Tell HN: Built AI slide builder in 50 days with high school friend, raised $200k

Posted by unsexyproblem on Friday September 19, 2025 @01:36PM
from the self-post dept.

About 50 days ago I teamed up with my high school friend. We basically lived together 24/7, building Snapdeck — an AI slide builder (like Gamma, but fully editable and powered by our own model).

We just closed a $200k institutional seed round, and in 2 days we’re launching on Product Hunt.

Our ambition is simple but bold: to make PowerPoint unnecessary for quick internal decks.

I’m both nervous and excited. Would love to hear from HN — what pitfalls should we watch out for in early launches? And for those who’ve worked on AI text → structured slides, what edge cases broke your pipeline?

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Re:Tell HN: Built AI slide builder in 50 days with high scho... by haberdasher on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:01PM (#45304567)

The pricing page is too, too sexy. I love the login experience though.

Good luck with the launch!

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Re:Tell HN: Built AI slide builder in 50 days with high scho... by gus_massa on Saturday September 20, 2025 @11:10AM (#45314024)

Is it possible to add a free unregistered demo of a 2 page slide show (that autodestroy itself after 2 hours)?

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Re:Tell HN: Built AI slide builder in 50 days with high scho... by unsexyproblem on Sunday September 21, 2025 @04:31AM (#45321038)

For sure. I'm gonna do! Thank you for your idea

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