Detect-It Named “Startup of the Year 2024” in Michigan by HackerNoon Voters

Detect-It beat out 52 other Michigan Startups and garnered 366 votes to secure the 2024 title! Thank you to everyone who voted for Detect-It! See below for the full release and links to the announcement:

Startups of The Year 2024: Celebrating the Top Cities Driving Innovation
by HackerNoon
April 24th, 2025

The wait is finally over — it’s time to celebrate the standout startups of 2024! Huge shoutout to every founder, team, and community member who participated in this year’s Startups of The Year campaign. Your grit, innovation, and determination continue to inspire.

Startups of The Year 2024 is a community-driven awards platform by HackerNoon, recognizing tech startups that are not just building products, but shaping the future. The campaign kicked off on October 1st, 2024, inviting the internet to nominate and vote for over 150,000 startups+ spanning 100+ industries worldwide.

After months of passionate campaigning and voting — and a final review by the HackerNoon editorial team — we’re thrilled to share the results. This year, we recorded 4.3 million+ votes, a big leap from last year's totals. To everyone who voted, shared, and supported: thank you for being part of something big 💚

About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year

Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries participated in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many storieshave been written about these daring and rising startups.