A university student with no coding background built an AI creator tool with ChatGPT and Cursor and says it made about $14K in 30 days
Sam Adeniyi built Algrow to help faceless YouTubers find viral formats, and found his first 400 users by quietly screen sharing in Discord servers.
Subject: Algrow (Sam Adeniyi)Subscription research and AI video tool for creators, at $25, $45 or $80 a month
Case Overview & Background
Sam Adeniyi is a university student who had tried affiliate marketing and YouTube automation before building software. A friend suggested a tool for finding short-form channels and formats to copy, so he described the idea to ChatGPT in voice mode and pasted the code it gave him into a text editor, later switching to Cursor. Algrow helps creators research trending formats and then make videos from them. He says it reached over 10,000 users and about $13K to $14K in revenue in the 30 days before the interview.
How AI Is Used
Step-by-Step Process
Running faceless YouTube channels, he and a friend wanted a faster way to find formats that were working.
He says the first version, coded with ChatGPT in about a week, still showed errors but the core feature worked.
He joined voice chats in a money-making Discord server and simply shared his screen using the tool until people asked about it.
He posted a waitlist link in those servers, and he says his first 400 users came from Discord.
Customer Acquisition & Distribution
Limitations, Risks & Failure Modes
What may not apply to you, and what could go wrong:
- The figures are self-reported and were not independently checked
- The pound to dollar figure is his own rough conversion
- Demand depends on the faceless content trend, which can change
- Profit and costs are not disclosed
Key Takeaways
- AI coding tools let a beginner ship a paid product in about a week
- Showing a working tool in a community where people already ask the question can find early users without ads
- A rough product can launch if the core problem is solved
Sources
Starter Story: I built a $14K/month SaaS using Discord
Note: Video interview with transcript. States the over $14,000 in 30 days and over 10,000 pounds in four weeks figures, 10,000 users, pricing, the ChatGPT and Cursor build, the AI video generator and the Discord launch.
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