David Smooke

David Smooke is the Founder & CEO of HackerNoon, a platform dedicated to publishing the best technology stories and developing top-notch publishing software.

With a small team of editors, software developers, and startup professionals, HackerNoon offers a vast library of 75k+ stories covering programming, startups, cryptocurrency, AI, JavaScript, Bitcoin, web development, entrepreneurship, and various other technology topics.

HackerNoon's flagship product is a content management system designed for technologists to read, write, learn, and publish tech-related content freely, without paywalls or popups.

In addition to the content management system, HackerNoon has created applications like the Noonies Voting Software, Slogging (Slack Blogging App), and The Free Internet Plugin.

Over the years, the platform has served 1k+ tech companies, featured contributions from over 25k writers, raised $2.6M from 1,300+ shareholders, and attracted over 100M visitors who seek to expand their knowledge about technology.

David Smooke's educational background includes a B.A. in Economics and Non-fiction Creative Writing from the University of Redlands. He also founded ArtMap Inc. prior to establishing HackerNoon.