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Herman Schutte

@hschutte
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
@hermanschutte

Herman Schutte

Products

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  • SiteSpeakAI
    $100002023 - present

    SiteSpeakAI lets you add ChatGPT to your website and answer your visitors questions using your website's content and PDF's. Needed to find a solution to reduce my Intercom cost for my other apps so decided to build a custom AI chatbot that I can replace Intercom on SnapWidget. Decided to build it as a Saas and monetize it.

  • SnapWidget
    $35k/mo2011 - present

    SnapWidget lets you embed your social media feeds from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok in your website. Built in 2011 as the first app that let you embed your Instagram photos in your website. The OG of social media embedding tools. 12 years later and still going strong.

  • MentionScout
    2026 - present

    MentionScout shows you exactly how AI answer engines talk about your brand. Every day it runs your real buyer prompts through ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, and Google AI Overviews, then records whether you were mentioned, how you ranked against competitors, and which sources the AI cited to build its answer.

  • Sitetag
    $0/mo

    Fix your SEO issues with a single script tag

Recent activity

  • PostedI sell AI customer support software and my own second-line support was still manual. Fixed that this week.2026-07-17
  • Commented onGrowing a fully-autonomus business to a $500k/mo in 3 months2026-03-26
  • Commented onπŸš€ The Cold Email Tool That Actually Gets Replies2025-08-08
  • Commented onπŸš€ The Cold Email Tool That Actually Gets Replies2025-08-08
  • Commented onHow can chatbots benefit different businesses and industries?2023-10-27
  • Commented onMy rollercoaster journey from $0 to $30k/mo, then back to $02023-10-03
  • PostedShow IH: AI Score My Site2023-09-11
  • PostedFine-tuning GPT-3.5 to benefit and grow your Saas business2023-08-24
  • Commented onCheap, simple, privacy friendly analytics?2023-08-08
  • Commented onCheap, simple, privacy friendly analytics?2023-08-08
  • Commented on"Your HEY invite - finally!"2020-06-23
  • Commented on"Your HEY invite - finally!"2020-06-23
  • Commented on"Your HEY invite - finally!"2020-06-23
  • Commented onAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-04-24
  • Commented onAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-04-01
  • Commented onAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-03-31
  • Commented onAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-03-31
  • Commented onAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-03-31
  • PostedAsk HN: Alternative to Buffer Reply for Twitter keyword monitoring?2020-03-30
  • Commented onWhat tools and frameworks do you use to create your SaaS?2020-03-17

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