Hackernoon
Comment: Too much of this is rote fundraising rounds. Raising capital is not a notable activity. guninvalid (talk) 01:57, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
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Type of site | Online publishing platform |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
| Owner | ArtMap Inc. |
| Founder(s) | David Smooke |
| Key people | David Smooke (CEO) Linh Dao Smooke (COO) |
| Website | hackernoon |
| Launched | 2016 |
| Current status | Active |
HackerNoon is an American community-driven online publishing platform focused on technology and software. It is operated by ArtMap Inc. and is based in Edwards, Colorado. The platform publishes contributed articles on software development, startups, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and blockchains.
History
ArtMap Inc. was founded by David Smooke and incorporated it in California on December 10, 2012.[1] Before establishing HackerNoon, Smooke worked in technology recruitment and managed several community-driven publications on Medium.[2]
HackerNoon was launched in 2016 and became the principal focus of ArtMap's publishing operations.[2] Smooke operated the platform with his wife, Linh Dao Smooke, who served as chief operating officer.[2][3] By 2019, ArtMap owned 16 digital publications, with HackerNoon as its largest.[4]
As HackerNoon's readership grew, the company decided to replace Medium's publishing infrastructure with its own platform. The move gave the publication greater control over its articles, advertising, domains, and publishing software.[5][2]
Between November 2018 and March 2019, ArtMap sold 130,487 shares at US$8.20 per share through a Regulation Crowdfunding offering, raising US$1.07 million in gross proceeds.[4] About 1,200 readers participated, and the funds were used primarily to finance development of the independent publishing system.[2][6] The new platform, known as HackerNoon 2.0, was launched in July 2019.[7]
In January 2020, HackerNoon introduced a distributed annotation and commenting system using GUN, a peer-to-peer database. Approved annotations could be stored on participating readers' devices rather than solely on HackerNoon's servers.[5] In June 2020, the micropayments company Coil made a US$1 million investment in HackerNoon. The associated three-year partnership integrated the Interledger protocol-based Web Monetization system, which allowed participating writers to receive payments based on reading time.[8]
In May 2023, HackerNoon announced a US$250,000 investment from Forward Research at a stated pre-money valuation of US$50 million. The agreement included the storage of HackerNoon's publishing archive on the Arweave, a decentralized storage network.[9]
References
- ↑ "Form C-AR: ArtMap Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. May 5, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Peterson, Eric (May 18, 2021). "Startups on the rise". ColoradoBiz. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Miller, Scott (June 21, 2020). "Vail Valley-based Hackernoon in new partnership with micropayment firm". Vail Daily. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Annual Report: ArtMap Inc., doing business as Hacker Noon" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. April 22, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Foxley, William (January 22, 2020). "Hacker Noon Is Storing Content on a Blockchain After Ditching Medium". CoinDesk. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Schneider, Nathan; Mannan, Morshed (June 19, 2021). "Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build". Wired. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "Hacker Noon, a popular tech site, goes on the blockchain". Decrypt. January 22, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Foxley, William (June 10, 2020). "Hacker Noon Raises $1M From Former Ripple CTO's Firm for Content Micro-Tipping". CoinDesk. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Levi, Daniel (May 15, 2023). "HackerNoon raises $250k in funding at $50M valuation led by Forward Research". TechStartups. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
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