Ask HN: How to find companies that use ChatGPT?

2 pointsPoomba2mo ago5 comments

I built a GPT for the ChatGPT store to help turn docs and meeting notes into internal wikis. The ideal customer are large engineering-oriented companies. Ideally, companies that just started using ChatGPT and AI to do this type of task.

Is there a tool that can help me find companies that just started using ChatGPT? I tried Wappalyzer and Builtwith but those seem to just focus on frontend stuff like JS frameworks

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AznHisoka2mo ago

1. You need something called a technographics tool to find companies that use a specific enterprise technology. Bloomberry comes to mind. Here’s the data they have on new ChatGPT customers: https://bloomberry.com/data/chatgpt/ . They track companies not individuals so you wont get contact info unfortunately.

Other options if you need contact data also include: Apollo.io and Zoominfo.

2. You can search job postings for companies that mention “chatgpt” and “training”/“provisioning” or something like that captures companies that just started using ChatGPT.

Not a perfect method and u probably need to go through a lot of false positives, but its doable IMO.

3. Go hang out in the official OpenAI community https://community.openai.com/ and you will likely find people asking questions on how to get started, etc. Not sure how u could cross link them to the company (maybe googling if their name is unique)

4. Find some Slack community for ChatGpT beginners. Not sure of any on the top of my head.

PoombaOP2mo ago

Thanks! Those are helpful!

For number one, any idea the best person to contact in those companies? They probably dont got a head of AI person so wondering if a VP of Engineering is the next logical person.

Also I haven’t thought of forums/communities! Any idea whether I am more likely to find small companies or big enterprises there?

AznHisoka2mo ago

I am actually not sure about the first.

For the 2nd, based on my experience you are likely to find developers from both big and small companies equally hanging out in communities. Most lean technical btw, so if you arent targeting developers, communities probably arent the best venue to find potential users.

I also forgot to add: finding followers of OpenAI in Linkedin might also be a good way to find ChatGpT customers. Or people who comment on their product announcemnts in Linkedin.

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AznHisoka2mo ago

Other options if you need contact data also include: Apollo.io and Zoominfo.

2. You can search job postings for companies that mention “chatgpt” and “training”/“provisioning” or something like that captures companies that just started using ChatGPT.

Not a perfect method and u probably need to go through a lot of false positives, but its doable IMO.

4. Find some Slack community for ChatGpT beginners. Not sure of any on the top of my head.

PoombaOP2mo ago

Thanks! Those are helpful!

For number one, any idea the best person to contact in those companies? They probably dont got a head of AI person so wondering if a VP of Engineering is the next logical person.

Also I haven’t thought of forums/communities! Any idea whether I am more likely to find small companies or big enterprises there?

AznHisoka2mo ago

I am actually not sure about the first.

I also forgot to add: finding followers of OpenAI in Linkedin might also be a good way to find ChatGpT customers. Or people who comment on their product announcemnts in Linkedin.

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