# Product Hunt Launches & Tech Founder Leads Extractor (`candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester`) Actor

Extract daily trending Product Hunt launches, tech startup makers, founder Twitter/LinkedIn profiles, verified corporate contact emails, upvote velocity, and customized B2B launch congratulatory pitches. 200% capability standard.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester.md
- **Developed by:** [Dominator](https://apify.com/candid_rookery) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🚀 Product Hunt Launches & Tech Founder Leads Extractor

The **premier enterprise intelligence engine** on the Apify Store for extracting daily trending Product Hunt launches, tech startup makers, founder Twitter/LinkedIn profiles, verified corporate contact emails, and auto-generated B2B launch congratulatory pitches.

Built specifically for **venture scouts, B2B sales agencies, dev shops, growth marketers, and SaaS founders** looking to reach newly launched tech companies at their highest moment of receptivity.

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### 🏆 Why This Beats Every Other Product Hunt Scraper on Apify

| Intelligence Metric | Generic PH Scrapers | **Product Hunt Extractor (This Actor)** |
| :--- | :---: | :---: |
| **Maker & Founder Socials** | ❌ Missing / Broken | ✅ **Direct LinkedIn, Twitter/X, & GitHub Profiles** |
| **Secondary Domain Enrichment** | ❌ None | ✅ **Crawls /contact, /about, & /privacy for Verified Emails** |
| **Cloudflare Email Deobfuscation** | ❌ Returns `[email protected]` | ✅ **XOR Cipher Decoder Unlocks Hidden Corporate Emails** |
| **Pre-Computed Launch Pitches** | ❌ None | ✅ **Auto-Generates Congratulatory Outbound Angles** |
| **Lead Opportunity Scoring** | ❌ None | ✅ **0–100 Score Based on Upvote Velocity & Email Presence** |
| **Clean Cold Email Export** | ⚠️ Raw Dumps | ✅ **1-Click Formatted for Instantly, Smartlead, Apollo, HubSpot** |

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### 📥 Input Configuration Options

```json
{
  "categoryFilter": "All Tech & AI",
  "dateRange": "Today's Top Launches",
  "maxLaunches": 10,
  "enrichMakerProfiles": true,
  "generatePitches": true
}
```

- **`categoryFilter`**: Filter launches by *All Tech & AI*, *Developer Tools*, *Productivity & SaaS*, *Marketing & Growth*, *Design & Creative*, or *Fintech & Crypto*.
- **`dateRange`**: Select *Today's Top Launches*, *This Week's Top Launches*, or *All-Time Hall of Fame*.
- **`maxLaunches`**: Number of launched products to harvest.
- **`enrichMakerProfiles`**: Crawls company domains to extract direct corporate emails, phone numbers, and maker socials.
- **`generatePitches`**: Synthesizes high-converting launch congratulatory copy.

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### 📤 Sample Extracted Launch (JSON)

```json
{
  "productName": "Superhuman AI",
  "tagline": "The fastest email experience ever made, now powered by AI",
  "category": "Productivity & SaaS",
  "upvotes": 3450,
  "productHuntUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/superhuman-ai",
  "website": "https://superhuman.com",
  "emails": [
    "hello@superhuman.com",
    "rahul@superhuman.com"
  ],
  "phones": [
    "+1 (415) 555-0192"
  ],
  "primaryMaker": "Rahul Vohra",
  "makerSocials": {
    "twitter": "https://x.com/rahulvohra",
    "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/rahulvohra"
  },
  "leadScore": 95,
  "opportunityTier": "HOT_OPPORTUNITY",
  "outreachPitch": "Hey Rahul, huge congrats on the Superhuman AI launch on Product Hunt (3.4k+ upvotes)! Saw what you're building around the fastest email experience ever made. We help newly launched AI SaaS products accelerate outbound enterprise pipeline. Free for a quick 5-minute screen share next Tuesday?",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-10T15:45:00Z"
}
```

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### 💡 How Agencies & B2B SaaS Monetize This Data

1. **Dev & Design Shops:** Pitch recently launched startups on v2 scaling, mobile app development, or UI/UX redesigns.
2. **Cold Email & Growth Agencies:** Pitch founders riding high on Product Hunt launch momentum to scale cold outbound.
3. **Angel Investors & Scouts:** Track early-stage tech breakout founders before their seed rounds close.

# Actor input Schema

## `categoryFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter Product Hunt tech launches by software vertical.

## `dateRange` (type: `string`):

Harvest launches from today, this week, or all-time high-velocity launches.

## `maxLaunches` (type: `integer`):

Number of launched products and founder leads to extract.

## `enrichMakerProfiles` (type: `boolean`):

Crawl product website to extract direct corporate emails, founder LinkedIn/Twitter handles, and physical headquarters.

## `generatePitches` (type: `boolean`):

Generate high-converting congratulatory cold pitch angles tailored to newly launched startups.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration for zero-block scraping.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "categoryFilter": "All Tech & AI",
  "dateRange": "Today's Top Launches",
  "maxLaunches": 10,
  "enrichMakerProfiles": true,
  "generatePitches": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

URL to the extracted Product Hunt tech leads dataset in JSON/CSV format

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,candid_rookery/producthunt-launches-founder-harvester"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HLAcyXGHgHJS4ZvDH/builds/gton4VNRR6BtqP8u7/openapi.json