AI Side Hustles
AI CodingNamed in 10 case studies

Cursor

AI code editor with an agent that writes and edits code. Several documented founders say they built their apps with it, often with little or no prior coding.

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Pricing

Free $0/month with limited AI usage. Plus $8/month, Premium $30/month, Super $100/month, Ultra $200/month, Teams from $30 per user per month. Third-party model usage is billed separately at API list price. Plans are sold together with X and Grok features.

Free plan: Yes. Free plan with limited agent and chat requests.

Checked on the official pricing page on October 20, 2026. Prices change and can vary by region, tax, and billing period.

How It Is Used in Our Cases
  • Building a first version of an app without a developer
  • Shipping small AI products quickly
  • Editing and debugging existing code
Limitations
  • Usage pools are limited on every plan and refresh weekly
  • Third-party models cost extra on top of the plan price
  • Generated code still needs testing and review
In the Case Studies

Case Studies Using Cursor

10 case studies
A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
June 2, 2026
1 source

An Amazon seller with no coding background built a research tool in 48 hours with AI and grew it to $30K MRR

Launch Fast (Hasaam Bhatti)

Hasaam Bhatti worked a corporate job and ran two Amazon brands on the side when he found the AI code editor Cursor. With no computer science degree and no coding experience, he built a tool for the product research he had been doing by hand in spreadsheets. He offered a sellers coaching community he belonged to a 48 hour build in exchange for a partnership. He says Launch Fast hit $10K MRR on day 30, $21.8K by day 90 and $30K MRR a few months later.

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$30K MRR(recurring revenue)
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A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
October 14, 2026
1 source

A dictation app built for his dad makes $16K to $20K a month as a side project

Voicy (Kourosh)

Kourosh grew up in Tehran, studied business in London and worked as a fintech product manager. While he was sick in hospital, he watched his dad type slowly all day and wished he could give him good dictation everywhere. He launched Voicy as a Chrome extension two years ago, then built Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android apps. It runs as a side project next to his nine to five and, he says, makes $16K to $20K a month, with about 1,400 active subscriptions.

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$16K to $20K a month(revenue)
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A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
March 20, 2026
1 source

Two college founders with no coding background built an AI future-self app that made $12.9K in one month

MyFutureSelf (Giancarlo Sarti)

Sarti started MyFutureSelf in college with a co-founder after they had grown an email marketing agency to $20K a month. The app asks users to define who they want to become, then lets them talk to an AI future self that helps with decisions and daily actions. Neither founder could code. He told Starter Story the app generated $12.9K in revenue in February.

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$12.9K revenue in one month
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A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
May 29, 2026
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Two co-founders vibe coded an AI content tool in 14 days that hit $50,000 MRR within six weeks

Stanley by Stan (Vitalii Dodonov)

Dodonov is CTO of Stan, a link-in-bio store for creators. He and his co-founder rented a flat in London for 14 days to vibe code a new product that helps creators grow an audience on LinkedIn. They documented the build on YouTube, launched to 250 paying customers on the first day, and he says it reached $50,000 in monthly recurring revenue within six weeks.

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$50,000 MRR within six weeks(recurring revenue)
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A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
July 9, 2025
1 source

An AI app reached $17,000 MRR in four months using Reddit alone

AppAlchemy (Diego Roshardt)

Diego Roshardt built an AI SaaS called AppAlchemy in about two weeks and marketed it only on Reddit. He reports more than 1,000 paying customers, around 20,000 signups and margins of about 70%.

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$17K MRR(recurring revenue)
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A laptop showing revenue charts on a desk beside an open notebook and coffee
May 30, 2026
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A non-technical founder vibe coded a content tool with Claude that reached 2,900 euros MRR

Soulin Social (Cathy Kim)

Cathy Kim, with no technical background, built three products with vibe coding. Soulin Social turns 50 to 150 words of raw thinking into 35+ platform posts. In March 2026 it had 2,900 euros MRR from 94 paying users, with 8.2% monthly churn.

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€2,900 MRR(recurring revenue)
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