Locus Founder builds and runs a whole business for you. Most AI tools only build you a landing page, Locus Founder interviews you, designs the brand, and ships a full-stack app. Locus Founder doesn't stop there; it sets up Stripe payments, sources your product, creates and publishes ads, and so much more. Locus Founder is always working in the background and pings you to approve any decisions or spending. No templates, no forms, no code. Locus Founder is backed by YCombinator.
What kinds of decisions does it ask you to approve most often, like ad spend and pricing or product changes?
An interesting concept. I'd be curious to know what level of control and approval I have before it starts making decisions or spending money. Congrats on the launch!
Curious how granular the spend approval flow is, like, does it ask before every ad dollar, or only past a threshold? Also sources your product is doing a lot of work in that sentence, is that dropshipping integrations or something more? Would love to see a case study of a non templated output from two very different interviews.
Finally, builts an agent that actually does the grunt work instead of just handing me another generic to-do list. Love this. @cole_dermott
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Cole, founder and CEO of Locus
I started Locus because of a frustration I couldn't shake: the hardest part of starting a business isn't the idea, it's everything between the idea and a live business that actually takes money. Domain, landing page, payments, brand, ads, outreach, and finding the first customers. I watched so many good ideas die in that gap, including a few of my own.
So we built Locus Founder. It's an AI agent you talk to like a cofounder. You text it an idea, and it does the real work:
🧠 Interviews you about your audience and taste first, so you never get a generic template; every business is 1 of 1. 🛠️ Ships a real full-stack app with auth, a database, and payments 💳 Wires up Stripe so you can take money on day one 🎨 Builds and publishes your brand, ad creatives, and cold outreach 🤖 Then runs in the background and only pings you when it needs a decision or a spend approval
The thing I'm proudest of: you can run the whole thing from your phone over text, before you even make an account.
It's live today. Text your idea and watch it work live at locusfounder.com.
We're still early, and the feedback of this community means a lot to me, especially on the onboarding. What would it take for you to trust an agent to build and run a business for you?
About Locus Founder on Product Hunt
“Text an AI agent and it builds + runs your business”
Locus Founder launched on Product Hunt on June 17th, 2026 and earned 98 upvotes and 13 comments, placing #16 on the daily leaderboard. Locus Founder builds and runs a whole business for you. Most AI tools only build you a landing page, Locus Founder interviews you, designs the brand, and ships a full-stack app. Locus Founder doesn't stop there; it sets up Stripe payments, sources your product, creates and publishes ads, and so much more. Locus Founder is always working in the background and pings you to approve any decisions or spending. No templates, no forms, no code. Locus Founder is backed by YCombinator.
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Garry Tan
The tool I wish I had back in high school. Super excited to take everyone from idea to first sale as fast as we can!