.
1 source · 1 tipsQuantum Light
A venture fund that picks startups with machine learning models and gives founders operating help.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceQuickBooks
Accounting software with a mobile app for small businesses.
1 source · 1 tipsQwen
An open-weight AI model family.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherRabbit R1
A consumer hardware device built around AI interaction.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareRackspace
A cloud and IT services company.
1 source · 1 tips
Payments & subscriptionsRazorpay
An Indian payments company for online businesses.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityReadwise
A tool for saving and resurfacing highlights and quotes from reading.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityReclaim
An AI calendar tool that automatically prioritizes your schedule.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherRecursion
A drug discovery company that uses AI.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkRed Bull
An energy drink brand that also tried launching a cola.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherReebok
A sneaker brand that rode the aerobics boom with soft white leather shoes for women.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessReframe
A quit-drinking app that helps people cut back on alcohol.
1 source · 1 tipsRegency
An American firm that launched the first pocket transistor radio.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsReplicate
An API for running AI models.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsRepo Mix
A tool that compresses an entire codebase into a single file.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityRescueTime
A time tracking and distraction blocking tool.
1 source · 1 tipsResemmee
A subscription app that offers a yearly plan with a free week or a paid intro.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareRespondent
A research recruiting platform for finding interview participants.
1 source · 1 tipsRest of Me
An app whose onboarding walks users through welcome screens and questions before a paywall.
1 source · 1 tipsRestMe
A sleep-focused app with a multi-step free trial flow.
1 source · 1 tipsResume
A resume building app.
1 source · 1 tipsResumes
A resume building app whose onboarding flow ends in social proof, a video and a trial timeline.
1 source · 1 tipsReview Command
An app created by Jason Van Buiten, who used crowdsourced keyword translation.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityRewind.ai
A tool that records and recalls everything you do on your computer, stored locally.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelRhyme
A travel app that used a viral video to grow.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosRibbit Capital
A venture capital firm focused on financial technology companies.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareRigUp
A marketplace for blue collar work, like a LinkedIn for those jobs.
1 source · 1 tipsRipple Rug
A layered cat toy rug made from recycled bottles.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareRippling
A workforce platform covering HR, payroll and IT.
1 source · 1 tipsRockefeller Institute for Medical Research
A medical research institute founded in 1901, now Rockefeller University.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherRolls-Royce
A luxury car maker known for idiosyncratic details.
1 source · 1 tipsRoot Glass Company
A Terre Haute glass maker that designed the Coke contour bottle.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsRork
An AI app builder used to build mobile apps without coding.
1 source · 1 tipsRoss Perot (EDS)
Ross Perot's computing services firm EDS and his personal investing.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoRotato
A tool that turns phone screen recordings into polished phone-in-hand mockup videos.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsRudderStack
A customer data platform with built-in reverse ETL.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareSAP
An enterprise software company that now offers AI agents.
1 source · 1 tipsSarahah
An anonymous feedback messaging app that topped the US charts despite being entirely in Arabic.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityScanner Pro
A document scanner app from Readdle that scans paper documents into PDFs.
1 source · 1 tipsScout
The venture-backed startup Zack founded solo before Coconote.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsScrape Creators
A data provider that supplies social media scraping APIs, including TikTok trends.
1 source · 1 tipsSea Truck
A high-speed landing craft business Dyson ran for seven years after college.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSearchAds.com
An automation tool for Apple Search Ads bid management.
1 source · 1 tipsSecret
An anonymous sharing app.
1 source · 1 tipsSeedance
An AI video generation model used for ad creative.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosSeedrs
A UK equity crowdfunding platform, now owned by Republic, that sells real shares to many small investors.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceSeeking Alpha
A investing research and news app with premium access.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationSeesaw
An edtech app for passing work between teachers, parents and students.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherSegway
A maker of personal electric transporters.
1 source · 1 tipsSensus Tech
A US-based app publisher that targeted the Russian market.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSEO Book
An SEO training site that offers a free keyword typo generator.
1 source · 1 tips
Music & AudioSerato
The largest DJ software company, with deep hardware integration.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareServiceNow
A workflow software company founded by Fred Luddy.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessSesame
A healthcare company offering online care, including weight loss programs.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceSettlemate
A class action settlement app where users earn money from claims.
1 source · 1 tipsSeven C's Locker Club
A San Diego locker club storing sailors' uniforms and selling them clothing and goods.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosShipyard
A community that runs app-building hackathons and shipathons with influencer-supplied ideas.
1 source · 1 tipsShockley Semiconductor
William Shockley's Mountain View lab that Noyce joined in 1956 before the defection.
1 source · 1 tipsSidecar
An early ride-hailing marketplace that competed with Lyft and Uber.
1 source · 1 tipsSiebel Systems
An early CRM software company founded by Tom Siebel.
1 source · 1 tipsSimbe Robotics
A robotics company whose robots count inventory in retail stores.
1 source · 1 tipsSimon
A classic electronic memory toy with four lit color buttons.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessSleep Easy
A sleep app ranked near the bottom of top grossing.
1 source · 1 tipsSlups
A bootstrapped app run by Curtis.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsSmart Bear
A software company making code review and testing tools, founded by Cohen.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsSmartlook
A session recording SDK for apps, described as Hotjar for mobile.
1 source · 1 tipsSmith & Diction
A brand and creative agency that has also worked with Perplexity.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoSmugMug
A platform for photographers to store, share and sell photos online.
1 source · 1 tipsSnag
An app that pays users or gives them something free.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSnowplow
A customer data platform that lets teams control their own data schema.
1 source · 1 tipsSocial Times
A social media and games news site that publishes a Friday roundup.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaSocial Times
Adweek's social media blog channel.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareSoftLayer
A cloud infrastructure provider that competed with AWS and Microsoft.
1 source · 1 tipsSol Price's club (Price Club)
A San Diego membership warehouse club that inspired Sam's Club.
1 source · 1 tipsSonantic
A synthetic voice technology startup acquired by Spotify.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelSonder
A managed short-term rental and hospitality company.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesSongPop
A music trivia game made by Fresh Planet.
1 source · 1 tips
Music & AudioSoundCloud
An audio streaming and sharing platform.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationSouthern New Hampshire University
A university that grew a large online degree program for adult learners.
1 source · 1 tipsSpeed Chess Championship
A Chess.com online tournament of short games with a produced broadcast.
1 source · 1 tipsSpellChecker.net
A website that lists common misspellings for any given word.
1 source · 1 tipsSpike
A Viacom cable channel that once aired the UFC.
1 source · 1 tips
TravelSpotHero
A parking reservation marketplace.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareSprig
A product research and in-product survey platform.
1 source · 1 tipsSpy Talk
A tool for finding viral social media ideas and studying their hooks and formats.
1 source · 1 tipsSpytok
A tool that finds proven ad hooks in and near your category.
1 source · 1 tipsStamped
Stein's earlier app for stamping favorite things and getting recommendations from trusted people.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherStanford Research Institute
A research institute that picked the Anaheim site for Disneyland.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationStanford University
The university where Packard and Hewlett studied under Fred Terman.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherStarlink
SpaceX's satellite internet constellation, built and launched by the same company.
1 source · 1 tipsStarting Line
A venture capital firm that invested in Every alongside Reid Hoffman.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareStatuspage
A tool that lets companies publish incident updates so customers can subscribe instead of contacting support.
1 source · 1 tipsSteve Prefontaine
A record-setting American distance runner who was Nike's first big athlete sponsorship.
1 source · 1 tipsSteve the jumping dinosaur
A game you play from the notification widget, made by an App Masters client.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleStoryworth
A service that helps people capture and preserve family stories and memories.
1 source · 1 tipsStripe Relay
A 2014 Stripe product meant to bring social commerce buy buttons to e-commerce companies.
1 source · 1 tipsStudy
A fintech app that has users sync their bank accounts.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationStudyBlue
A flashcard study app that competed with Quizlet.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesStumble Guys
A multiplayer party knockout game.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsSubframe
A UI design and code tool for building product interfaces.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesSubway Surfers
A mobile endless runner game with regular seasonal updates.
1 source · 1 tipsSummer Labs
A Stockholm AI startup building personalized learning technology, where Osika was first employee.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSupermetrics
A commercial data connector that pipes marketing and CRM data into databases.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsSurfer
An SEO content tool that includes an AI content detector.
1 source · 1 tipsSutter Hill Ventures
A deliberately low-profile venture firm that incubates companies such as Snowflake.
1 source · 1 tipsSutter Hill Ventures
A venture capital firm that co-invested in Nvidia's seed round.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareSybase
A rival database company that competed with Oracle in the 1990s.
1 source · 1 tipsSylvania
An electronics company where Chang started his chip career in a semiconductor division.
1 source · 1 tipsTab
Coca-Cola's first diet cola, launched in 1962.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingTag Heuer
A Swiss luxury watch brand and Rolex competitor.
1 source · 1 tips
LifestyleTalking Parents
A co-parenting app for communication between separated parents.
1 source · 1 tipsTaobao
Alibaba's Chinese online marketplace for sellers and shoppers.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingTarget
A discount retailer launched by Dayton Hudson in 1962.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherTata
An Indian conglomerate selling everything from salt to cars to jewelry.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaTBPN
A tech talk show and media company.
1 source · 1 tipsTechnology Venture Investors
A venture capital firm that invested in Microsoft before its IPO.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsTerra
A data aggregator that pulls wearable data from Whoop, Garmin and Fitbit for developers.
1 source · 1 tipsTexas International
A Texas airline that competed with Southwest.
1 source · 1 tipsThe Cold Start Problem
Andrew Chen's book on network effects and launching social products.
1 source · 1 tipsThe Contender
A boxing reality show produced by Mark Burnett.
1 source · 1 tipsThe Echo Nest
A music intelligence startup based in Boston that Spotify acquired.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaThe Economist
A weekly news and analysis publication that sells print and web subscriptions.
1 source · 1 tipsThe Killing
A Danish crime drama that became a hit in the UK.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaThe Verge
A technology news and media site covering gadgets, apps, and culture.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityThings
A task manager app made by a tiny independent team.
1 source · 1 tipsThree Minute Mindfulness
A mindfulness app offering short guided meditation sessions.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherTile
A maker of Bluetooth item trackers that Life360 sells alongside its app.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaTim O'Reilly
A technology publisher and web 2.0 advocate whose company is O'Reilly Media.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesTimberman
A mobile arcade game where players chop a tree by tapping left and right.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesTiny Wings
A mobile game where a bird glides over hills, made by one developer.
1 source · 1 tipsTira
A staffing startup that places dental hygienists in dental offices.
1 source · 1 tips
ProductivityTL Draw
An infinite canvas drawing tool that can turn sketches into websites with AI.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaTLDR
A daily tech newsletter.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentTodayTix
A theater ticketing app with discounted Rush tickets.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingTom's of Maine
A natural toothpaste and personal care brand.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherTomTom
A maker of navigation and location technology.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareToptal
A talent marketplace for freelance engineers and designers that vets heavily up front.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherTractive
A maker of GPS trackers for dogs, sold with a subscription.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceTrade Republic
A European investing app for trading stocks, ETFs and other assets.
1 source · 1 tipsTrendPie
An influencer marketing agency that runs campaigns across social platforms.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesTripledot
A UK mobile games publisher.
1 source · 1 tipsTrunk Club
A personal styling and clothing service.
1 source · 1 tips
Social & DatingTumblr
A blogging and social platform where Gotthilf previously ran growth in Latin America.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareTuple
A pair programming tool in the menu bar with excellent audio quality and simple design.
1 source · 1 tipsTurbo Learn AI
An AI learning app that appeared in rising AI note taker searches.
1 source · 1 tipsTVI
Technology Venture Investors, the venture firm that bought a small stake in Microsoft in 1981.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsTypedream
A website builder that beehiiv acquired to power its website product.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessTytoCare
A remote-physician device for at-home medical exams.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareUMC
A Taiwanese semiconductor foundry and TSMC's smaller rival.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsUnbounce
A landing page builder for marketers.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingUnder Armour
A sportswear company that once owned MyFitnessPal.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosUnion Square Ventures
A venture capital firm that invests in early-stage internet companies.
1 source · 1 tipsUnited Artists
A film distributor that distributed Disney's pictures in the 1950s.
1 source · 1 tipsUnited Launch Alliance
The maker of the Atlas V rocket.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentUniversal
A Hollywood studio that owned the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
1 source · 1 tips
EducationUniversity of Chicago
A university begun as a Baptist university plan and funded by Rockefeller.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessUnplug
A meditation app whose short name hints at letting go.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareUnravel Carbon
Carbon accounting software for large companies.
1 source · 1 tips
Investors & studiosUpFlip
A marketplace and brokerage for buying and selling small businesses.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsUpfluence
A creator engagement platform for managing influencer outreach, content and contracts.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareUser Interviews
A panel platform for recruiting participants for user research.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsUserpilot
A product adoption tool for building onboarding flows.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaVariety
An entertainment industry trade publication.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareVerifone
A maker of point-of-sale payment terminals.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherVerizon
A US wireless carrier.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareVerkada
A cloud-based physical security company making cameras and access control.
1 source · 1 tipsVeuve Clicquot
A champagne house known for its yellow label.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsVidIQ
A YouTube keyword and analytics tool showing search volume and competition for video topics.
1 source · 1 tips
Photo & VideoVimeo
A video hosting and software platform acquired by Bending Spoons.
1 source · 1 tipsVine
A short-form looping video app acquired by Twitter.
1 source · 1 tipsViral Development
The company run by Cal AI's makers that knows how to make social videos go viral.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareVirtual Staff Finder
A service that vets and recommends virtual assistants.
1 source · 1 tipsVisual Electric
An AI image generation tool for creatives and graphic designers, built on an infinite canvas.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessVitable Health
A health company selling urgent and primary care to hourly workers.
1 source · 1 tipsVivendi
The media conglomerate that owned Interscope's parent label group in the early 2000s.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareVoice Panel
A Y Combinator user research panel platform that sources testers by job function or persona.
1 source · 1 tipsVyond
A VR headset startup from Winter 2017 that later became Brex.
1 source · 1 tips
FinanceWalleye
A $10 billion hedge fund and Every consulting client.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesWar Robots
A 6v6 multiplayer robot battle mobile game made by Pixonic.
1 source · 1 tips
GamesWarner Bros. Games
The games arm of Warner Bros., maker of titles like Mortal Kombat.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsWarp
A modern terminal for developers, founded by Zach Lloyd.
1 source · 1 tips
EntertainmentWatcho
An entertainment streaming app that embeds games such as Blaze Rider.
1 source · 1 tipsWave
An AI notetaker app run by a past podcast guest.
1 source · 1 tipsWave AI
An AI app that shows a contact option when users try to delete it.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsWeave
A node-based workflow tool for generating creative iterations, recently acquired by Figma.
1 source · 1 tipsWebObjects
NeXT's web application server that generated dynamic pages instead of hand-coded ones.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareWebs.com
A legacy website builder competing with Wix and Weebly.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsWebsite Grader
A free HubSpot tool that scores a website and recommends how to improve it.
1 source · 1 tipsWED Enterprises
Walt Disney's private company that designed Disneyland, later Disney Imagineering.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsWeights & Biases
A machine learning experiment tracking and tooling platform.
1 source · 1 tipsWestlaw
A legal research service with keyword headnotes for case law.
1 source · 1 tips
Marketing & growth toolsWieden+Kennedy
An advertising agency based in Portland that created Nike's ads.
1 source · 1 tipsWild Oats
A natural food supermarket chain that partnered with Alfalfa's in Boulder.
1 source · 1 tips
Food & DrinkWrigley
A chewing gum maker that began by selling soap powder.
1 source · 1 tipsX1
A vibe coding tool that guides non-technical people to a store-ready app.
1 source · 1 tips
AI assistantsxAI
An AI lab founded by Elon Musk that builds frontier models.
1 source · 1 tips
OtherXerox PARC
Xerox's research lab that invented the graphical interface, mouse and Ethernet.
1 source · 1 tipsXobni
An email search and contacts tool for finding things faster in your inbox.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareYammer
An enterprise social networking tool that spread bottom-up through companies.
1 source · 1 tipsYango Ads
A local ad network used for monetization in Russia.
1 source · 1 tips
ShoppingZappos
An online shoe and clothing retailer known for customer service.
1 source · 1 tipsZeno
An app a past podcast guest worked on.
1 source · 1 tips
Developer toolsZeplin
A design handoff tool for sharing screens between designers and developers.
1 source · 1 tipsZing
An AI training app started by Flo's parent company.
1 source · 1 tips
Business softwareZoom
A video conferencing platform.
1 source · 1 tips
Health & FitnessZumba
A dance fitness brand that has appeared as a guest on Sub Club.
1 source · 1 tips
News & MediaArtifact
A news app built by Instagram's founders.
2 sources
LifestyleBird Buddy
A smart bird feeder camera with a companion app and subscription.
2 sources
News & MediaDotdash Meredith
A publisher that owns Good Housekeeping, Allrecipes, Investopedia and Glamour.
2 sources
Business softwareExpensify
An expense reporting software company.
2 sources
EducationKhan Academy
A nonprofit offering free online learning.
2 sources
Investors & studiosKleiner Perkins
A venture capital firm that co-led Google's Series A.
2 sources
Marketing & growth toolsOptiMonk
A conversion optimization platform that publishes e-commerce case studies.
2 sources
OtherPorsche
A German sports car maker with a large SUV business.
2 sources
Photo & VideoRunway
An AI video generation company building models for scene control and realism.
2 sources
Investors & studiosTrue Ventures
A venture capital firm where Mike worked after Fitbit.
2 sources
OtherUPS
The package delivery company founded by Jim Casey.
2 sourcesWebsim
A playful AI tool for making zany, experimental web prototypes.
2 sources
TravelAir Canada
A Canadian airline.
1 sourceAirkit
An agent technology startup acquired by Salesforce.
1 sourceAlex Brown
An investment bank that led the Starbucks IPO.
1 sourceAlexNet
A neural network from three Toronto researchers that won the ImageNet image recognition contest.
1 sourceAllbirds
A footwear and apparel brand that started on Shopify.
1 sourceAllSnow
A snow sports app from the same founder as AllTrails.
1 source
EducationAlpha School
A private school using AI-driven iPad learning for about two hours of focused study daily.
1 source
Business softwareAlphaSights
An expert network that sells one-off calls with industry experts.
1 sourceAltaVista
An early search engine from Digital Equipment, built to showcase expensive servers.
1 sourceAnchorFree
The company that originally owned the VPN app before it was sold.
1 source
LifestyleApartments.com
A rental listings website for finding apartments.
1 source
Health & FitnessAsana Rebel
A fitness and yoga-inspired workout app.
1 sourceAstro
An email app startup that was acquired by Slack.
1 source
EntertainmentATC
An app for listening to live air traffic control audio.
1 source
GamesBackbone
A mobile game controller with a companion app and optional subscription.
1 sourceBase V
An app named from keyword traffic data seen at the time.
1 sourceBeak
A Netflix-like audio service for Latin America.
1 sourceBed Outs
A French app whose App Store ranking tracked its viral TikTok posts.
1 source
Health & FitnessBevel
A health app that gives guidance from Apple Watch data.
1 source
Business softwareBevSpot
Inventory and ordering software for bars and restaurants.
1 source
Food & DrinkBlue Bottle
A specialty coffee roaster and retailer with an e-commerce business.
1 sourceBlue Light Analytics
A company making technology that helps dental instruments work better.
1 source
OtherBlue Origin
Jeff Bezos's private spaceflight company.
1 source
LifestyleBodyform
A feminine hygiene brand.
1 source
Developer toolsBorland
A software company founded by Philippe Kahn, a Microsoft rival in the 1980s and 1990s.
1 source
TravelBounce
A luggage storage network with partner locations in cities.
1 source
OtherBroadcom
A chip company that rolls up other chip makers and harvests their profits with little R&D.
1 sourceBuild
Tony Fadell's book on building hardware products, from the iPod to Nest.
1 source
Developer toolsBuilder
A drag-and-drop headless CMS that lets non-engineers make site changes.
1 source
EntertainmentByteDance
The parent company of TikTok, which also builds AI video models.
1 source
EducationCalArts
The arts school Walt Disney funded as a talent pipeline for his studio.
1 source
ProductivityCap
An open source screen recording tool, an alternative to Loom.
1 source
Investors & studiosCapital G
Google's growth equity investment fund.
1 source
OtherCerebras
A startup that makes a dinner-plate-sized AI chip.
1 source
Health & FitnessCharlie Health
A virtual mental health treatment provider.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsChartable
A podcast analytics tool that tracks downloads and cross-promotion.
1 source
AI assistantsChatSpot
An AI copilot for HubSpot, created by cofounder Dharmesh Shah.
1 source
GamesChess Kid
A chess app made for children by Chess.com.
1 source
ShoppingChewy
An online pet supply retailer acquired by PetSmart.
1 source
FinanceCitibank
A large international bank made up of separate local banks.
1 source
FinanceCity National
A bank that lent early money to Endeavor's founders.
1 source
FinanceClaim
A claim and settlement finder app in the finance niche.
1 sourceClearly AI
A security-focused software startup founded by a former AWS security engineer.
1 source
Developer toolsCloudBees
An open core devops startup.
1 sourceCocoon
A small photo-sharing app for close friends and family.
1 source
EntertainmentComcast
A cable and media giant that made a hostile bid for Disney.
1 source
OtherCompuServe
An early consumer online network that rented out spare capacity.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsConversion.com
A conversion optimization agency that runs experiments and publishes A/B test case studies.
1 source
Developer toolsCoreWeave
A GPU cloud provider that rents out Nvidia compute.
1 sourceCoupons.com
A digital coupon and promotions company.
1 source
ProductivityCraft Docs
A document and note-taking app, co-founded by Orosz's brother.
1 source
FinanceCredit Karma
A personal finance app for credit scores and money tools.
1 sourceCron
A calendar app, now part of Notion.
1 source
Business softwareCulture Amp
An employee experience platform that began in people analytics.
1 sourceDaylin Corporation
A Los Angeles conglomerate that owned Handy Dan and bought pharmacies, hardware and discount chains.
1 source
GamesDoodle Jump
A mobile game where a character jumps upward through sketch-style levels.
1 source
EntertainmentDraftKings Sportsbook
A sports betting app from DraftKings.
1 sourceDraw Something
A turn-based drawing and guessing mobile game from OMG Pop.
1 source
OtherDuckDuckGo
A privacy-focused search engine.
1 source
Investors & studiosEd Sim
An early-stage investor at boldstart ventures who backed Rapportive and Superhuman.
1 sourceeFishery
An Indonesian aquaculture company selling a closed-loop system with an IoT smart feeder to fish farmers.
1 source
Health & FitnessEight Sleep
A maker of smart mattress covers with temperature control and alarms.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsEndgame
A product-led sales platform that turns usage data into expansion revenue.
1 source
GamesEpic Games
A games and 3D graphics company that makes Twinmotion.
1 source
OtherEricsson
A telecom equipment maker that backed TDMA and led early European digital cellular.
1 source
AI assistantsExa
A semantic search tool for finding information across unusual datasets.
1 source
Business softwareExplorium
An enterprise data company sold through top-down sales, and the founder's previous startup.
1 source
LifestyleFable
A social reading app built around book clubs.
1 sourceFedEx
A global delivery and logistics company founded by Fred Smith.
1 source
FinanceFidelity
A financial services firm offering retirement accounts and investing.
1 source
ShoppingFigs
A healthcare apparel brand that grew on Shopify.
1 sourceFirst Collab
A Y Combinator company that runs automated outbound to creators matching defined personas.
1 source
News & MediaFirst Round Review
First Round Capital's publication on startup practices.
1 source
Health & FitnessFitbit
A maker of fitness trackers and wearables that acquired Fitstar.
1 sourceFlashcards+
A flashcard study app Connor built as a teenager for his own needs.
1 source
OtherFleet Zero
A startup building electric ships.
1 source
ShoppingFlipkart
An Indian e-commerce marketplace that started the wave of consumer internet in India.
1 sourceFlykick
A boutique fitness studio.
1 source
Investors & studiosFootwork
A venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups.
1 source
OtherFrog Design
The design firm led by Hartmut Esslinger that Jobs turned to for the NeXT computer.
1 source
GamesGardenscapes
A match 3 puzzle game with garden restoration.
1 source
Business softwareGLG
An expert network that sells one-off consultations with industry experts.
1 source
Business softwareGoMoment
A hotel tech company that let guests get service by text message.
1 source
LifestyleGoodreads
An Amazon-owned book tracking and reviewing app.
1 sourceGoodUI
A site run by Jakub Linowski that collects submitted A/B test results as design patterns.
1 source
ProductivityGoogle Calendar
Google's calendar app for scheduling events across time zones.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsGoogle Search Console
Google's free tool showing a site's real search traffic and ranking keywords.
1 source
Developer toolsGoose
Block's open source coding agent.
1 source
OtherGraphcore
A British AI chip startup founded by the people behind Icera.
1 source
OtherGreyparrot
A company using cameras and AI to sort recycling.
1 source
Social & DatingGrindr
A social and dating app where the guest previously led monetization and growth.
1 sourceGymFlow
A fitness startup Jimmy Liu founded before joining DoorDash.
1 source
ShoppingHallmark
A greeting card and gifts company.
1 source
Business softwareHandshake
A career network that also supplies expert data work for AI labs.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsHashtag Expert
An existing hashtag tool that had traction in the market.
1 sourceHeart Aerospace
A company building commercial planes powered by batteries and electric motors.
1 source
Health & FitnessHeartfulness
A meditation nonprofit with its own community presence on Reddit.
1 source
LifestyleHenry Rose
A fragrance company founded by Michelle Pfeiffer.
1 source
Health & FitnessHewwi
An app for health, wealth and wisdom built around structured daily habits.
1 source
OtherHoka
A running shoe brand growing as Nike's big rivals stumble.
1 sourceHow About We
An online dating site built around suggesting date ideas.
1 source
Developer toolsHugging Face
A platform for sharing and building machine learning models, with French roots.
1 source
Business softwareIndeed
A large online job search and listing site.
1 source
Investors & studiosIndex Ventures
A venture capital firm that sits on Wiz's board.
1 source
Business softwareIndie Hackers
A community of solo founders and bootstrapped builders.
1 sourceIndustrial Light & Magic
Lucasfilm's visual effects company.
1 source
AI assistantsInflection AI
An AI startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and Reid Hoffman.
1 sourceInktomi
A search infrastructure provider that sold white-label results to portals.
1 source
GamesInnogames
A Hamburg-based games studio where Burke began his career in mobile user acquisition.
1 sourceInsider Growth HQ
A growth publication that writes up experiments for improving conversion.
1 source
News & MediaInstapaper
A read-it-later app for saving articles to read later.
1 source
GamesJagex
The game developer behind RuneScape.
1 sourceJiro
A 10-seat, three-star Michelin sushi restaurant in Tokyo.
1 source
Food & DrinkJollibee
A Philippine fast food chain that grew into a global restaurant company.
1 source
Business softwareJulius AI
An AI data analysis tool.
1 source
Business softwareJuniper Networks
A networking equipment company, now owned by HPE.
1 source
EntertainmentJust Watch
A streaming guide app for finding and tracking movies and shows.
1 sourceKirkland Signature
Costco's house brand, made by specialist producers and priced on value.
1 sourceKodon
A gaming-background company that bought a majority of the app portfolio.
1 source
FinanceLadder
A life insurance company that raised financing for user acquisition.
1 source
EducationLambda School
An online coding school with income-share tuition.
1 source
OtherLamborghini
An Italian supercar maker founded in 1963 to challenge Ferrari.
1 source
News & MediaLaptop Magazine
A consumer technology publication focused on laptops, devices, and apps.
1 source
Business softwareLastPass
A password manager for individuals and businesses.
1 source
Developer toolsLaunchDarkly
A feature flag and release management platform for software teams.
1 source
Business softwareLeadsales
A CRM that turns WhatsApp into a sales tool for Latin American businesses.
1 source
Photo & VideoLensa
An app that turns your photos into fantasy avatars.
1 source
TravelLiftopia
A ski lift ticket marketplace startup.
1 source
EducationLingo Kids
A kids learning app with a paywall flow.
1 source
EducationLingo Kids
A learning app for young children with games and lessons.
1 sourceLinkabit
A defense and satellite communications firm founded by Irwin Jacobs and Andrew Viterbi.
1 source
OtherLockheed Skunk Works
Lockheed's advanced projects division, known for fast aircraft development under Kelly Johnson.
1 sourceLooksery
A face-lens startup that Snap acquired.
1 sourceLoot
A feature-phone app for finding nearby friends, built by Sam Altman.
1 source
OtherLoveFrom
The design collective of Jony Ive and Marc Newson.
1 source
Social & DatingLunchclub
An AI-powered professional networking startup.
1 source
Food & DrinkLyka
An Australian fresh dog food subscription.
1 source
EducationLynda
An online video course company that LinkedIn acquired and built into LinkedIn Learning.
1 source
Business softwareMalwarebytes
A cybersecurity software company known for malware protection.
1 source
TravelMandarin Oriental
A luxury hotel group.
1 source
OtherMaserati
An Italian carmaker placed under Ferrari management in the late 1990s.
1 sourceMedia Makers Meet
A media industry publication covering publishers and their business strategies.
1 source
Health & FitnessMesmerize
A relaxation and meditation app tracked in the demo.
1 sourceMetromedia
An American media conglomerate led by John Kluge.
1 source
Payments & subscriptionsMetronome
A usage-based billing platform.
1 source
Photo & VideoMirage
A video and AI creative tool company, formerly called Captions.
1 source
AI assistantsMistral AI
A French AI company building language models.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsMoz
An SEO software company founded by Rand Fishkin.
1 source
EntertainmentMSCHF
A creative studio known for viral stunts and product drops.
1 sourceMuse Air
An airline founded by former Southwest CEO Lamar Muse.
1 sourceNara Baby
A baby tracking app that syncs across parents.
1 source
Business softwareNauto
A company building AI-assisted driver safety technology for vehicle fleets.
1 source
Investors & studiosNEA
A venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups.
1 sourceNeeva
A search engine founded by a senior ex-Google executive.
1 source
FinanceNerdWallet
A personal finance site with comparison tools and guides.
1 sourceNext Playground
A kids movement-based game system sold as hardware plus subscription.
1 source
GamesNiantic
The studio behind Pokémon Go.
1 sourceNuvia
A CPU design startup founded by former Apple silicon engineers, acquired by Qualcomm.
1 source
Food & DrinkNYT Cooking
The New York Times recipe and cooking app and destination.
1 source
Health & FitnessOlive
A food and supplement scanning app.
1 source
ShoppingOLX
An online classifieds marketplace.
1 source
Business softwareOpsgenie
An incident alerting and on-call management tool.
1 source
Photo & VideoOpusClip
An AI video tool that turns long videos into short clips.
1 source
Payments & subscriptionsOrb
A usage-based billing platform.
1 source
LifestylePaired
A couples app that offers a daily question for partners to answer together.
1 source
OtherPalisade Research
An AI safety research group that tests model behavior.
1 source
EducationPanorama Education
A company selling software and analytics to school districts.
1 source
News & MediaParticle
An AI news app that rethinks articles as a format.
1 source
Photo & VideoPika
An AI video generation tool.
1 source
EducationPingo AI
A language learning app that uses AI conversation practice.
1 source
Business softwarePinwheel
A payroll data platform that grew from the payroll idea Ayo pushed at Cash App.
1 source
GamesPlarium
A mobile game company behind Raid: Shadow Legends.
1 source
News & MediaA read-it-later app for saving articles to read later.
1 source
Business softwarePodPage
A tool that builds a podcast website from your RSS feed.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsPoolday.ai
An outside firm that handles video editing for ads.
1 source
Business softwareProductboard
A product management and roadmapping platform.
1 sourcePromix
A sports nutrition company that makes protein products.
1 source
Marketing & growth toolsQualaroo
An in-product survey tool.
1 sourceQuarter
A finance tool that bridges institutional insight and earnings call transcripts.
1 source
Developer toolsQubicle
A voxel modeling tool from Minddesk for quickly making 3D art.
1 source
ShoppingRakuten
A global e-commerce and cash-back rewards company.
1 source
ShoppingRalph Lauren
An American fashion brand founded by Ralph Lauren.
1 sourceRapportive
A Gmail extension showing who each email contact is, including their job and social profiles.
1 source
ProductivityRaycast
A launcher for Mac with shortcut commands to open things quickly.
1 source
Payments & subscriptionsRecurly
A subscription management and billing platform.
1 sourceReebok USA
Reebok's American arm.
1 sourceReese GPT
An AI app known for viral texting-style TikTok videos.
1 source
Social & DatingRetro
A photo-sharing app for small groups.
1 source
EntertainmentRIAA
The trade group representing major US record labels.
1 source
GamesRiot Games
The game studio behind League of Legends.
1 source
GamesRoblox
A massive gaming platform with user-created experiences.
1 source
GamesRoyal Match
A mobile match-three puzzle game.
1 source
Business softwareSalesloft
A sales engagement platform.
1 source
Developer toolsSanity
A headless content management platform for developers and content teams.
1 source
ProductivitySaturn
A calendar app for students that includes a Friend Finder.
1 sourceSchaefer Alkaloid Works
A New Jersey firm that decocainizes coca leaves for Coca-Cola.
1 source
Business softwareScribe Media
A book writing and publishing company that helps authors turn their ideas into books.
1 source
OtherSeabound
A startup building carbon capture systems for ships.
1 source
ShoppingSears
A US retailer famous for its mail order catalog and department stores.
1 source
News & MediaSemiAnalysis
A research and analysis firm covering semiconductors and AI.
1 source
AI assistantsSesame
A company building interactive conversational voice AI.
1 sourceSGI
A graphics computing company that was a rival and recruiting target for Nvidia.
1 source
Food & DrinkShake Shack
A fast-casual burger restaurant chain.
1 sourceSiebel
A CRM software company that once dominated its market.
1 source
Business softwareSimplecast
A podcast hosting platform that generates your RSS feed.
1 source
TravelSkyscanner
A travel search and flight comparison company.
1 sourceSlide
A social app startup that Rabois invested in and that was sold to Google.
1 source
Business softwareSmartsheet
A work management software company.
1 source
Music & AudioSmule
A social singing and music-making app.
1 sourceSocket.IO
An open source real-time communication library created by Rauch.
1 source
Health & FitnessSoulCycle
A boutique indoor cycling fitness brand with studios in many cities.
1 sourceSpark Network
A registered dating company that held the Sparks trademark.
1 source
Investors & studiosSpectrum Equity
A growth equity investment firm.
1 sourceSpelman College
The first liberal arts college for Black women, in Atlanta.
1 source
News & MediaState Affairs
A policy intelligence and news platform for government affairs professionals.
1 sourceStatic
An EV charging network startup in India.
1 source
GamesSteam Deck
A handheld gaming device made by Valve for playing PC games on the go.
1 source
ShoppingStitch Fix
A personal styling service that sends curated clothing to customers.
1 source
LifestyleStoryGraph
A book tracking and recommendation app.
1 source
EducationStudyBuddy
A study app where Jake and Zach worked together before Cal AI.
1 source
AI assistantsSupernotes
An outside research project that uses an LLM to generate and score note variants.
1 source
Business softwareSurge AI
A data labeling company that supplies human data to AI labs.
1 sourceTabs Chocolate
A chocolate brand known for running many TikTok accounts with regular UGC.
1 source
LifestyleTaskRabbit
A marketplace for hiring people to do household tasks such as furniture assembly.
1 source
Photo & VideoTayasui Sketches
A drawing and watercolor painting app.
1 source
GamesTemple Run
A mobile endless runner game.
1 source
LifestyleTessie
An app for Tesla owners built on Tesla's open API.
1 source
GamesTetris
The classic falling-block puzzle game.
1 source
News & MediaThe Athletic
A subscription sports journalism outlet acquired by the New York Times.
1 source
News & MediaThe Atlantic
A magazine and digital news publisher where Hardiman worked for a year.
1 source
EducationThinkful
A coding boot camp later acquired by Chegg.
1 source
Business softwareThomson Reuters
An information and software company that owns Westlaw.
1 source
Investors & studiosThrive Capital
A venture capital firm investing in technology startups.
1 sourceTicketfly
A ticketing and event marketing platform for venues and promoters.
1 source
EntertainmentTKO
A public sports and entertainment company that includes the UFC and WWE.
1 sourceTome
An AI tool that turns a narrative into a draft presentation with imagery.
1 source
EntertainmentTonies
A kids audio platform with figurines and a companion app.
1 source
GamesTotally Science
An unblocked gaming site and social account originally founded by Evan's brother Zack.
1 source
ProductivityTrello
A visual board-based project management tool owned by Atlassian.
1 source
TravelTrout Routes
A fly fishing mapping product acquired by onX.
1 source
ShoppingTupperware
A maker of plastic food storage containers sold through home parties.
1 source
EducationTyping.com
A platform for learning typing skills.
1 source
Music & AudioUdio
An AI tool that generates custom songs from prompts.
1 source
LifestyleUmax
A face-rating app that scores jawlines and facial structure, mainly for men.
1 sourceUniversal Primer
A GPT that teaches subjects Socratically, built by a Runway CEO.
1 sourceUpcave
A Spanish app marketing agency.
1 source
Investors & studiosVenrock
The Rockefeller family's venture capital arm.
1 sourceVin Mariani
A French cocaine wine that inspired Pemberton's first Coca product.
1 source
Developer toolsVisual Studio
Microsoft's integrated development environment for building software.
1 sourceWanamaker's
A pioneering American department store built on low prices and variety.
1 source
EntertainmentWarner Music Group
A major record label and music publisher.
1 source
Health & FitnessWeight Watchers
A weight management company that uses a Sierra customer service agent.
1 sourceWolf
A group of colleges run along the lines of a UC-style system.
1 sourceWordPerfect
A word processing software maker that competed with Microsoft.
1 source
GamesXbox
Microsoft's gaming console and online service.
1 source
Business softwareZoom
A video conferencing platform that spread through free use.
1 source
Social & DatingZoosk
An online dating app.
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