I’m founder of Ancher.ai - the AI news assistant that thinks before you scroll. Ask me anything!
Hi everyone — I’m Vincent Wu, founder of Ancher.ai, a smart content platform built for busy professionals who want clarity, not chaos. After spending a decade in media and tech in U.S., I got tired of feeds that waste time instead of saving it. So we built Ancher.ai to help users turn information into understanding, memory, and action — not just scrolling.
If you’re like me — juggling too many tabs, bookmarking articles you never get back to, or feeling like your feed doesn’t know you at all — Ancher.ai is for you. We’re prepping for launch right here on Product Hunt, and I’d love to share more about how we’re designing a better way to read and think in a noisy world. Follow our launch at https://www.producthunt.com/products/ancher-ai
Ask me anything about building an AI-powered product, the future of personalized content, startup growth, how we’re using conversational UX to rethink news, or how I went from media exec to founder.
You’ve got questions — I’ve got answers. I’ll be replying actively. Let’s go. 🚀
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Hey Vincent, thank you for sharing the announcement.
Based on your long experience in media, what changes have you observed in user behaviour and content consumption?
What is the basis for people to be able to focus while consuming news in this era of information overload? (Did you use any specific UI layout elements, did you use eye-tracking?)
I would love to know, because this topic interests me quite a bit.
@busmark_w_nika Nika — thank you so much for the thoughtful question, and for being our very first AMA comment!
Let me be honest: I didn’t invent any fancy new way to measure “engagement” or track attention. In fact, that’s part of the problem I’m trying to move away from. Most of today’s media still runs on the same old metric — clicks, views, watch time. I’ve spent my whole career in that world. And yes, as media people, we all chased those “eyeballs.” But here’s the thing: what gets clicked isn’t always what’s useful. Sensationalism tends to win, and over time, that erodes the quality of what we consume. Bad content pushes out the good.
So we wanted to rethink it from the ground up.
Instead of optimizing for clicks, we’re asking: What do people actually want to know? What helps them grow, think better, or make sharper decisions?
We believe the answer lies in new tech, and new tools — like large language models, smart personal feeds, natural conversations with the machine. What if you could just tell it what you’re curious about — even if it’s vague or hard to describe — and it actually gets you?
We’re also building for what comes after reading. Can you take action? Can you save what matters? Can your knowledge compound over time?
It’s less about designing a new UI trick to capture your focus — and more about respecting your time and mind. We want you to feel lighter, clearer, more equipped — not more overloaded — when you close the app.
Hope this makes sense! You might need to try it to really feel the difference.
And please keep the questions coming — you made our day by starting this thread :)
— Vincent
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@vincent_wu800 That is the answer I was kinda afraid of: "Sensationalism tends to win, and over time, that erodes the quality of what we consume. Bad content pushes out the good." – I can often see this pattern more and more, and it only brings arguments among people. 🙈
So TL;DR: you try to deliver a shorter message that provides the desired value to the target audience and save their time, right? :)
👉 Want early access? Sign up to be among the first to experience how Ancher.ai reads the world like an operator and become our beta tester to shape ancher.ai together: https://form.jotform.com/251592183219055
@vincent_ancher Hey, Vincent! I got intrigued and would like to try it out
Hi, Maria. We’d love to have you onboard! Sign up here to become a beta tester and help shape Ancher.ai:
👉 https://form.jotform.com/251592183219055