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Ask HN: Who's Looking for a Co-Founder?

Wish HN did something like this monthly. 24 year old, software engineer here.

jozefwhite 7y ago
man me too - also 24 - always looking to help people with interesting projects. Lets make match.com for co-founders on HN
- abhinuvpitale 7y ago
  haha, very interesting idea, check out angel.co
pouta 7y ago
I am. Currently at 2.5k MRR working alone. We build tools journalists love by aggregating, benchmarking and integrating hundreds of APIs under a single web interface. Our tech is a 'lingua franca' of APIs. We started with newsrooms but the benefits apply pretty much to any large Enterprise. Newsrooms were a good first vertical because they are desperate for innovation. Hit me up: moura at the oko.ai domain
- tuesdayrain 7y ago
  Interesting idea. When I hear "lingua franca of APIs" it makes me think of GraphQL.
goworthy 7y ago
I'd like to build something with someone. I work full time so it would have to start as a side project. I'm in Ireland so someone who likes remote or is in the same timezone would work best.
- ggcdn 7y ago
  What are your interests and skills? I'm also looking for someone to build a side project with. I've got a few things I'm working on but they aren't necessarily huge money makers.
simonahgilbert 7y ago
I’m keen. Based in Manchester, UK. Have co-founded 2 startups (1 successful, 1 that failed). I’ve learnt a lot from both. My blog is here - www.simongilbert.net (There are 2 news articles linked on my blog regarding my first startup, for some clarity on the product). Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn or Github. * EDIT * It’s worth noting that I have a spreadsheet of ideas for stuff I’d like to build, it’s just finding the right people (even if they’re remote).
- tuned 7y ago
  Hi, I am a software engineer currently in London. Looking for new ideas to experiment new tools.
rob2837 7y ago
Software developer with engineering background from Germany here. I work for a startup but am keen to found my own. I‘m looking for cofounders preferably from Germany.
- ctas 7y ago
  Ping me.
- michaelschmitz 7y ago
  Hi! Also based in Germany. Send me a message if you want to chat.
- MichaelRazum 7y ago
  you can ping me as well. Interested in trading, machine learning and new tech.
  - sarangab 7y ago
    Saw your post on trading. We should talk!
  - rob2837 7y ago
    How can i contact you?
    - MichaelRazum 7y ago
      Hi, sry forgot to provide an email: clayton.4a4184ab@tryninja.io
voz14005 7y ago
I'm currently building something that has shown great product market fit at another company, although they aren't pursuing it, and is in a big industry. I am technical, and am looking for a technical cofounder. If you can build web and mobile software, send me an email at voz14005@protonmail.com. Preferred location is SF or LA.
bryceneal 7y ago
Not a co-founder per-say, but I'm open to connecting or collaborating with other makers in San Francisco. I'm a software engineer with experience building web applications and services. Most recently working on Dapps/Defi, but interested in other spaces as well. Let's grab coffee! https://bryce.is/writing/code https://bryce.is/writing/code
- rpm33 7y ago
  What's your e-mail? pinging you.
staticautomatic 7y ago
SF-based. Legal tech. Lots of domain expertise. Shopping a product for acquisition now, hoping to build another. I'm moderately proficient in Python but need a technical partner. Ideally looking for someone who is into NLP. Reply here if interested in chatting.
- elliekelly 7y ago
  What kind of legal tech?
  - staticautomatic 7y ago
    Mainly litigation.
- mrfusion 7y ago
  Sounds interesting. Send me an email if you want to chat.
  - staticautomatic 7y ago
    email sent!
- pspencer 7y ago
  I work in legal tech nlp/automation right now. I'd like to chat.
  - staticautomatic 7y ago
    Great. I've added an email to my profile. Would love to talk.
- michaelschmitz 7y ago
  Nice to meet you. EU-based, also LegalTech with multiple companies (not all visible on LN) and a few interesting partners. Feel free to say hi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acmichaelschmitz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/acmichaelschmitz/
paogli 7y ago
I am! I am looking for third co-founder, ideally someone interested in the game industry, who could take the role of CTO. Not making a game,ha. There's one other technical co-founder who has been working on our mobile software. Located in Chicago, but would like someone in the Bay Area. I will likely be flying there this November if you want to meet up. Here's my email: sauzciok@outlook.com Thanks!
riffic 7y ago
Los Angeles, sysadmin, looking to collaborate on decentralized social media for the public good. you can PM me on reddit with the same username.
ccvannorman 7y ago
Me: Full stack game dev. You: Business dev, ideally with connections in game industry. Product: AR collaboration tools and games built on Unity. -- more about me: www.vannorman.ai Based in Chicago currently, visit SF frequently, open to remote and relocating depending on opportunity. Culture fit is the most important ;-]
soulnothing 7y ago
Me: Back End / Full Stack. Cloud to Data wiring to Android / Web but no design. Looking For: A: Help as a primary co-founder building a back end, or the core infrastructure. B: I have an idea I've been working on for content creators, initially authors and editors. But it is very design / front end heavy. So am looking for a front end dev.
goldenchrome 7y ago
UX Designer at Google with some front end chops interested in working on a practical project that solves a real user problem. Reply here and let's chat! Based in the Bay Area.
- abhinuvpitale 7y ago
  I could use some help on a hobby project for charity, ping me on <HNusername>@gmail.com
- pouta 7y ago
  Last month I did a week of user interviews in one of my customers office I noticed for the first time that their face light up as soon as they know I'm the guy that made the "new thing". That made me realize I'm actually making journalists lives better with my software. I left a comment with more details in this post. I'm a software engineer with plenty of professional experience and design is not my strong.
- eg312 7y ago
  how can I contact you? My email address is in my profile
- hyuuu 7y ago
  hey I am a senior software engineer at FB, I am not looking for a co-founder specifically but I would love to expand my network and just chat, pick each other brains and whatnot. Not sure how to contact you, I'll keep an eye on this thread for the next few days, hope to talk to you soon!
nmfisher 7y ago
I'll be relocating to Singapore in a few months, and I'm looking to connect with someone local who might be interested in working on a mobile AI (natural language) platform. Ideally someone with some business, marketing or design chops. Remote collaborations would be great, but probably not something I'll explore until after I relocate (early 2020).
trevett 7y ago
Building a mobile-first business directory and messenger for LatAm and rest of developing world. Looking for a co-founder with product and marketing chops.
sarangab 7y ago
Building an algorithmic trading product. Looking for people to collaborate part-time. Http://invsto.com
magicbuzz 7y ago
Front end focused dev who is always interested in building interesting things. I built a geocoder (API->NLP->NodeJS->Postgres/PostGIS) and sold it earlier this year. Been working mostly on React/GraphQL incl mapping for US dev shop this year. My timezone is 4 hrs after US west coast. Details at https://timburgess.github.io https://timburgess.github.io
- brendanmc6 7y ago
  Sounds like your skills would really come in handy with my project! I posted another comment in this thread with more info.
Rodeoclash 7y ago
I'm a Melbourne, Australia based developer that's been working on a product that can launch any pull request or commit into a self contained, sharable environment accessed via a simple link. A few people are working in this space but my product has a few features that others don't have which I can go over. I'm at the point where we use the tool continuously at my day job but I'm fairly time poor to take it beyond that. I'd be looking to connect with others that have built and promoted similar developer tools. Personal homepage: richardson.co.nz
- ethanwillis 7y ago
  That's an interesting idea. Is there some way to follow or subscribe to anything for updates?
  - Rodeoclash 7y ago
    I haven't setup a formal mailing list yet but send me an email at sam@richardson.co.nz and I'll make sure you get updates.
    - Rodeoclash 7y ago
      Edit: A signup form can be found at https://forms.gle/cMB2mDbt5342bQ8P9 https://forms.gle/cMB2mDbt5342bQ8P9 if you want to keep up to date.
    - tonixx 7y ago
      Sam, you shouldn't feed the spam bots with your email :) Use a free contact link instead: https://contact.do https://contact.do
- nickstrickler 7y ago
  I like the idea. Who else do you know of that is working on this?
  - Rodeoclash 7y ago
rpm33 7y ago
I've been working on an interesting problem at the intersection of B2B and ML. Built a strong pipeline of high growth companies in the bay area. Currently, at $20k ARR with an MVP I built myself. I'm an engineer turned founder. Looking for another technical co-founder who's either into ML (or) into general app building. I'm based out of SF and would love to chat! Email in my account.
- The_DaveG 7y ago
  Do you have a website or demo you can share? I'm in the space where B2B and ML collide with the Industrial space. Always looking for a ML solution that fits the need and can offer to the large groups that are interested.
- bobsru 7y ago
  Sorry, I didn't find your email in your profile. Would love to chat if you are interested!
- tixocloud 7y ago
  Keen to learn more but seems like your email isn't there?
- rpm33 7y ago
  Updated.
Avi-D-coder 7y ago
Building an immutable/transnational database/runtime with the goal of bring the joys of FP (STM, immutability/persistence) to any language. If you love FP and Rust, but are intricately familiar with the "joys" of lock freedom and C11 atomics give me shout.
hemantv 7y ago
Currently CTO of Goodly. Busy a bit but always love to help people. Happy to chat if you are in SF.
chataway 7y ago
Building Instant group chat for nearby loosely affiliated people (does the world need yet another chat app?, surprisingly it does!) What I am building unlocks value and solves problems of current options. Maintains privacy, keeps out randos. No, isn’t one of those been done million times, who is around you, just based on GPS, apps). The magic happens in the backend, looking for someone who will focus on development of all server-side logic, You can make mobile apps that can handle lots of concurrent chats/chatrooms, thousands of users. It starts out simple but gets complex, lots of interesting problems to solve. More concerned about it works than how it looks, so basic frontend skills would be nice, but again back matters more Basic MVP already built with React Native. You would not be building from scratch, but adding features (some very basic like social login and images) then followed by more complex things. Later we can do swift/kotlin apps for iOS/Android if needed. You being based in the Bay Area would be nice but not a requirement. Built other chat apps before or something like that? Say hi. email in profile. Looking forward to working with someone who likes to move fast and make something pretty cool. Its a big market we would be targeting.
- chataway 7y ago
  Small favor from anyone reading this post. Even if this isnt for you, can you pass it on if you think of someone who might be interested? Thanks.
quaquaqua1 7y ago
I need a business guy to run all of the legal/operations day to day stuff. I have a business in the home heating oil space that I only want to run as a CTO. I am also open to programming all of your ideas as well in a separate biz. Please email :) the alias is "dogchienwoof" at google's email service
p1esk 7y ago
I’m looking for someone with deep learning experience to work on music generation/synthesis ideas. This would be more like a side project at first, and (depending on the quality of the PoC we build) can lead to a startup. I have 5 years of DL research experience in several areas (vision, speech, NLP).
julius_set 7y ago
I am. I’m building an automated design tool that converts design tool files into auto generated code or a templating language that can be used to render views / flows natively on web / native mobile. I’m looking for someone who can help with web front end and backend, I work horizontally across the stack on iOS / Android building SDKs and native mobile experiences. I have 6 years of experience in the industry, have been part of a successful acquisition and now mostly highly interested in building this design company idea. Why am I building this? Companies waste too much resources on building design then handing off later — essentially 2X the work. Giving designers / product people this sort of technology would empower them to validate their ideas quickly — essential to finding product market fit quickly. Where I’m currently at: - I have an exceptionally fast text editor - I can convert 3 of the major mobile design tool files into a templating language than can be used to render native views on the fly - Mac app centered around this technology - Lots of hard problems solved around the current idea What I’m looking for: - someone who is as excited about this idea as I am - someone experienced in backend and web front end - Next steps are finalizing UX / porting a web app for people to use (sort of like Figma) - integrate in analytics services - versioning system for designers Reply to this post if anyone is interested I’ll post an email to connect to if anyone cares.
- notadoctor_ssh 7y ago
  Hey, would love to chat on this. Can you share your email?
- skelet 7y ago
  Hi, I'm working on something similar but targeting Web frameworks for the moment. https://skelet.app https://skelet.app
  - bobbonew 7y ago
    Need that mobile app. Good luck!
semireg 7y ago
I’m a full-stack hardware integrator. My consulting is mostly iOS + Bluetooth sensors, some node for edge IOT computing. My side hustle is Electron/React + USB label printers: https://label.live https://label.live. If there’s someone out there that wants to work on a modern label printer app - send me an email at help @ label.live. Or .. If someone had an idea for an electron app that interfaces with challenging hardware - I just might have an existing solution to leverage. I’ve also had to solve per-machine Electron app licensing and built a nice solution using React, GraphQL and JWT.
ram_rar 7y ago
I am building a very simple status page app, that actually works. Think like zoom of status page. A very simple easily integrated via apis. Offering On-prem/Saas version of the software which integrates with all most of the services. I had to start working on it, cuz I wasnt happy with any of the solutions out there (statuspage / statusio / hund ... etc) I have worked in sysadmin/devops roles in the past and have fairly extensive knowledge on how SRE/OPs culture work. I have built SRE teams in the previous jobs. you being in bay area would be helpful, but not an absolute requirement. if you're interested mail me tapblah at protonmail dot com
ctas 7y ago
I'm a full-stack developer building a visual code intelligence tool to help developers understand code faster. Already built profitable SaaS successfully in the past. Looking for someone with a network of decision makers (senior developers, team leaders, or above) to jump in the role of the CEO, or knowledge in PLT and/or graphics programming.
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justforfunhere 7y ago
India ( NCR, Remote ) I am currently working on a product in the News field and looking for someone who is excited about disrupting how people consume news online. Email in my profile.
brendanmc6 7y ago
I've been building this crowdmapping tool for a long time now, and would love any help I can get. https://canvis.app/demo https://canvis.app/demo TypeScript and React skills would be great. But what I really need is some sales and marketing hustle. I have been invited to be the tech provider on some research funding proposals, but aside from that don't have much time to hunt down more customers, or to lay SEO ground work. My extra time and energy goes to coding. It's niche. No unicorn here. Although I'm still confident there is a market out there because it's supporting much more expensive and cumbersome competitors! If you are even slightly interested shoot me an email at info@canvis.app
- dbetteridge 7y ago
  I like the idea, whats your stack like. Mapbox/React/Typescript/PostGIS ? Small suggestion from someone who has been purchasing these things for a company before on a small scale, have an option between Free and "Contact Us for pricing" even if you price it >>> than your costs it gives a ballpark for whether I should make the effort to contact you or if it is too expensive right off the mark.
  - brendanmc6 7y ago
    Thanks! Great suggestion on the pricing, thank you. You've got the stack right, but I'm using Firestore instead of PostGIS. Since I don't need spatial queries (yet) and it let me get up and running quickly as a solo dev. Totally happy to chat more about it, just reach out
- tonixx 7y ago
  Brendan, you shouldn't feed the spam bots with your email :) Use a free contact link instead: https://contact.do https://contact.do
clay_the_ripper 7y ago
I’m a former product manger, currently running a successful marketing agency. Agency mostly runs itself so looking for new opportunities. If anyone is looking for a non-code-writing-but-understands-tech co-founder that can handle business/operations/sales side of things I would love to chat.
- ctas 7y ago
  Would love to chat. Ping me (email is in profile).
- atrilumen 7y ago
  What up, Clay?
- zocuments 7y ago
  Let's chat: riley@zocuments.com I'm a technical founder with a functional product.
- hoki 7y ago
  Can you ping me please?
AmoghM 7y ago
I'm based out of New York currently and involved in building a NLP-heavy product in the B2C side. I already have past experience of working in the area of NLP and Knowledge Graphs at a nascent startup which is doing great. I have learned a lot during that time and have cognizance of the market I am targeting. Based on my market survey, there is a clear possibility of disruption since the big giants have completely ignored that huge chunk. Currently, I am involved in building the model side and I am looking for someone who has exposure to full-stack development, can build the android/ios apps. I can team-up with backend work. The target is to have an MVP by January 2020 (tentative). I am very open to the tech-stack as long as it can scale and breathe for a good time. We can discuss more the intricacies of the idea. There needs to be a hustle, passion to build the product and faith in our team. If this sounds interesting then hit me up here:- amogh dot mishra at columbia dot edu
anindha 7y ago
I am a founder at Lamno.com and looking for a co-founder. If you are technical and like teaching and open-source please reach out to anindha@lamno.com. Lamno has raised a pre-seed round and is in an accelerator program in Sydney.
- dbetteridge 7y ago
  Out of the Antler program right? Saw some good stuff coming out of there (You may have met a colleague of mine Ben C.W)
  - anindha 7y ago
    Yes thats right. Small world.
    - dbetteridge 7y ago
      Australia ,like a big country town. Best of luck with your venture!
rolleiflex 7y ago
Not looking for a co-founder, but open to collaborating with other like-minded people here in SF. I'm the maintainer of Aether, an open-source peer-to-peer network in Go that is inspired by Reddit, but also has elections, moderator transparency, and so on. (https://getaether.net https://getaether.net) Also the founder of Aether Pro, an async, low-noise, high-focus discussion tool for product teams. (https://getaether.net/pro https://getaether.net/pro) As to what I can help with, I'm the product designer/frontend/backend of the two products above: I can offer my wildly unqualified opinion from gradients to gradient descent, building peer-to-peer networks and how to break NATs with weirdly shaped TCP packets — as well as a few other things. (Email in profile)
logikblok 7y ago
Team of two looking for a technical co founder to build an Ed Tech product. Based in London / UK would be ideal. We have an MVP developed, pilot organisations ready to start this November and seed funding. Would be great to chat anyone interested in ed tech, social enterprise and software.
mrlanderson 7y ago
Two projects: 1. The web is completely broken. We need the equivalent of an immune system for it to filter through the rapidly-increasing pathogens and misinformation. Facebook sucks, but so does Google. 2. A tech community centered around collaborative research, curation and content discovery. This turns out to be a good way to connect smart, capable people together. Email in profile.
londons_explore 7y ago
Anyone with fun startup ideas in London give me a shout. I like to build rapid prototypes to prove or disprove concepts.
- simonahgilbert 7y ago
  Is that London, UK?
  - londons_explore 7y ago
    Yes
- tuned 7y ago
  here from London as well. Software engineer that would like to experiment freely with new tech stack.
- freddieoduks 7y ago
  I'm based in London and have an idea I'm working on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21354004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21354004 How can I reach you? keen to validate/invalidate this quickly.
deobrats 7y ago
Yugal is my 2nd startup. Previously built and sold Gazemetrix. Have a bunch of experience in Social, B2B SaaS, Machine Learning. Looking for a co-founder who can write code and is willing to learn and unlearn quickly. Yugal is a peer-to-peer service marketplace where Youtubers hire other youtubers to help with specific tasks in the creation workflow such as editing, sound, script, thumbnail design etc. Running a successful YouTube channel requires you to be good at a number of things - script, editing, voice-overs etc. It is nearly impossible for a single individual to be good at all of these. Yugal makes creators successful by letting them skip over their skill gaps and get work done by other creators who already have those specific skills.
dex_tec 7y ago
We're a data science R&D company founded in 2017 with 4 core team members: 2 co-founders, technical (CTO) and non-technical (CEO), a data scientist and software engineer, focused on large-scale NLP projects development with state-of-the-art models. We are located in Kyiv, Ukraine, with sales representatives in Canada (Toronto), United states (New York) and UAE (Dubai). We also have proprietary product - bio-medical question-answering system, and received grant from the US for the further R&D. Last year the income of the company reached $150k, and we're planning to make 5x in 2020. We're looking for: - Technical or non-technical co-founder (equity sharing) who has connections and will be able to represent us to Fortune 1000 companies. - Technical or non-technical co-founder (equity sharing) or business-partners who has connections with investors in Palo Alto / San Francisco and will be able to represent us. - Business partners, who interested to sell our products or services join [-at-] dex [-dot-] re
atrilumen 7y ago
I'm a software developer with a weird background: autodidactic since early childhood; always working obsessively on a personal project; freelancing since about 2005 as a last-ditch solution to financial distress. For the past several years I've been working on a novel computing interface, and approach to software creation. I've failed to launch or even complete a satisfactory demo because without funding I just can't seem to finish anything; every road looks too long at some point, and I reboot. Or I take on some paying work, and when I come back to it my thinking or dependencies have changed, and I reboot. The result is many broken projects and no demo / MVP. I'm obsessive and highly resistant to compromise, and I need help managing time and money. I need a strong business partner who can understand my vision and help me to stay on track, and make things happen while my head is down (or in the clouds). I need help getting funding. I need help scoping an MVP and getting it in front of early customers. But what is it? See the deck linked in my profile, and please ask questions. I can't seem to get people to see it without very lengthy discussion. Even then, I know they aren't seeing what I see. I can't express how frustrated I am. I can't stop. I feel like, because I see it, it's my responsibility to the world. I imagine all the people that it will help, and know that if I fail I will have let them down. I'm doing unrelated work now to feed myself, and making very slow progress. Please, somebody unshackle me so I can do this!
- rabidonrails 7y ago
  I don't understand your business or deck. It seems like a chatbot...but maybe smarter...somehow? Because you're going to bring users into the loop...with threads? But also you charge $99 per hour for developers? I don't get what the product is or the market or the opportunity... I'd recommend that you check out the AirBnB deck and then go back to your and simplify it: https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch-deck-editable https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch... Just my .02
  - atrilumen 7y ago
    Thanks, Rabid. I know I'm not being clear. The goal is to present a magic software interface. I want to say, "forget about apps. What do you want to do? How can I help you?" ...and be an interface to the people who can make these things happen, whether it's location-based services, "business logic", or integrations with other platforms. I want to offer a service like Magic, for concierge, but include software development as one of those services. Lazily, on demand. Presenting everything in threads, including graphical elements, is what I see enabling this wizard of oz approach to creating new software on demand. It's also how I imagine eliminating the clutter of 'traditional' software. Instead of throwing a bunch of buttons, links, and menus at people and hoping they can navigate it... Slater just tells you what to do next, and never shows more than a small handful of choices at a time... and always gives you a way to ask for something different. And if it's something unexpected, it gets handled by a human, and that's how we learn what to build. If a human isn't available immediately, it will ask for permission to holler back later (push notifications, email, etc). I don't think words do it justice. I just have to show it. FML.
aravindhdorai 7y ago
Hi everyone - I've been a product manager at Microsoft as well as a few startups (Zocdoc, TpT) and I've seen that skills for success in any role are becoming increasingly ambiguous. I'm building Tome to help people identify their skill gaps and access a personalized library of learning content. I'm currently inviting people to request early access here: https://www.tomelearning.com/ https://www.tomelearning.com/. I have a background in CS but I'm looking for an experienced technical partner in the NYC area - feel free to ping me at aravindh.dorai @ gmail.com.
neural_thing 7y ago
I am currently building a brain stimulation device. I believe that we are only beginning to tap the potential of brain stimulation, and that the technology will be able to help with a wide variety of health issues, as well as help achieve optimal performance in whatever matters to you.I have a working prototype (which helped me tremendously with chronic pain and depression), a vision I'd love to discuss further, and I'm ready to fund the company myself/have interested investors. I'm looking for somebody who has shipped consumer hardware before. Doesn't have to be brain-related, just looking for somebody who has successfully managed transforming a prototype into a manufactured product. I'm based in LA, s.alexashenko@gmail.com (Sergey)
utricularian 7y ago
Great timing, I am! I’m a software engineer with 15 years of startup experience including two IPOs. I have an idea for accessory subscriptions that fills a niche that seems to have no competitors. I have need of the following, any help on any would be amazing: - full stack generalist engineer: I cant code all the time if I’m doing everything else - business statistician: revenue models around subscriptions are fairly difficult - marketing guru: I’ve coded my entire life, never been much for marketing campaigns
birdiesanders 7y ago
I am. I have a fully developed product, a multi-lingual evacuation alert platform, but I don't have anyone in my life with actual time to help me kick it into viable revenue.
ghettolabs 7y ago
Currently a DevOps Engineer and Mobile app developer. I'd like to build something with someone. I work full time so it would have to start as a side project.
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mmili 7y ago
Looking for Technical Co-Founder. Im based in NYC. Building an open bank for Africa focusing on SME's and moving to credit / debt markets down the road. Am currently speaking with investors and looking to get an MVP to market. marcusmilione@gmail.com (Marcus)
- freddieoduks 7y ago
  If you ever need connections with people in FinTech in Africa (Nigeria specifically) I can intro you to people as I know a lot of people in the ecosystem. Also keen to learn more about what you're building.
- tixocloud 7y ago
  In banking but more on AI/ML side of things. Would be interested to learn more about what you're doing.
- idjango 7y ago
  I have a "similar" idea I've been thinking about for the last few years. I'm not a developer but I know a bit or two about coding. Sent you an email
peterburkimsher 7y ago
Technical engineer looking for a businessman. The EspUSB is a WiFi-controlled keyboard and mouse. A small dongle fits completely inside a USB port, and creates a WiFi network that you can connect to from your phone. It shares a web page, where you can drag the cursor around, or type in text, and have it appear directly on the computer. A video of it in action is on YouTube. [1] The original open-source design is by [cnlohr], and is available on Github [2]. It was around from 2016, and I waited patiently for someone to manufacture it so I could buy it on eBay/Tindie/AliExpress/etc. Nobody built it. Finally I studied the design files, figured out the BOM from the schematics, guessed a load of manufacturing parameters, and got PCBWay to build me 3 prototypes. They work! I've since updated the firmware to let me type in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Thai, etc - not only English and German. This is particularly important for foreigners in such countries, where it's easier to type on a virtual keyboard on a phone, instead of putting stickers all over a laptop keyboard. Now I'd like to order more EspUSB devices, so that other people can get them too. 8 people have expressed an interest so far, and one of them wanted 10 units. I can afford to buy 100 units at $25 each from the factory, if I'm confident that I'll have either the money or the devices at the end. I do not want to make a profit on it; if you do, you can keep the money. If you're willing to handle the business side (FCC/CE certification issues, tax, import duties, etc) and assure me that I won't be sued, then I can get you the devices. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBzOaLbWhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBzOaLbWhM [2] https://github.com/cnlohr/espusb/wiki/Getting-Started-Guide https://github.com/cnlohr/espusb/wiki/Getting-Started-Guide
- bobbonew 7y ago
  Just wanted to say I’m so damn impressed. Don’t stop hustling friend, you’re going to make it if you keep pushing forward!!!
vlindos 7y ago
Solo / technical found here. Built rod.run, a responsive SaaS platform for teleconsultations. Just launched here in Bulgaria few weeks ago and already have some feedback that I am working on. Looking for business partner that could help spreading to other markets.
jtansley 7y ago
I’m hoping to attend the YC Hackathon next month and I want to form a team to work on an idea. I know enough Swift to hack together MVP’s with Firebase. The project is related to gaming and Twitch streaming. Feel free to send me an email if interested. Thanks!
hyder_m29 7y ago
In S.America, we have an opportunity where a customer is waiting for a product that another company failed to deliver. I've partnered with local contact who is securing the project. I have built something similar recently and I'm currently coding this project myself. We need investment to procure the requisite hardware. Email in my profile.
rwmurrayVT 7y ago
I'm in Norfolk, VA. I am interested in someone to help me take the NASA technology for RFID torque & tension sensing bolts [0] and commercialize it in the maritime industry and/or bridge building. I'm leaning more towards maritime since I live in a ship building and ship repair area. My email is rwmurray on the vt.edu domain. [0] https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MSC-TOPS-49 https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MSC-TOPS-49
achillesheels 7y ago
In Los Angeles. Looking for a tech lead co-founder and roommate at the same time I’ve been working on a mobile app since 2014 when I became fed up with $300 badge scanners at trade shows while in a tech sales position. It’s pivoted towards a short-and-sweet point-and-click cloud organizer for business cards and contact data syncing and is built with the Azure OCR computer vision API in mind for signal processing. It’s in the Apple App store called Sales-Linked (rebranding to Slink or Slinked). I’ve been searching for a tech lead for the software development team in Armenia and for rapid prototyping while going to market (beachhead is professional networking events such as Network after Work). Roommate of 3 years is returning to the East Coast, leaving a private master bedroom and bathroom in a 2-bedroom 2-bath apartment open Dec. 1. He will be taking all the living room furniture. Walking distance to Downtown Culver and Palms Metro Station and adjacent to 10/405 interchange. Amenities include gated parking, central a/c, balcony, vaulted ceilings, friendly neighbors and incredible landlords. (Pet-friendly too) This is a very Silicon Valley move (where I’m from) to incubate a SaaS product toward commercialization and seed capital from institutional investors. Looking for the right person who is ready for the next adventure in their lives towards financial freedom. 50% equity stake for the risk. $1250 monthly rent. About me: From Sunnyvale, son of an immigrant who was in the start-up scene in the 80’s. Been in LA since 2010. Dropped out of my Graduate Program at USC in Biomedical Engineering to join the LED lighting manufacturing world. Currently busy growing TopGrow Lighting with my co-founder and high school friend (who still lives in Sunnyvale) manufacturing LED lamp replacements for marijuana cultivation, and my personal brand on Instagram as an arts & culture writer (@jhazani) I’ve been the crash test dummy for the app while doing the field sales of TopGrow and have found it indispensable with all the contacts I gain as a necessity of being customer-facing. But it falls short as a full product with the necessary features of contact filtering and above all else: OCR scanning and data exporting. If you’re intrepid enough, I invite you to check the place out and see where things go.
- The_DaveG 7y ago
  In my trade show experience, the $300 scanners are terrible and most of the time don't scan. I'm not sure if it's typically a scanner issue, a QR code issue, or a system issue, but everything the scanner actually works it's a surprise! I'm on the wrong side of the country, but will keep an eye on you guys and hope to see you at some shows soon.
hudvin 7y ago
I am working on image search engine based on AI (demo: http://demo.khumbu.im/ http://demo.khumbu.im/ ). Khumbu detected faces, objects, scenes, metadata on images etc and provides flexible search using this information (see http://demo.khumbu.im/examples/ http://demo.khumbu.im/examples/). UI is a little bit ugly(sorry, I am backend person), but everything else is up and running. Currently I work on REST api, k8s deployment and some AI-related things. I also got some small investments to rent servers. I am looking for person who could work on UI related things, product improvement and has experience in startups. Europe is preferable. my email: hudvin@gmail.com
bshafii 7y ago
Hey I’m living in Berlin in search of people who share these values : * Cooperation * Freedom * Diversity * Intellectual curiosity I participated in yc startup school, applied to yc To create a social network for coworking spaces but got rejected. I have other ideas in mind to follow up but am also open to anything. * On-demand retail spaces. Make it easy as possible for entrepreneurs to open brick-and-mortar stores by becoming the AWS of retail spaces giving people all they need to bootstrap their ideas. * A platform for developers of SMEs to simplify the creation of public APIs by letting them focus on the business logic. By abstracting user management, api keys, and deployment. * A community-driven affiliation-free app to share step by step life changes. * An app to match mentors and mentees. Send a message to ben@prologe.io
baylessj 7y ago
Hi, I'm in Eastern Time Zone USA and I'm looking for someone interested in helping me build a cross-platform mobile and web app for keeping track of car maintenance tasks. I have an above average set of development and team leading experience for someone only recently out of college (https://github.com/baylessj https://github.com/baylessj), but I would greatly appreciate someone with more experience in developing profitable projects or simply another developer to collaborate with. I'm currently developing the app in Flutter, you can view my progress and some degree of planning in the project's github repo here: https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo I would prefer someone in a similar time zone to me, but that's not a hard requirement. You can reach me at: contact [at] autodo.app!
realty_geek 7y ago
I built this: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder Right now I am monetizing it by providing premium real estate websites based on it. I have a ton of other features / ways of monetizing that I'd like to explore. Leave me a message if you'd like to work with me on this.
reilly_cooper 7y ago
I'm trying to create synthetic microbial communities to prevent disease transmission through the environment. I'm a current PhD candidate studying microbiomes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, so I guess I'm a technical founder (though I don't have a product yet, just some candidate species to combat a livestock pathogen). I'd love to find a businessperson or another biologist to work with. Email me at: reilly [dot] owen [dot] cooper [at] gmail [dot] com :)
abhishek99 7y ago
I'm based out of Vancouver, Canada. 26 year old. Over 10 years of experience. I'm a full-stack developer .. can do backend (Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.), web frontend (React, Vue, Tailwind, Bootstrap, UI and UX design) and mobile apps for Android and iOS (native - Java / ObjectiveC or with React Native). Trying to figure a way out to convert all the technical skills to a startup. Would love to collab with someone..
cpinto 7y ago
I am bootstrapping UsePixie.com, which is a Basecamp for accountants. Just barely launched in fact. Feedback has been really good and a few firms are using it. Tiny team, distributed, but the company’s UK based. I’m looking for a full stack tech lead to take over from me, but I’d surely prefer a more experienced/senior long term partner/co-founder. Tech stack is Rails running on AWS, with sprinkles of Vue in a few key parts of the app. These are the principles that have guided us so far: https://medium.com/pomarhq/pomars-guiding-principles-ca00356174ce https://medium.com/pomarhq/pomars-guiding-principles-ca00356... If anyone’s interested my email is celso@usepixie.com
soneca 7y ago
I am creating what I am calling a "quiet social network". Paid by subscription, not ads. Which allows a model with no notifications, that you only add few friends/family, with a lot of control of who sees your posts. It is a side-project, with moderate bootstrapping ambitions only. If the idea and company style fits you, email me (on profile)
freddieoduks 7y ago
I'm based in London, UK and currently working on idea for a fintech for gig workers. The idea is to be the aggregrator for gig workers and have a marketplace where we partner with the likes of credit unions for loans/savings products for example. I'm currently doing customer development and revamping the website based on the interviews so far. Still doing this part-time as I have a day job as a Data Scientist at a UK Fintech Alt Lender. Although I have technical skills (I can code python), they aren't that great and I'm looking to partner with someone technical. I see a big opporunity for this so very likely to go the VC route rather than the Indie route. If anyone is interested please shoot me an email freddie@earnedit.co.uk. For more info about me, check out this talk about one of my ML projects https://youtu.be/JyITLcJSM-Q https://youtu.be/JyITLcJSM-Q and I also ran a personal finance blog (shutdown the website) https://medium.com/@TheDailyKobo https://medium.com/@TheDailyKobo twitter (https://twitter.com/TheDailyKobo https://twitter.com/TheDailyKobo)
idjango 7y ago
I'm be based in Paris and working on not the sexiest idea : a graphite/prometheus/influx Saas platform. The goal is to have a robust platform where companies and developers can throw their metrics and use a hosted or on-premise grafana to graph the data. I have other Ideas much more sexy but want to make this work first Anyone interested ?
mosesmorayo 7y ago
Based in Nigeria, my self and my brother founded the first ever cryptocurrency payment processor in Africa (https://paychant.com https://paychant.com). Paychant is a crypto payment processor that lets merchants accept payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. At the moment we are currently looking for a third co-founder that will be specialized in the business legal, access to investors, sales and marketing. please kindly email us at support@paychant.com if you're interested. Thanks.
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Abtin098 7y ago
We’re trying to solve how people collect, organize and retrieve information once for all with a simple interface and intelligent platform. Making cross-team collaboration businesses amazing and powerful API for bot integration. We have already an alpha version, haven’t launch yet end of Q4! we’re looking for a Solid backend engineer as a third person to join our team (preferably someone comfortable with coding in Go and web socket). Reach out if you’re interested to solve information management, sunmmm@gmail.com
tk999 7y ago
I am a full stack programmer want to be "yet another CRM" system. If anybody interested, drop me an email.

Wish HN did something like this monthly. 24 year old, software engineer here.

man me too - also 24 - always looking to help people with interesting projects. Lets make match.com for co-founders on HN

abhinuvpitale 7y ago
haha, very interesting idea, check out angel.co

pouta 7y ago

I am. Currently at 2.5k MRR working alone. We build tools journalists love by aggregating, benchmarking and integrating hundreds of APIs under a single web interface. Our tech is a 'lingua franca' of APIs. We started with newsrooms but the benefits apply pretty much to any large Enterprise. Newsrooms were a good first vertical because they are desperate for innovation. Hit me up: moura at the oko.ai domain

tuesdayrain 7y ago
Interesting idea. When I hear "lingua franca of APIs" it makes me think of GraphQL.

goworthy 7y ago

I'd like to build something with someone. I work full time so it would have to start as a side project. I'm in Ireland so someone who likes remote or is in the same timezone would work best.

ggcdn 7y ago
What are your interests and skills? I'm also looking for someone to build a side project with. I've got a few things I'm working on but they aren't necessarily huge money makers.

simonahgilbert 7y ago

I’m keen. Based in Manchester, UK. Have co-founded 2 startups (1 successful, 1 that failed). I’ve learnt a lot from both. My blog is here - www.simongilbert.net (There are 2 news articles linked on my blog regarding my first startup, for some clarity on the product). Feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn or Github. * EDIT * It’s worth noting that I have a spreadsheet of ideas for stuff I’d like to build, it’s just finding the right people (even if they’re remote).

tuned 7y ago
Hi, I am a software engineer currently in London. Looking for new ideas to experiment new tools.

rob2837 7y ago

Software developer with engineering background from Germany here. I work for a startup but am keen to found my own. I‘m looking for cofounders preferably from Germany.

ctas 7y ago
Ping me.
michaelschmitz 7y ago
Hi! Also based in Germany. Send me a message if you want to chat.
MichaelRazum 7y ago
you can ping me as well. Interested in trading, machine learning and new tech.
- sarangab 7y ago
  Saw your post on trading. We should talk!
- rob2837 7y ago
  How can i contact you?
  - MichaelRazum 7y ago
    Hi, sry forgot to provide an email: clayton.4a4184ab@tryninja.io

voz14005 7y ago

I'm currently building something that has shown great product market fit at another company, although they aren't pursuing it, and is in a big industry. I am technical, and am looking for a technical cofounder. If you can build web and mobile software, send me an email at voz14005@protonmail.com. Preferred location is SF or LA.

bryceneal 7y ago

Not a co-founder per-say, but I'm open to connecting or collaborating with other makers in San Francisco. I'm a software engineer with experience building web applications and services. Most recently working on Dapps/Defi, but interested in other spaces as well. Let's grab coffee! https://bryce.is/writing/code https://bryce.is/writing/code

rpm33 7y ago
What's your e-mail? pinging you.

staticautomatic 7y ago

SF-based. Legal tech. Lots of domain expertise. Shopping a product for acquisition now, hoping to build another. I'm moderately proficient in Python but need a technical partner. Ideally looking for someone who is into NLP. Reply here if interested in chatting.

elliekelly 7y ago
What kind of legal tech?
- staticautomatic 7y ago
  Mainly litigation.
mrfusion 7y ago
Sounds interesting. Send me an email if you want to chat.
- staticautomatic 7y ago
  email sent!
pspencer 7y ago
I work in legal tech nlp/automation right now. I'd like to chat.
- staticautomatic 7y ago
  Great. I've added an email to my profile. Would love to talk.
michaelschmitz 7y ago
Nice to meet you. EU-based, also LegalTech with multiple companies (not all visible on LN) and a few interesting partners. Feel free to say hi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acmichaelschmitz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/acmichaelschmitz/

paogli 7y ago

I am! I am looking for third co-founder, ideally someone interested in the game industry, who could take the role of CTO. Not making a game,ha. There's one other technical co-founder who has been working on our mobile software. Located in Chicago, but would like someone in the Bay Area. I will likely be flying there this November if you want to meet up. Here's my email: sauzciok@outlook.com Thanks!

riffic 7y ago

Los Angeles, sysadmin, looking to collaborate on decentralized social media for the public good. you can PM me on reddit with the same username.

ccvannorman 7y ago

Me: Full stack game dev. You: Business dev, ideally with connections in game industry. Product: AR collaboration tools and games built on Unity. -- more about me: www.vannorman.ai Based in Chicago currently, visit SF frequently, open to remote and relocating depending on opportunity. Culture fit is the most important ;-]

soulnothing 7y ago

Me: Back End / Full Stack. Cloud to Data wiring to Android / Web but no design. Looking For: A: Help as a primary co-founder building a back end, or the core infrastructure. B: I have an idea I've been working on for content creators, initially authors and editors. But it is very design / front end heavy. So am looking for a front end dev.

goldenchrome 7y ago

UX Designer at Google with some front end chops interested in working on a practical project that solves a real user problem. Reply here and let's chat! Based in the Bay Area.

abhinuvpitale 7y ago
I could use some help on a hobby project for charity, ping me on <HNusername>@gmail.com
pouta 7y ago
Last month I did a week of user interviews in one of my customers office I noticed for the first time that their face light up as soon as they know I'm the guy that made the "new thing". That made me realize I'm actually making journalists lives better with my software. I left a comment with more details in this post. I'm a software engineer with plenty of professional experience and design is not my strong.
eg312 7y ago
how can I contact you? My email address is in my profile
hyuuu 7y ago
hey I am a senior software engineer at FB, I am not looking for a co-founder specifically but I would love to expand my network and just chat, pick each other brains and whatnot. Not sure how to contact you, I'll keep an eye on this thread for the next few days, hope to talk to you soon!

nmfisher 7y ago

I'll be relocating to Singapore in a few months, and I'm looking to connect with someone local who might be interested in working on a mobile AI (natural language) platform. Ideally someone with some business, marketing or design chops. Remote collaborations would be great, but probably not something I'll explore until after I relocate (early 2020).

trevett 7y ago

Building a mobile-first business directory and messenger for LatAm and rest of developing world. Looking for a co-founder with product and marketing chops.

sarangab 7y ago

Building an algorithmic trading product. Looking for people to collaborate part-time. Http://invsto.com

magicbuzz 7y ago

Front end focused dev who is always interested in building interesting things. I built a geocoder (API->NLP->NodeJS->Postgres/PostGIS) and sold it earlier this year. Been working mostly on React/GraphQL incl mapping for US dev shop this year. My timezone is 4 hrs after US west coast. Details at https://timburgess.github.io https://timburgess.github.io

brendanmc6 7y ago
Sounds like your skills would really come in handy with my project! I posted another comment in this thread with more info.

Rodeoclash 7y ago

I'm a Melbourne, Australia based developer that's been working on a product that can launch any pull request or commit into a self contained, sharable environment accessed via a simple link. A few people are working in this space but my product has a few features that others don't have which I can go over. I'm at the point where we use the tool continuously at my day job but I'm fairly time poor to take it beyond that. I'd be looking to connect with others that have built and promoted similar developer tools. Personal homepage: richardson.co.nz

ethanwillis 7y ago
That's an interesting idea. Is there some way to follow or subscribe to anything for updates?
- Rodeoclash 7y ago
  I haven't setup a formal mailing list yet but send me an email at sam@richardson.co.nz and I'll make sure you get updates.
  - Rodeoclash 7y ago
    Edit: A signup form can be found at https://forms.gle/cMB2mDbt5342bQ8P9 https://forms.gle/cMB2mDbt5342bQ8P9 if you want to keep up to date.
  - tonixx 7y ago
    Sam, you shouldn't feed the spam bots with your email :) Use a free contact link instead: https://contact.do https://contact.do
nickstrickler 7y ago
I like the idea. Who else do you know of that is working on this?
- Rodeoclash 7y ago

rpm33 7y ago

I've been working on an interesting problem at the intersection of B2B and ML. Built a strong pipeline of high growth companies in the bay area. Currently, at $20k ARR with an MVP I built myself. I'm an engineer turned founder. Looking for another technical co-founder who's either into ML (or) into general app building. I'm based out of SF and would love to chat! Email in my account.

The_DaveG 7y ago
Do you have a website or demo you can share? I'm in the space where B2B and ML collide with the Industrial space. Always looking for a ML solution that fits the need and can offer to the large groups that are interested.
bobsru 7y ago
Sorry, I didn't find your email in your profile. Would love to chat if you are interested!
tixocloud 7y ago
Keen to learn more but seems like your email isn't there?
rpm33 7y ago
Updated.

Avi-D-coder 7y ago

Building an immutable/transnational database/runtime with the goal of bring the joys of FP (STM, immutability/persistence) to any language. If you love FP and Rust, but are intricately familiar with the "joys" of lock freedom and C11 atomics give me shout.

hemantv 7y ago

Currently CTO of Goodly. Busy a bit but always love to help people. Happy to chat if you are in SF.

chataway 7y ago

Building Instant group chat for nearby loosely affiliated people (does the world need yet another chat app?, surprisingly it does!) What I am building unlocks value and solves problems of current options. Maintains privacy, keeps out randos. No, isn’t one of those been done million times, who is around you, just based on GPS, apps). The magic happens in the backend, looking for someone who will focus on development of all server-side logic, You can make mobile apps that can handle lots of concurrent chats/chatrooms, thousands of users. It starts out simple but gets complex, lots of interesting problems to solve. More concerned about it works than how it looks, so basic frontend skills would be nice, but again back matters more Basic MVP already built with React Native. You would not be building from scratch, but adding features (some very basic like social login and images) then followed by more complex things. Later we can do swift/kotlin apps for iOS/Android if needed. You being based in the Bay Area would be nice but not a requirement. Built other chat apps before or something like that? Say hi. email in profile. Looking forward to working with someone who likes to move fast and make something pretty cool. Its a big market we would be targeting.

chataway 7y ago
Small favor from anyone reading this post. Even if this isnt for you, can you pass it on if you think of someone who might be interested? Thanks.

quaquaqua1 7y ago

I need a business guy to run all of the legal/operations day to day stuff. I have a business in the home heating oil space that I only want to run as a CTO. I am also open to programming all of your ideas as well in a separate biz. Please email :) the alias is "dogchienwoof" at google's email service

p1esk 7y ago

I’m looking for someone with deep learning experience to work on music generation/synthesis ideas. This would be more like a side project at first, and (depending on the quality of the PoC we build) can lead to a startup. I have 5 years of DL research experience in several areas (vision, speech, NLP).

julius_set 7y ago

I am. I’m building an automated design tool that converts design tool files into auto generated code or a templating language that can be used to render views / flows natively on web / native mobile. I’m looking for someone who can help with web front end and backend, I work horizontally across the stack on iOS / Android building SDKs and native mobile experiences. I have 6 years of experience in the industry, have been part of a successful acquisition and now mostly highly interested in building this design company idea. Why am I building this? Companies waste too much resources on building design then handing off later — essentially 2X the work. Giving designers / product people this sort of technology would empower them to validate their ideas quickly — essential to finding product market fit quickly. Where I’m currently at: - I have an exceptionally fast text editor - I can convert 3 of the major mobile design tool files into a templating language than can be used to render native views on the fly - Mac app centered around this technology - Lots of hard problems solved around the current idea What I’m looking for: - someone who is as excited about this idea as I am - someone experienced in backend and web front end - Next steps are finalizing UX / porting a web app for people to use (sort of like Figma) - integrate in analytics services - versioning system for designers Reply to this post if anyone is interested I’ll post an email to connect to if anyone cares.

notadoctor_ssh 7y ago
Hey, would love to chat on this. Can you share your email?
skelet 7y ago
Hi, I'm working on something similar but targeting Web frameworks for the moment. https://skelet.app https://skelet.app
- bobbonew 7y ago
  Need that mobile app. Good luck!

semireg 7y ago

I’m a full-stack hardware integrator. My consulting is mostly iOS + Bluetooth sensors, some node for edge IOT computing. My side hustle is Electron/React + USB label printers: https://label.live https://label.live. If there’s someone out there that wants to work on a modern label printer app - send me an email at help @ label.live. Or .. If someone had an idea for an electron app that interfaces with challenging hardware - I just might have an existing solution to leverage. I’ve also had to solve per-machine Electron app licensing and built a nice solution using React, GraphQL and JWT.

ram_rar 7y ago

I am building a very simple status page app, that actually works. Think like zoom of status page. A very simple easily integrated via apis. Offering On-prem/Saas version of the software which integrates with all most of the services. I had to start working on it, cuz I wasnt happy with any of the solutions out there (statuspage / statusio / hund ... etc) I have worked in sysadmin/devops roles in the past and have fairly extensive knowledge on how SRE/OPs culture work. I have built SRE teams in the previous jobs. you being in bay area would be helpful, but not an absolute requirement. if you're interested mail me tapblah at protonmail dot com

ctas 7y ago

I'm a full-stack developer building a visual code intelligence tool to help developers understand code faster. Already built profitable SaaS successfully in the past. Looking for someone with a network of decision makers (senior developers, team leaders, or above) to jump in the role of the CEO, or knowledge in PLT and/or graphics programming.

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justforfunhere 7y ago

India ( NCR, Remote ) I am currently working on a product in the News field and looking for someone who is excited about disrupting how people consume news online. Email in my profile.

brendanmc6 7y ago

I've been building this crowdmapping tool for a long time now, and would love any help I can get. https://canvis.app/demo https://canvis.app/demo TypeScript and React skills would be great. But what I really need is some sales and marketing hustle. I have been invited to be the tech provider on some research funding proposals, but aside from that don't have much time to hunt down more customers, or to lay SEO ground work. My extra time and energy goes to coding. It's niche. No unicorn here. Although I'm still confident there is a market out there because it's supporting much more expensive and cumbersome competitors! If you are even slightly interested shoot me an email at info@canvis.app

dbetteridge 7y ago
I like the idea, whats your stack like. Mapbox/React/Typescript/PostGIS ? Small suggestion from someone who has been purchasing these things for a company before on a small scale, have an option between Free and "Contact Us for pricing" even if you price it >>> than your costs it gives a ballpark for whether I should make the effort to contact you or if it is too expensive right off the mark.
- brendanmc6 7y ago
  Thanks! Great suggestion on the pricing, thank you. You've got the stack right, but I'm using Firestore instead of PostGIS. Since I don't need spatial queries (yet) and it let me get up and running quickly as a solo dev. Totally happy to chat more about it, just reach out
tonixx 7y ago
Brendan, you shouldn't feed the spam bots with your email :) Use a free contact link instead: https://contact.do https://contact.do

clay_the_ripper 7y ago

I’m a former product manger, currently running a successful marketing agency. Agency mostly runs itself so looking for new opportunities. If anyone is looking for a non-code-writing-but-understands-tech co-founder that can handle business/operations/sales side of things I would love to chat.

ctas 7y ago
Would love to chat. Ping me (email is in profile).
atrilumen 7y ago
What up, Clay?
zocuments 7y ago
Let's chat: riley@zocuments.com I'm a technical founder with a functional product.
hoki 7y ago
Can you ping me please?

AmoghM 7y ago

I'm based out of New York currently and involved in building a NLP-heavy product in the B2C side. I already have past experience of working in the area of NLP and Knowledge Graphs at a nascent startup which is doing great. I have learned a lot during that time and have cognizance of the market I am targeting. Based on my market survey, there is a clear possibility of disruption since the big giants have completely ignored that huge chunk. Currently, I am involved in building the model side and I am looking for someone who has exposure to full-stack development, can build the android/ios apps. I can team-up with backend work. The target is to have an MVP by January 2020 (tentative). I am very open to the tech-stack as long as it can scale and breathe for a good time. We can discuss more the intricacies of the idea. There needs to be a hustle, passion to build the product and faith in our team. If this sounds interesting then hit me up here:- amogh dot mishra at columbia dot edu

anindha 7y ago

I am a founder at Lamno.com and looking for a co-founder. If you are technical and like teaching and open-source please reach out to anindha@lamno.com. Lamno has raised a pre-seed round and is in an accelerator program in Sydney.

dbetteridge 7y ago
Out of the Antler program right? Saw some good stuff coming out of there (You may have met a colleague of mine Ben C.W)
- anindha 7y ago
  Yes thats right. Small world.
  - dbetteridge 7y ago
    Australia ,like a big country town. Best of luck with your venture!

rolleiflex 7y ago

Not looking for a co-founder, but open to collaborating with other like-minded people here in SF. I'm the maintainer of Aether, an open-source peer-to-peer network in Go that is inspired by Reddit, but also has elections, moderator transparency, and so on. (https://getaether.net https://getaether.net) Also the founder of Aether Pro, an async, low-noise, high-focus discussion tool for product teams. (https://getaether.net/pro https://getaether.net/pro) As to what I can help with, I'm the product designer/frontend/backend of the two products above: I can offer my wildly unqualified opinion from gradients to gradient descent, building peer-to-peer networks and how to break NATs with weirdly shaped TCP packets — as well as a few other things. (Email in profile)

logikblok 7y ago

Team of two looking for a technical co founder to build an Ed Tech product. Based in London / UK would be ideal. We have an MVP developed, pilot organisations ready to start this November and seed funding. Would be great to chat anyone interested in ed tech, social enterprise and software.

mrlanderson 7y ago

Two projects: 1. The web is completely broken. We need the equivalent of an immune system for it to filter through the rapidly-increasing pathogens and misinformation. Facebook sucks, but so does Google. 2. A tech community centered around collaborative research, curation and content discovery. This turns out to be a good way to connect smart, capable people together. Email in profile.

londons_explore 7y ago

Anyone with fun startup ideas in London give me a shout. I like to build rapid prototypes to prove or disprove concepts.

simonahgilbert 7y ago
Is that London, UK?
- londons_explore 7y ago
  Yes
tuned 7y ago
here from London as well. Software engineer that would like to experiment freely with new tech stack.
freddieoduks 7y ago
I'm based in London and have an idea I'm working on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21354004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21354004 How can I reach you? keen to validate/invalidate this quickly.

deobrats 7y ago

Yugal is my 2nd startup. Previously built and sold Gazemetrix. Have a bunch of experience in Social, B2B SaaS, Machine Learning. Looking for a co-founder who can write code and is willing to learn and unlearn quickly. Yugal is a peer-to-peer service marketplace where Youtubers hire other youtubers to help with specific tasks in the creation workflow such as editing, sound, script, thumbnail design etc. Running a successful YouTube channel requires you to be good at a number of things - script, editing, voice-overs etc. It is nearly impossible for a single individual to be good at all of these. Yugal makes creators successful by letting them skip over their skill gaps and get work done by other creators who already have those specific skills.

dex_tec 7y ago

We're a data science R&D company founded in 2017 with 4 core team members: 2 co-founders, technical (CTO) and non-technical (CEO), a data scientist and software engineer, focused on large-scale NLP projects development with state-of-the-art models. We are located in Kyiv, Ukraine, with sales representatives in Canada (Toronto), United states (New York) and UAE (Dubai). We also have proprietary product - bio-medical question-answering system, and received grant from the US for the further R&D. Last year the income of the company reached $150k, and we're planning to make 5x in 2020. We're looking for: - Technical or non-technical co-founder (equity sharing) who has connections and will be able to represent us to Fortune 1000 companies. - Technical or non-technical co-founder (equity sharing) or business-partners who has connections with investors in Palo Alto / San Francisco and will be able to represent us. - Business partners, who interested to sell our products or services join [-at-] dex [-dot-] re

atrilumen 7y ago

I'm a software developer with a weird background: autodidactic since early childhood; always working obsessively on a personal project; freelancing since about 2005 as a last-ditch solution to financial distress. For the past several years I've been working on a novel computing interface, and approach to software creation. I've failed to launch or even complete a satisfactory demo because without funding I just can't seem to finish anything; every road looks too long at some point, and I reboot. Or I take on some paying work, and when I come back to it my thinking or dependencies have changed, and I reboot. The result is many broken projects and no demo / MVP. I'm obsessive and highly resistant to compromise, and I need help managing time and money. I need a strong business partner who can understand my vision and help me to stay on track, and make things happen while my head is down (or in the clouds). I need help getting funding. I need help scoping an MVP and getting it in front of early customers. But what is it? See the deck linked in my profile, and please ask questions. I can't seem to get people to see it without very lengthy discussion. Even then, I know they aren't seeing what I see. I can't express how frustrated I am. I can't stop. I feel like, because I see it, it's my responsibility to the world. I imagine all the people that it will help, and know that if I fail I will have let them down. I'm doing unrelated work now to feed myself, and making very slow progress. Please, somebody unshackle me so I can do this!

rabidonrails 7y ago
I don't understand your business or deck. It seems like a chatbot...but maybe smarter...somehow? Because you're going to bring users into the loop...with threads? But also you charge $99 per hour for developers? I don't get what the product is or the market or the opportunity... I'd recommend that you check out the AirBnB deck and then go back to your and simplify it: https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch-deck-editable https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/airbnb-first-pitch... Just my .02
- atrilumen 7y ago
  Thanks, Rabid. I know I'm not being clear. The goal is to present a magic software interface. I want to say, "forget about apps. What do you want to do? How can I help you?" ...and be an interface to the people who can make these things happen, whether it's location-based services, "business logic", or integrations with other platforms. I want to offer a service like Magic, for concierge, but include software development as one of those services. Lazily, on demand. Presenting everything in threads, including graphical elements, is what I see enabling this wizard of oz approach to creating new software on demand. It's also how I imagine eliminating the clutter of 'traditional' software. Instead of throwing a bunch of buttons, links, and menus at people and hoping they can navigate it... Slater just tells you what to do next, and never shows more than a small handful of choices at a time... and always gives you a way to ask for something different. And if it's something unexpected, it gets handled by a human, and that's how we learn what to build. If a human isn't available immediately, it will ask for permission to holler back later (push notifications, email, etc). I don't think words do it justice. I just have to show it. FML.

aravindhdorai 7y ago

Hi everyone - I've been a product manager at Microsoft as well as a few startups (Zocdoc, TpT) and I've seen that skills for success in any role are becoming increasingly ambiguous. I'm building Tome to help people identify their skill gaps and access a personalized library of learning content. I'm currently inviting people to request early access here: https://www.tomelearning.com/ https://www.tomelearning.com/. I have a background in CS but I'm looking for an experienced technical partner in the NYC area - feel free to ping me at aravindh.dorai @ gmail.com.

neural_thing 7y ago

I am currently building a brain stimulation device. I believe that we are only beginning to tap the potential of brain stimulation, and that the technology will be able to help with a wide variety of health issues, as well as help achieve optimal performance in whatever matters to you.I have a working prototype (which helped me tremendously with chronic pain and depression), a vision I'd love to discuss further, and I'm ready to fund the company myself/have interested investors. I'm looking for somebody who has shipped consumer hardware before. Doesn't have to be brain-related, just looking for somebody who has successfully managed transforming a prototype into a manufactured product. I'm based in LA, s.alexashenko@gmail.com (Sergey)

utricularian 7y ago

Great timing, I am! I’m a software engineer with 15 years of startup experience including two IPOs. I have an idea for accessory subscriptions that fills a niche that seems to have no competitors. I have need of the following, any help on any would be amazing: - full stack generalist engineer: I cant code all the time if I’m doing everything else - business statistician: revenue models around subscriptions are fairly difficult - marketing guru: I’ve coded my entire life, never been much for marketing campaigns

birdiesanders 7y ago

I am. I have a fully developed product, a multi-lingual evacuation alert platform, but I don't have anyone in my life with actual time to help me kick it into viable revenue.

ghettolabs 7y ago

Currently a DevOps Engineer and Mobile app developer. I'd like to build something with someone. I work full time so it would have to start as a side project.

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mmili 7y ago

Looking for Technical Co-Founder. Im based in NYC. Building an open bank for Africa focusing on SME's and moving to credit / debt markets down the road. Am currently speaking with investors and looking to get an MVP to market. marcusmilione@gmail.com (Marcus)

freddieoduks 7y ago
If you ever need connections with people in FinTech in Africa (Nigeria specifically) I can intro you to people as I know a lot of people in the ecosystem. Also keen to learn more about what you're building.
tixocloud 7y ago
In banking but more on AI/ML side of things. Would be interested to learn more about what you're doing.
idjango 7y ago
I have a "similar" idea I've been thinking about for the last few years. I'm not a developer but I know a bit or two about coding. Sent you an email

peterburkimsher 7y ago

Technical engineer looking for a businessman. The EspUSB is a WiFi-controlled keyboard and mouse. A small dongle fits completely inside a USB port, and creates a WiFi network that you can connect to from your phone. It shares a web page, where you can drag the cursor around, or type in text, and have it appear directly on the computer. A video of it in action is on YouTube. [1] The original open-source design is by [cnlohr], and is available on Github [2]. It was around from 2016, and I waited patiently for someone to manufacture it so I could buy it on eBay/Tindie/AliExpress/etc. Nobody built it. Finally I studied the design files, figured out the BOM from the schematics, guessed a load of manufacturing parameters, and got PCBWay to build me 3 prototypes. They work! I've since updated the firmware to let me type in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Thai, etc - not only English and German. This is particularly important for foreigners in such countries, where it's easier to type on a virtual keyboard on a phone, instead of putting stickers all over a laptop keyboard. Now I'd like to order more EspUSB devices, so that other people can get them too. 8 people have expressed an interest so far, and one of them wanted 10 units. I can afford to buy 100 units at $25 each from the factory, if I'm confident that I'll have either the money or the devices at the end. I do not want to make a profit on it; if you do, you can keep the money. If you're willing to handle the business side (FCC/CE certification issues, tax, import duties, etc) and assure me that I won't be sued, then I can get you the devices. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBzOaLbWhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPBzOaLbWhM [2] https://github.com/cnlohr/espusb/wiki/Getting-Started-Guide https://github.com/cnlohr/espusb/wiki/Getting-Started-Guide

bobbonew 7y ago
Just wanted to say I’m so damn impressed. Don’t stop hustling friend, you’re going to make it if you keep pushing forward!!!

vlindos 7y ago

Solo / technical found here. Built rod.run, a responsive SaaS platform for teleconsultations. Just launched here in Bulgaria few weeks ago and already have some feedback that I am working on. Looking for business partner that could help spreading to other markets.

jtansley 7y ago

I’m hoping to attend the YC Hackathon next month and I want to form a team to work on an idea. I know enough Swift to hack together MVP’s with Firebase. The project is related to gaming and Twitch streaming. Feel free to send me an email if interested. Thanks!

hyder_m29 7y ago

In S.America, we have an opportunity where a customer is waiting for a product that another company failed to deliver. I've partnered with local contact who is securing the project. I have built something similar recently and I'm currently coding this project myself. We need investment to procure the requisite hardware. Email in my profile.

rwmurrayVT 7y ago

I'm in Norfolk, VA. I am interested in someone to help me take the NASA technology for RFID torque & tension sensing bolts [0] and commercialize it in the maritime industry and/or bridge building. I'm leaning more towards maritime since I live in a ship building and ship repair area. My email is rwmurray on the vt.edu domain. [0] https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MSC-TOPS-49 https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/MSC-TOPS-49

achillesheels 7y ago

In Los Angeles. Looking for a tech lead co-founder and roommate at the same time I’ve been working on a mobile app since 2014 when I became fed up with $300 badge scanners at trade shows while in a tech sales position. It’s pivoted towards a short-and-sweet point-and-click cloud organizer for business cards and contact data syncing and is built with the Azure OCR computer vision API in mind for signal processing. It’s in the Apple App store called Sales-Linked (rebranding to Slink or Slinked). I’ve been searching for a tech lead for the software development team in Armenia and for rapid prototyping while going to market (beachhead is professional networking events such as Network after Work). Roommate of 3 years is returning to the East Coast, leaving a private master bedroom and bathroom in a 2-bedroom 2-bath apartment open Dec. 1. He will be taking all the living room furniture. Walking distance to Downtown Culver and Palms Metro Station and adjacent to 10/405 interchange. Amenities include gated parking, central a/c, balcony, vaulted ceilings, friendly neighbors and incredible landlords. (Pet-friendly too) This is a very Silicon Valley move (where I’m from) to incubate a SaaS product toward commercialization and seed capital from institutional investors. Looking for the right person who is ready for the next adventure in their lives towards financial freedom. 50% equity stake for the risk. $1250 monthly rent. About me: From Sunnyvale, son of an immigrant who was in the start-up scene in the 80’s. Been in LA since 2010. Dropped out of my Graduate Program at USC in Biomedical Engineering to join the LED lighting manufacturing world. Currently busy growing TopGrow Lighting with my co-founder and high school friend (who still lives in Sunnyvale) manufacturing LED lamp replacements for marijuana cultivation, and my personal brand on Instagram as an arts & culture writer (@jhazani) I’ve been the crash test dummy for the app while doing the field sales of TopGrow and have found it indispensable with all the contacts I gain as a necessity of being customer-facing. But it falls short as a full product with the necessary features of contact filtering and above all else: OCR scanning and data exporting. If you’re intrepid enough, I invite you to check the place out and see where things go.

The_DaveG 7y ago
In my trade show experience, the $300 scanners are terrible and most of the time don't scan. I'm not sure if it's typically a scanner issue, a QR code issue, or a system issue, but everything the scanner actually works it's a surprise! I'm on the wrong side of the country, but will keep an eye on you guys and hope to see you at some shows soon.

hudvin 7y ago

I am working on image search engine based on AI (demo: http://demo.khumbu.im/ http://demo.khumbu.im/ ). Khumbu detected faces, objects, scenes, metadata on images etc and provides flexible search using this information (see http://demo.khumbu.im/examples/ http://demo.khumbu.im/examples/). UI is a little bit ugly(sorry, I am backend person), but everything else is up and running. Currently I work on REST api, k8s deployment and some AI-related things. I also got some small investments to rent servers. I am looking for person who could work on UI related things, product improvement and has experience in startups. Europe is preferable. my email: hudvin@gmail.com

bshafii 7y ago

Hey I’m living in Berlin in search of people who share these values : * Cooperation * Freedom * Diversity * Intellectual curiosity I participated in yc startup school, applied to yc To create a social network for coworking spaces but got rejected. I have other ideas in mind to follow up but am also open to anything. * On-demand retail spaces. Make it easy as possible for entrepreneurs to open brick-and-mortar stores by becoming the AWS of retail spaces giving people all they need to bootstrap their ideas. * A platform for developers of SMEs to simplify the creation of public APIs by letting them focus on the business logic. By abstracting user management, api keys, and deployment. * A community-driven affiliation-free app to share step by step life changes. * An app to match mentors and mentees. Send a message to ben@prologe.io

baylessj 7y ago

Hi, I'm in Eastern Time Zone USA and I'm looking for someone interested in helping me build a cross-platform mobile and web app for keeping track of car maintenance tasks. I have an above average set of development and team leading experience for someone only recently out of college (https://github.com/baylessj https://github.com/baylessj), but I would greatly appreciate someone with more experience in developing profitable projects or simply another developer to collaborate with. I'm currently developing the app in Flutter, you can view my progress and some degree of planning in the project's github repo here: https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo https://github.com/autodo-app/autodo I would prefer someone in a similar time zone to me, but that's not a hard requirement. You can reach me at: contact [at] autodo.app!

realty_geek 7y ago

I built this: https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder https://github.com/etewiah/property_web_builder Right now I am monetizing it by providing premium real estate websites based on it. I have a ton of other features / ways of monetizing that I'd like to explore. Leave me a message if you'd like to work with me on this.

reilly_cooper 7y ago

I'm trying to create synthetic microbial communities to prevent disease transmission through the environment. I'm a current PhD candidate studying microbiomes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, so I guess I'm a technical founder (though I don't have a product yet, just some candidate species to combat a livestock pathogen). I'd love to find a businessperson or another biologist to work with. Email me at: reilly [dot] owen [dot] cooper [at] gmail [dot] com :)

abhishek99 7y ago

I'm based out of Vancouver, Canada. 26 year old. Over 10 years of experience. I'm a full-stack developer .. can do backend (Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.), web frontend (React, Vue, Tailwind, Bootstrap, UI and UX design) and mobile apps for Android and iOS (native - Java / ObjectiveC or with React Native). Trying to figure a way out to convert all the technical skills to a startup. Would love to collab with someone..

cpinto 7y ago

I am bootstrapping UsePixie.com, which is a Basecamp for accountants. Just barely launched in fact. Feedback has been really good and a few firms are using it. Tiny team, distributed, but the company’s UK based. I’m looking for a full stack tech lead to take over from me, but I’d surely prefer a more experienced/senior long term partner/co-founder. Tech stack is Rails running on AWS, with sprinkles of Vue in a few key parts of the app. These are the principles that have guided us so far: https://medium.com/pomarhq/pomars-guiding-principles-ca00356174ce https://medium.com/pomarhq/pomars-guiding-principles-ca00356... If anyone’s interested my email is celso@usepixie.com

soneca 7y ago

I am creating what I am calling a "quiet social network". Paid by subscription, not ads. Which allows a model with no notifications, that you only add few friends/family, with a lot of control of who sees your posts. It is a side-project, with moderate bootstrapping ambitions only. If the idea and company style fits you, email me (on profile)

freddieoduks 7y ago

I'm based in London, UK and currently working on idea for a fintech for gig workers. The idea is to be the aggregrator for gig workers and have a marketplace where we partner with the likes of credit unions for loans/savings products for example. I'm currently doing customer development and revamping the website based on the interviews so far. Still doing this part-time as I have a day job as a Data Scientist at a UK Fintech Alt Lender. Although I have technical skills (I can code python), they aren't that great and I'm looking to partner with someone technical. I see a big opporunity for this so very likely to go the VC route rather than the Indie route. If anyone is interested please shoot me an email freddie@earnedit.co.uk. For more info about me, check out this talk about one of my ML projects https://youtu.be/JyITLcJSM-Q https://youtu.be/JyITLcJSM-Q and I also ran a personal finance blog (shutdown the website) https://medium.com/@TheDailyKobo https://medium.com/@TheDailyKobo twitter (https://twitter.com/TheDailyKobo https://twitter.com/TheDailyKobo)

idjango 7y ago

I'm be based in Paris and working on not the sexiest idea : a graphite/prometheus/influx Saas platform. The goal is to have a robust platform where companies and developers can throw their metrics and use a hosted or on-premise grafana to graph the data. I have other Ideas much more sexy but want to make this work first Anyone interested ?

mosesmorayo 7y ago

Based in Nigeria, my self and my brother founded the first ever cryptocurrency payment processor in Africa (https://paychant.com https://paychant.com). Paychant is a crypto payment processor that lets merchants accept payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. At the moment we are currently looking for a third co-founder that will be specialized in the business legal, access to investors, sales and marketing. please kindly email us at support@paychant.com if you're interested. Thanks.

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Abtin098 7y ago

We’re trying to solve how people collect, organize and retrieve information once for all with a simple interface and intelligent platform. Making cross-team collaboration businesses amazing and powerful API for bot integration. We have already an alpha version, haven’t launch yet end of Q4! we’re looking for a Solid backend engineer as a third person to join our team (preferably someone comfortable with coding in Go and web socket). Reach out if you’re interested to solve information management, sunmmm@gmail.com

tk999 7y ago

I am a full stack programmer want to be "yet another CRM" system. If anybody interested, drop me an email.