HackerNoon

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HackerNoon
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Type of site
 Technology, Hacker culture
Founder David Smooke
URL hackernoon.com
Launched2016
Current statusActive

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]

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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

References

  1. 1 2 Peterson, Eric (May 18, 2021). "Startups on the rise".
  2. ↑ Marsh, Stefanie (September 21, 2018). "Extreme biohacking: the tech guru who spent $250,000 trying to live for ever" – via The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Varshney, Neer (April 5, 2018). "Cryptokitties had a glitch that allowed for unlimited automatic likes". TNW | Fintech-Ecommerce.
  4. ↑ Klein, Jessica (January 7, 2018). "The world of cryptocollectibles like CryptoKitties looks like the internet's early days". Salon.com.
  5. ↑ "HackerNoon (formerly " Hacker Daily" on Medium.com)". May 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "SXSW - 2024 Media Quotes" (PDF). www.sxsw.com.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Invest in Hacker Noon". StartEngine.
  10. ↑ Schneider, Nathan. "Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build" – via www.wired.com.
  11. ↑ Levi, Daniel (May 15, 2023). "HackerNoon raises $250k in funding at $50M Valuation led by Forward Research - Tech Startups".
  12. ↑ "HackerNoon and GPTZero Announce Partnership to Expand AI Transparency in Tech Publishing". StreetInsider.com.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "Heffernan: Crypto trading just got safer, and that's too bad". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 2021.
  15. ↑ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  16. ↑ ""I'm Not Worried About the Price": A Recent Visit to Silicon Valley's Unofficial Bitcoin Headquarters". www.theringer.com. December 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Artmap Inc". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2024-04-07. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  18. ↑ 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.
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