PartFinder

Spot supply chain risk before it hits

Hardware

Artificial Intelligence

Data & Analytics

Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Jeffrey, co-founder of PartFinder. We built PartFinder because manufacturers still manage critical sourcing decisions across spreadsheets, supplier portals, PDFs, emails, and outdated systems. That works fine until one part breaks the whole plan. A small sensor, PCB, or motor controller gets delayed. Lead time jumps from 8 weeks to 22 weeks. A supplier is concentrated in one risky region. A tariff hits. A shortage starts. But by the time the team realizes what happened, production is already exposed. We both saw that problem, from different angles. I came from a risk management background at Morgan Stanley, where risk is modeled, monitored, and acted on before losses happen. But in manufacturing, teams often don't have the same part-level risk visibility. My co-founder @OlivierBuilds saw the pain directly while building hardware. Validating one alternate part took weeks and created real cost, delay, and sourcing risk. Olivier is an AI systems architect leading PartFinder’s technical build, with semiconductor engineering experience from Cirrus Logic. So we asked: why can't manufacturers upload a BOM or part list and instantly know which parts are risky, why they are risky, and what to do next? That became PartFinder. PartFinder gives manufacturers part-level supply chain risk intelligence. Upload a BOM or parts list and PartFinder: - Scores every component's risk and maps geographic exposure - Flags shortage signals and lead-time volatility - Finds alternates and compares specs side by side - Lets teams send RFQs directly from the platform What changed while building this: At first, we thought this was mainly a part search problem. But after 100+ conversations with manufacturers, procurement teams, engineers, and operators, it became clear the bigger pain was not just "where can I find this part?" It was: - Which parts are exposed? - Why are they risky? - What alternates are actually usable? - Who should we contact? - How fast can we act before production gets stuck? So PartFinder evolved from a sourcing tool into a risk-to-action platform. Our goal is simple: help manufacturers find supply issues before shipments fail, costs rise, or production stops. We’re excited to share PartFinder with the Product Hunt community today. We’d love feedback from anyone working in hardware, manufacturing, procurement, engineering, supply chain, or industrial AI: - What would make this most useful for your team? -What risk signals should we prioritize next? - How do you currently track part-level supply risk? We’ll be here all day reading comments and answering questions. Find us at partfinder.dev or follow @partfinderdev on X. — Jeffrey & Olivier