AI that gets you *and* the people in your life, together
Genie was built on the belief that to truly "get" you, a meaningful social product must also "get" the people in your life. introducing Genie Mentions: the first AI that treats your circle as part of who you are. your taste. your friends' taste. what you're all into. Genie keeps you updated on big moves your friends are making, trips they’re taking, dreams they’re conjuring. if you want AI for work, ChatGPT awaits you. if you want to know what's going on in your world, tag Genie in.
My path here has been a bit unusual. I dropped out of high school at 16 and moved to the Bay Area after my work gained traction with companies like Google, Facebook, IDEO, and others. At 19, I exited a startup and later became the founding designer at Turing. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a technical artist with brands such as Puma, Microsoft, and OpenStore.
You can find courses I’ve created online where I teach design and coding, along with tutorials on YouTube that have reached hundreds of thousands of people. My obsession has always been the same: learning and understanding the most exciting technologies shaping the future.
That obsession is what led us to build Genie, and, by extension, products like Mentions (launching on PH today!) and GenUI (stay tuned!)
As we explored the AI landscape, we realized how influential products like OpenClaw have become. At the same time, we noticed that most people struggle to set them up, and that agents often break down without persistent memory, context, and continuity.
We thought there was an opportunity to solve those problems directly: persistent memory, social behavior, social cron jobs, and on-device models that improve speed while reducing token usage. The goal isn’t just to make AI more capable, it’s to help create the kind of product culture Brian Chesky often talks about when discussing Airbnb.
Apps are becoming agents, and the way we interact with software is fundamentally changing. it only makes sense that being able to reference your friends inside a prompt, access shared context, and weave together agentic workflows could unlock an entirely new social layer of computing.
So what does all of that mean for the actual product? Well, Genie acts a bit like that mutual friend everyone has: the person who understands both sides, makes connections, and brings people closer together.
That becomes incredibly powerful when you consider what it enables: more personalized interfaces, awareness of how people actually think, and a deeper understanding of how AI fits into everyday social life, not just professional workflows.
A few things I’d love to hear from everyone:
• What’s the most useful thing ChatGPT can’t do because it doesn’t know your friends?
• If AI knew both you and your friends really well, what’s the first thing you’d ask it?
About Genie Mentions on Product Hunt
“AI that gets you *and* the people in your life, together”
Genie Mentions launched on Product Hunt on June 18th, 2026 and earned 104 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #18 on the daily leaderboard. Genie was built on the belief that to truly "get" you, a meaningful social product must also "get" the people in your life. introducing Genie Mentions: the first AI that treats your circle as part of who you are. your taste. your friends' taste. what you're all into. Genie keeps you updated on big moves your friends are making, trips they’re taking, dreams they’re conjuring. if you want AI for work, ChatGPT awaits you. if you want to know what's going on in your world, tag Genie in.
On the analytics side, Genie Mentions competes within Messaging, Social Network and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 575.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Genie Mentions performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Genie Mentions?
Genie Mentions was hunted by Jonathan Tzou. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Genie Mentions including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Jonathan Tzou
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I’m Noa, co-founder of Genie.
My path here has been a bit unusual. I dropped out of high school at 16 and moved to the Bay Area after my work gained traction with companies like Google, Facebook, IDEO, and others. At 19, I exited a startup and later became the founding designer at Turing. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a technical artist with brands such as Puma, Microsoft, and OpenStore.
You can find courses I’ve created online where I teach design and coding, along with tutorials on YouTube that have reached hundreds of thousands of people. My obsession has always been the same: learning and understanding the most exciting technologies shaping the future.
That obsession is what led us to build Genie, and, by extension, products like Mentions (launching on PH today!) and GenUI (stay tuned!)
As we explored the AI landscape, we realized how influential products like OpenClaw have become. At the same time, we noticed that most people struggle to set them up, and that agents often break down without persistent memory, context, and continuity.
We thought there was an opportunity to solve those problems directly: persistent memory, social behavior, social cron jobs, and on-device models that improve speed while reducing token usage. The goal isn’t just to make AI more capable, it’s to help create the kind of product culture Brian Chesky often talks about when discussing Airbnb.
Apps are becoming agents, and the way we interact with software is fundamentally changing. it only makes sense that being able to reference your friends inside a prompt, access shared context, and weave together agentic workflows could unlock an entirely new social layer of computing.
So what does all of that mean for the actual product? Well, Genie acts a bit like that mutual friend everyone has: the person who understands both sides, makes connections, and brings people closer together.
That becomes incredibly powerful when you consider what it enables: more personalized interfaces, awareness of how people actually think, and a deeper understanding of how AI fits into everyday social life, not just professional workflows.
A few things I’d love to hear from everyone:
• What’s the most useful thing ChatGPT can’t do because it doesn’t know your friends?
• If AI knew both you and your friends really well, what’s the first thing you’d ask it?