HackerNoon
Type of site | Technology, Hacker culture |
|---|---|
| Founder | David Smooke |
| URL | hackernoon |
| Launched | 2016 |
| Current status | Active |
HackerNoon is a community-driven online publishing platform based in Edwards, Colorado.[1] Founded in 2016 by David Smooke, it operates an open library of user-submitted articles covering software development, blockchain, and artificial intelligence.[2][3][4]
History
HackerNoon was founded in January 2016 by David Smooke as a Medium-based blog titled Hacker Daily before rebranding to its current name.[5][6][7]
Later, HackerNoon chose to build its own publishing infrastructure.[1][8] In early 2019, HackerNoon raised US$1.07 million from about 1,200 backers through a Regulation Crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine.[9][10] The funding supported development of a proprietary content management system, and HackerNoon 2.0 launched in July 2019 with support from a US$100,000 Google cloud-hosting grant. In 2020, HackerNoon received a US$1 million investment from micropayments firm Coil at a pre-money valuation of US$11.5 million. In 2023, it raised an additional US$250,000 led by Forward Research at an estimated valuation of US$50 million.[11]
Platform
HackerNoon operates on a community-driven model, publishing work from more than 50,000 contributing writers rather than maintaining a large full-time staff. As of 2025, the platform reported reviewing over 5,000 submissions per month. Its editorial process combines human review with automated tools, including a 2025 partnership with GPTZero to identify AI-generated content.[12]
HackerNoon runs on a proprietary technology stack built with Next.js and Google Firebase. it is designed to avoid pop-ups and provide analytics dashboards for contributors. It also adopted decentralized storage protocols to archive its published articles.[13]
HackerNoon covers a range of topics including software development, startups, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, and hacker culture.[14][15][16] It serves as a platform for industry professionals and tech enthusiasts to publish technical articles, insights, and opinion pieces.[17][18] The platform does not use paywalls and generates revenue primarily through sponsorships and native brand partnerships. Writers retain copyright to their work under a non-exclusive license.
Further reading
- "The Early Days of ArtMap Inc. | HackerNoon". hackernoon.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
References
- ^ a b Peterson, Eric (May 18, 2021). "Startups on the rise".
- ^ Marsh, Stefanie (September 21, 2018). "Extreme biohacking: the tech guru who spent $250,000 trying to live for ever" – via The Guardian.
- ^ Varshney, Neer (April 5, 2018). "Cryptokitties had a glitch that allowed for unlimited automatic likes". TNW | Fintech-Ecommerce.
- ^ Klein, Jessica (January 7, 2018). "The world of cryptocollectibles like CryptoKitties looks like the internet's early days". Salon.com.
- ^ "HackerNoon (formerly " Hacker Daily" on Medium.com)". May 29, 2023.
- ^ Roberti, Justin (April 3, 2021). Slogging, Blockchain, And Innovations In Crowdsourced Content: Interview With Founder Of HackerNoon. Benzinga. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved January 18, 2025 – via Yahoo News.
- ^ "SXSW - 2024 Media Quotes" (PDF). www.sxsw.com.
- ^ Osborne, Charlie (17 July 2019). "Hacker Noon Rips Out Medium's Software, Replaces it With Their Own". ReadWrite. Archived from the original on 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Invest in Hacker Noon". StartEngine.
- ^ Schneider, Nathan. "Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build" – via www.wired.com.
- ^ Levi, Daniel (May 15, 2023). "HackerNoon raises $250k in funding at $50M Valuation led by Forward Research - Tech Startups".
- ^ "HackerNoon and GPTZero Announce Partnership to Expand AI Transparency in Tech Publishing". StreetInsider.com.
- ^ Levi, Daniel (15 May 2023). "HackerNoon raises $250k in funding at $50M Valuation led by Forward Research". TechStartups. Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Heffernan: Crypto trading just got safer, and that's too bad". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 2021.
- ^ Weichbroth, Paweł; Wereszko, Kacper; Anacka, Helena; Kowal, Jolanta (March 15, 2023). "Security of Cryptocurrencies: A View on the State-of-the-Art Research and Current Developments". Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 23 (6): 3155. doi:10.3390/s23063155. PMC 10051655. PMID 36991866 – via PubMed.
- ^ ""I'm Not Worried About the Price": A Recent Visit to Silicon Valley's Unofficial Bitcoin Headquarters". www.theringer.com. December 28, 2017.
- ^ "Artmap Inc". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Maulani, Anisa Menur A. (27 September 2024). "How HackerNoon uses customer-centric approach to build meaningful new features on their platform". e27. Archived from the original on 2024-12-07. Retrieved 2024-12-06.