Open Bounties

OfOne

YC W23

We need verified menu data from 150 restaurants in SF and Oakland to train our drive-thru AI on real menu items, pricing, and modifiers. For each restaurant: - Visit in person OR call to confirm the current menu - Photograph the physical menu - Transcribe every item: name, description, price, modifiers (sizes, add-ons), dietary tags - Note any discrepancies between their delivery app menu and actual menu - Record the date you verified it Deliverable: structured JSON + original menu photos. We'll spot-check 20 restaurants by calling them ourselves. Accuracy matters more than speed. Estimate: 2-3 weeks if you do 8-10 restaurants per day.

Resend

YC W23

We want one Berkeley CS professor to assign Resend as the email API in a web development or full-stack class project this semester or next. What 'success' looks like: - A professor agrees to include Resend in a project spec (e.g. "use Resend to send email confirmations") - OR a professor lets you guest-lecture for 15 minutes on transactional email + do a live Resend demo - OR a TA agrees to run a section using Resend Deliverables: - The professor/TA's written confirmation (email is fine) - The updated project spec or workshop plan - An intro to the professor so we can maintain the relationship This is about building a real relationship with one person, not spamming 50 professors. Figure out which CS courses cover web dev, full-stack, or backend topics. Go to office hours. Explain why Resend is better than SendGrid for students (free tier, simpler API, React email support). You're a Berkeley student — use that. You have access that our sales team doesn't.

Trieve

YC W24

We need a structured beta test with 20 Berkeley CS students who have side projects or course projects that could use search. What you'll do: 1. Recruit 20 CS students who have a project with any kind of search or filtering 2. Help each one integrate Trieve (takes ~30 min with our SDK) 3. Get them to use it for 1 week in their real project 4. Send a short daily check-in (we'll provide the form) 5. Collect bug reports and feature requests as they come in 6. Do a 10-minute exit interview with each participant 7. Write a final report: what worked, what didn't, NPS, quotes This is a 2-week project. The hard part is keeping 20 busy students engaged for a full week. You'll need to follow up, troubleshoot their integrations, and be responsive. Ideal: someone in a CS club or with a network of builders.

Fern

YC W23

We just open-sourced our SDK generation engine. We need to get it from ~50 to 500 GitHub stars in 4 weeks. Real developers, not bots. How you do this is up to you. Some ideas: - Write a compelling Show HN post - Post on Reddit r/programming, r/webdev - Create a demo project or tutorial using the tool - Tweet threads targeting API developers - Get it into 1-2 developer newsletters (TLDR, Changelog, etc.) - Post in relevant Discord/Slack communities Rules: - No buying stars, no bots, no star-for-star - We'll check that starred accounts are real - Weekly update: what you did, what got traction, star count Bonus: $1,000 extra if you hit 750.

Sweetspot

YC S23

We need someone to close 1 paid pilot agreement with a government contracting firm for our AI proposal writing tool. What this means: 1. We'll give you a target list of 50 small-to-mid GovCon firms 2. You find the right person (usually the CEO, Head of BD, or Capture Manager) 3. Get them on a 30-minute call — our CEO will join for the demo 4. Follow up, handle their concerns, get them to sign 5. They pay $1,000 for a 1-month pilot We'll provide: - Product demo environment - Sales deck and a case study - CEO availability for the demo call - Pilot agreement template One deal. That's the whole bounty. But getting a GovCon firm to try a new tool is genuinely hard — these are conservative, risk-averse organizations. You'll need to understand their pain (writing proposals takes 100+ hours) and make it feel safe. Ideal: someone studying public policy or business, or with any GovCon exposure.

Sweetspot

YC S23

We want to build channel partnerships with GovCon consulting firms — the ones that help small businesses win federal contracts. Your job: get us 2 meetings with managing partners at these firms. What 'meeting' means: - A scheduled 30-minute call or coffee with a decision-maker at the firm - Our CEO will attend — you just need to get the meeting booked - The partner has been briefed on what Sweetspot does before the call We'll provide: - A list of 30 target firms (PTAC affiliates, APTAC members) - A one-pager explaining the partnership opportunity - Talking points for your outreach How you get the meetings is up to you. Attend a PTAC event. Find them on LinkedIn. Get a warm intro through your network. Show up at a GovCon mixer. The hard part: these are busy people who get pitched constantly. You need a compelling reason for them to take the call.

Resend

YC W23

Organize and run a hands-on workshop at Berkeley teaching students how to send transactional emails with Resend. Get at least 30 students to attend and create a Resend account during the workshop. What you'll do: 1. Book a room through a CS club or student org (we can help with the pitch) 2. Promote the event — flyers, Discord, class announcements, word of mouth 3. Run a 45-minute live-coding workshop: set up Resend, send your first email, build a contact form 4. Help attendees through the setup during the session 5. Track sign-ups (we'll give you a referral link) Deliverables: - 30+ verified Resend sign-ups from .edu emails - Photos of the event - Attendee list - A short write-up of what worked and what you'd change We'll provide: workshop slides, a step-by-step tutorial, Resend swag to give away, and $200 for pizza. The hard part is getting 30 people to show up. You need to market this well and make it sound useful, not corporate.

Trieve

YC W24

We need someone to land our first enterprise deal — one company with 200+ employees signing an annual contract for our search API ($2,000+/mo). This is the single hardest bounty on the platform. You're not just booking a meeting — you're shepherding a real deal from first touch to signed contract. That means navigating procurement, security reviews, legal redlines, and multiple stakeholders. What you'll do: 1. We'll share a shortlist of 20 warm leads — companies who've used our free tier and hit limits 2. You reach out, understand their use case, and figure out who the budget holder is 3. Get the technical team on a call with our CTO (we handle the demo) 4. You own the follow-up: SOC 2 questions, pricing negotiations, legal back-and-forth 5. Get the contract signed and first invoice paid We'll provide: - The warm lead list with usage data and context - CTO and CEO availability for calls - Pricing framework (you have flexibility to negotiate within it) - SOC 2 report, security questionnaire, and DPA template - Contract template This will probably take 4-6 weeks and a lot of back-and-forth. Enterprise sales is a grind. But if you close it, you'll have done something most people at actual startups struggle with. Ideal: someone who's done consulting, BD, or enterprise sales internships. You need to be comfortable on calls with VPs and procurement teams.

atopile

YC W24

We're launching atopile on Product Hunt and we want to hit #1 Product of the Day. This isn't just 'submit and pray' — it requires a coordinated campaign. What you'll own: 1. Plan the launch date and time (coordinate with us on readiness) 2. Write the PH listing: tagline, description, first comment, maker story 3. Build a launch day support list — 200+ people who will upvote and comment authentically in the first 4 hours 4. Coordinate our social media blitz: draft tweets, LinkedIn posts, Discord announcements 5. Monitor the launch in real-time, respond to every comment on PH within 15 minutes 6. Post-launch: compile results, capture leads from PH, write a retrospective Building the support list is the real work. You need to personally reach out to founders, hardware engineers, open-source maintainers, and dev tool enthusiasts. Not spam — genuine, personalized outreach explaining why atopile matters. Rules: - No fake accounts, no vote manipulation - Every upvote must come from a real person who chose to support the launch - PH has fraud detection — gaming it will get us banned This is a 2-3 week project leading up to launch day, then an intense 24-hour push. Ideal: someone who's active on Twitter/X, knows the dev tools community, and has launched or supported PH launches before.