Programmatic access to GPT, embeddings, image generation, and other OpenAI models.
Found via: Product Hunt 205 · Hacker News 7 · PeerPush 33 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 53 · StackScope Wider Web 29
OpenAI API has been detected on 244 launches we've crawled, with 36 of those in July 2026 (0.3% of the month's launches so far). The 7-day rolling share is 0.4%, roughly steady week on week. Most recent detection: Startup Idea Canvas (Notion Template), today.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Tailwind CSS, and Google Search Console. By product type, the launches using it are most often AI (20%), Marketing (15%), and Productivity (15%). By estimated origin, the United States leads (29%), ahead of India (15%). By domain ending, launches using it are 1.9 times as likely as the average launch to live on a .ai domain. The 244 scored launches using OpenAI API average a StackScope score of 9.1 out of 10, against 6.3 across all launches we score.
What kind of products ship with OpenAI API
194 launches
Countries that use OpenAI API
Estimated origin for 116 of 244 launches
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United States 29.31%
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India 14.66%
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United Kingdom 9.48%
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Australia 5.17%
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Canada 5.17%
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Spain 4.31%
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France 3.45%
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Brazil 2.59%
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Italy 2.59%
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South Korea 2.59%
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United Arab Emirates 1.72%
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Japan 1.72%
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Nigeria 1.72%
Share of new launches using OpenAI API
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average.
AI API leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | – |
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0.80% | 42.45% |
| #2 | – |
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0.38% | 20.39% |
| #3 | – |
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0.27% | 14.51% |
| #4 | – |
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0.13% | 6.88% |
| #5 | – |
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0.12% | 6.12% |
Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any AI API tool.OpenAI API is typically used alongside Anthropic rather than instead of it. All 82 in AI API →
Highest-scoring launches using OpenAI API
The top launches by StackScope score among the 244 we've detected using OpenAI API.
Most recent of 244 launches using OpenAI API
Startup Idea Canvas (Notion Template)
Whole
ArcForge
Meiliot
Marketing
Jurixa AI
Api Key Chain
AI
Change-Stack.com - Change opportunites
ReelyArt
Crypto
RingMere
Grafo
Skyline
VAGSync AI
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