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June 5th, 2025
Funding minus the pitch
Skip the VC coffee

gm builders, happy Thursday.

Today’s picks: a no-hype path to backing early-stage startups from day one; a mood-reading music player that watches your face and handles the vibe check for you; and a bug-capturing tool that quietly watches your screen and saves the clip the second something breaks.

Pour the coffee, shake off the tabs, and get into it.

P.S. Launching soon? We’d love to hear about it → editorial@producthunt.co 🫶

Funding, minus the pitch

Long is a permissionless platform that lets anyone fund and support ambitious startups from day one. Built for long-term value creation, it ensures fair access to early-stage projects without the typical hype or insider advantages.

🔥 Our Take: The startup world is still built around knowing the right people. Long tries to bulldoze through that, giving early-stage founders a way to raise without being in the right Slack. But visibility cuts both ways: if no one bites, the silence is public too. Still, better than begging a VC for a coffee.

Your vibe, auto-tuned

Jammy Chat uses your camera to read your expression and instantly builds a playlist to match. Sad? Chill? Blank stare at 2am? It picks up on the cues and cues up the tracks, no typing, no swiping, no pretending you know what you want to hear.

🔥 Our Take: The tech’s cool, but what sticks is how quickly it cuts through the “what should I listen to” spiral. It's not psychic, just surprisingly good at turning a look into a mood and a mood into music. When it works, it really works.

The bug button they’ll actually use

Bugdrop adds a draggable button to your site so anyone can report a bug right on the spot. They just drop it on what’s broken, type a note, and you get everything—screenshot, browser info, console logs—without them needing to do anything else.

🔥 Our Take: Most bug tools are built like users are QA testers. They’re not. Bugdrop keeps it dead simple, so you actually get the reports you need, from the people who usually bounce.

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