hunter.ai

hunter.ai is an AI-powered shopping and price intelligence platform built to help users make smarter purchasing decisions. Instead of stopping at “here are the cheapest results,” hunter.ai goes further by helping users understand whether they should buy now, wait for a better price, or track an item over time.

The idea behind the product is simple: online shopping and travel search are full of noise. Users often have to jump between marketplaces, compare listings manually, judge whether a seller looks trustworthy, and guess whether a price is actually good or likely to drop soon. hunter.ai brings those decisions into one experience by combining conversational AI, predictive pricing, recommendation scoring, and personalized alerts.

What It Does

Users can interact with hunter.ai in natural language, describing exactly what they want in the way they would normally ask a person. For example, a user might ask for a refurbished MacBook under a certain budget, compare multiple options, or check whether it is worth waiting a few days before buying. The system interprets that request, identifies the important details, and turns it into structured search intent.

From there, hunter.ai evaluates available options and does more than rank them by price alone. It considers a broader set of signals such as seller quality, condition, value, timing, and predicted price movement. The result is a recommendation that feels more intelligent and actionable than a typical comparison tool.

Key Features

Conversational Search
Users can search using plain English instead of filling in rigid filters. The app understands budgets, brands, conditions, features, routes, and follow-up questions.
AI-Powered Query Understanding
A large language model converts user prompts into structured intent, making the system feel flexible and natural while still driving a reliable backend workflow.
Price Forecasting and Buy/Wait Recommendations
hunter.ai includes a pricing intelligence layer that estimates likely future price movement and produces signals such as whether to buy now or wait.
Recommendation Scoring
Listings are ranked using a mix of price competitiveness, seller trust, product condition, predicted value, and trend signals, rather than just lowest price.
Explainable Results
Instead of returning a black-box answer, the app explains why a recommendation was made, helping users trust the outcome and understand tradeoffs.
Personalized Preferences
The platform can adapt recommendations based on user preferences like preferred brands, condition, airline choices, and budget sensitivity.
Comparison and Alerts
Users can compare top options and set alerts so the platform can notify them when a better buying opportunity appears.

Why It Matters

Most comparison platforms answer one question: “What is available right now?”
hunter.ai is designed to answer a better question: “What is the best decision for me right now?”

That shift is what makes the product compelling. It moves from search to decision support. Rather than leaving the user to interpret raw listings and guess what to do, hunter.ai provides context, forecasting, and clear reasoning. This is especially valuable for products and bookings where timing matters and where the cheapest listing is not always the best overall choice.

How We Built It

hunter.ai is built as a monorepo with:

Next.js for the frontend and chat-driven user experience
FastAPI for backend search and pricing intelligence services
Supabase for persistence, sessions, and watchlist/alert flows
Shared TypeScript schemas and scoring logic for consistent decisioning across the app

The architecture combines multiple layers of intelligence: a conversational AI layer for understanding user intent, a prediction layer for forecasting prices and detecting anomalies, and a scoring layer that turns those signals into practical recommendations.

The Vision

hunter.ai is a step toward a new kind of commerce experience: one where users do not just search, but get guided toward the best next action. By combining natural language interaction, predictive analytics, and transparent recommendations, the app aims to make shopping and travel decisions faster, smarter, and more confident.

In short, hunter.ai is not just a price comparison app. It is an AI decision engine for buying better.