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Updated October 20, 202633 cases
Summary: 23 of our 33 sourced cases report a monthly figure. As reported, those figures run from $115 to $1,400,000 a month, with a median of $6,300. Evidence: 33 independently documented, 0 source-supported, 0 self-reported. (cases in this list) These are what each source reports, not typical results.

  1. Cal AI (Zach Yadegari and Henry Langmack)

    About $1.4M/mo gross profit
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,400,000 a month as reported
    Startup cost: $2,000 initial marketing test. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed.

  2. Adavia Davis

    $40,000 to $60,000/mo
    Independently DocumentedFaceless YouTube, about $50,000 a month as reported
    Startup cost: About $60 per video; about $6,500/mo running costs. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed.

  3. Marky (Arian Adeli)

    $21,888 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $21,888 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded July 2023.

  4. Emily Odio-Sutton

    $220,300 in sales (2023)
    Independently DocumentedPrint on Demand, about $18,400 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Under $40. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; her first sale was a $22 T-shirt.

  5. VoiceCheap (Kevin Rousseau)

    $16,347 revenue in the last 30 days
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $16,347 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded January 2024.

  6. Tony Dong

    CA$238,000 projected for 2023 (about $180,000)
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting, about $15,000 a month as reported
    Startup cost: About $20 a month for GPT-4, plus $12 a month for Grammarly Premium. Time to first revenue: Not stated for AI; he had been freelancing since March 2022.

  7. Low Content AI (Brian Donatiello)

    $14,761 MRR
    Independently DocumentedAmazon KDP & Publishing, about $14,761 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded August 2024.

  8. Lance Junck

    $34,913 profit
    Independently DocumentedDigital Products, about $11,638 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Within the first week (90 students enrolled, per the source).

  9. MagicSlides.app (Sanskar Tiwari)

    $10,417 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $10,417 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded January 2023.

  10. DimeADozen (Sal Aiello and Monica Powers)

    $66,000+ in about 7 months
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $9,400 a month as reported
    Startup cost: $185. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed.

  11. GETebook.ai (Bogdan Dragomir)

    $9,150 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $9,150 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded July 2025.

  12. UXMagic.AI (Ronak Daga)

    $6,300 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $6,300 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded February 2024.

  13. Vidgenie.ai (Sourav Bhar)

    $5,585 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $5,585 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded July 2024.

  14. FootballGPT (Kevin Middleton)

    $5,356 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $5,356 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded December 2025.

  15. WPConvert.ai (Jose Montero)

    $3,310 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $3,310 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded October 2025.

  16. OpenAssistantGPT (Marc-Olivier Bouchard)

    $1,747 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,747 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded December 2023.

  17. ShortsAuto.ai (Ahmad Tahir)

    $1,594 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,594 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded January 2022.

  18. OpenShorts (Carlos Gracia)

    $1,343 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,343 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded July 2026.

  19. BlitzReels (Virgile Rietsch)

    $1,194 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,194 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded April 2025.

  20. Math AI (Andrew Kalita)

    $1,124 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $1,124 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded not stated.

  21. The Autopilot (Sascha Hoffmann)

    $726 MRR
    Independently DocumentedContent Creation, about $726 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded August 2024.

  22. Nicole Cueto

    $670 a month on average
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting, about $670 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not stated; she started in January 2023.

  23. Evrika Study (Patrick Neicu)

    $115 MRR
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products, about $115 a month as reported
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded July 2025.

  24. Sultan Ali

    More than $3,500 total
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: First order in March 2023, a few months after ChatGPT launched.

  25. Gabrielle Gerbus

    $33,200 so far in 2023
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: AI editing requests started soon after ChatGPT launched in November 2022.

  26. Maverick Maltin

    Around six figures a month
    Independently DocumentedContent Creation
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: A few months; he says he waited before taking his first brand deal, which paid $2,400 for two videos.

  27. Aptford (Sasha Aptlin)

    Nearly $50,000 from two contracts
    Independently DocumentedAI Agencies & Services
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; he founded the firm in January 2022 and started with small contracts.

  28. Amanda Overcash

    Nearly $8,000 in under three weeks
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not stated; she has worked in the AI data industry for more than six years.

  29. Utkarsh Amitabh

    Nearly $300,000 since January 2025, at $200 an hour
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting
    Startup cost: None stated. Time to first revenue: Not stated; micro1 approached him in January 2025.

  30. Claudine Lam

    Over CA$34,000 (about $25,000) in sales since 2022
    Independently DocumentedDigital Products
    Startup cost: Not disclosed (she paid for an online Etsy course). Time to first revenue: January 2022, when she made CA$3.45 net profit; about four months to her first 100 sales.

  31. Ole Lehmann (The AI Solopreneur)

    $176,885 in gross revenue
    Independently DocumentedContent Creation
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: About seven months from first posts to course launch.

  32. Mo Zohourian

    $100/hour
    Independently DocumentedFreelancing & Consulting
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not stated.

  33. Novaheadshot (Chris Bora)

    $12,126 all-time revenue
    Independently DocumentedMicro-SaaS & AI Products
    Startup cost: Not disclosed. Time to first revenue: Not disclosed; founded October 2024.
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