Show HN: AI-driven guest research assistant for podcast hosts
guestlab.ai
3 years ago, I launched my first SaaS product, Shoutout, and I am forever grateful to y'all for supporting me massively. Fast forward to today, I won awards, grew it to $30k ARR, sold it, and am now launching another one. Not sure why, but I'm incredibly nervous and excited, so let's get into it
Introducing GuestLab
As a podcaster who shipped more than 100+ episodes, I spend hours and hours doing guest research(it's exhausting sometimes ). After going through this every week, I thought about building a simple AI-powered solution that could save a lot of time. That's how GuestLab is born
6 months ago, I simply launched a landing page, got 300+ ppl on the waitlist, and started collaborating with my co-founder Mubs to build the MVP. Since then, many podcasters like Lenny Rachitsky, Arvid Kahl, and Justin Jackson have used it, given feedback, and shaped the current product
Today, Mubs and I are pumped to bring GuestLab to the Hacker News community!
GuestLab is an AI-driven guest research assistant built and designed exclusively for podcasters.
How does it work? Simply drop your guest's LinkedIn profile Add custom inputs like episode theme, guest persona, and target audience Hit generate and sit back
Based on the guest's LinkedIn activity and your custom inputs, GuestLab AI will instantly generate a well-crafted intro, insights about the guest, 10 interesting topics, and 20 insightful questions
Bonus feature: Once the research is generated, you can export it to PDF - this is my favorite feature as I can send it to the guest for review or directly print it out for the interview
What's next: We are grateful to have paying customers and have launched it here on Product Hunt last week Based on the feedback we got, we are working on adding YouTube as a source and cooking many more features!
Lastly, we're offering a 20% discount on all plans to show our gratitude to the community. Use HN20OFF at checkout
Mubs and I are here to answer any questions; we are pumped to hear what you think about GuestLab - Hit us with your feedback in the comments