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Carpool between SF, LA, San Diego, and Las Vegas with real drivers already heading your way — split the gas instead of paying a markup. Faster than the bus, cheaper than the train, no airport. Available on iOS and Google Play stores.
In 2018 I spent a year in Europe, and the thing that surprised me wasn't the trains. It was the fourth option.
Alongside rail, Ryanair and intercity buses, there was peer-to-peer carpooling — about €15 to ride with a stranger heading your way. I took one from Zadar to Zagreb with a driver I'd never met. Nobody there finds that strange.
Then I came home to California and tried to get from San Francisco to Tahoe during ski season. The ski bus ran Fridays only. No viable train. Flights to Reno overshot where I was going.
So I drove. Alone. Six hours, a full tank, three empty seats — wondering how many other cars on that road were exactly like mine.
Craigslist rideshare used to solve this. It died years ago, and nothing replaced it.
So I built Seat Sherpa.
Drivers post a trip they're already making. Riders book a seat. Everyone splits the gas, and payment runs through the app — no "so… Venmo?" at a rest stop outside Kettleman City.
Live on iOS and Android. Starting with San Francisco to Los Angeles and everything in between — already the most-searched route on the platform by a wide margin — with Tahoe close behind.
If you drive one of these routes regularly, I'd genuinely like to know what would make you put a stranger in your car.
seatsherpa.app
One thing I should have led with: you don't need the app to try it. seatsherpa.app/rides shows every live ride, and you can book a seat right there in the browser — pick the seat, pay by card, chat with the driver. Launch-day thank-you for PH: code PRODUCTHUNT takes $5 off a first ride this week. And if you drive SF→LA or LA→SD regularly, I'd love to hear what would make you post a seat.
About Seat Sherpa on Product Hunt
“Gas is expensive. Carpool.”
Seat Sherpa was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #147 on the daily leaderboard. Carpool between SF, LA, San Diego, and Las Vegas with real drivers already heading your way — split the gas instead of paying a markup. Faster than the bus, cheaper than the train, no airport. Available on iOS and Google Play stores.
Seat Sherpa was featured in Android (57.5k followers), Travel (42.5k followers), Transportation (5.6k followers) and Tech (631.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 230.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Seat Sherpa?
Seat Sherpa was hunted by Justin Tang. 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.
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