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Updated 11/9 10:17 UTC+8

211 cases collected

Software product

Industry-specific business software

AI-assisted software built for users in the author's existing industry.

Revenue

8,000 MRR, currency undisclosed
@sunscorona
Automation service

Heizen

Providing AI-native services for supply-chain businesses.

Revenue

$100,000 MRR
@amanarora2021
Consulting service

AI Search Visibility Consulting

Improving how a brand appears in AI-generated search summaries.

Acquisition

Updated brand definitions and citation-ready content
@absolutelyben
Internal tool

AI Proposal Engine

An internal tool for preparing quotes and client proposals.

Acquisition

Reported doubled close rate and tripled margin
@SiddharthP18374
Software product

Sofa

An AI chat assistant for daily planning.

Revenue

$630 MRR one month after launch
@najdar504
Development service

Image Branding Tool

Applying branding and geometric layers to images with multi-format export.

Acquisition

Built an image-processing tool in about an hour
@glenegrant
Automation service

Governance Proposal Tracking Agent

Tracking proposals on GitHub and Tally and publishing updates.

  • n8n
  • Gemini

Acquisition

Built an agent for governance proposal updates
@waleeddotdev
Internal tool

Financial dashboard

Combining revenue, expenses, expense categorization and revenue forecasts in an internal tool.

  • Claude Code
  • Stripe

Acquisition

Internal finance tool built in two days
@ivkognito
Software product

Meta Ads AI application

An AI application serving Meta advertising workflows.

  • Lovable
  • Stripe

Revenue

$11,000 MRR
@DepeshMandalia
Software product

Accentify

Reporting user growth and developing a speech-data engine for realistic voice AI.

Acquisition

More than 12,000 downloads over the year
@iamelijahkhan
Development service

Financial Report Q&A Portal

A client portal with structured financial data and constrained AI Q&A.

  • Softr

Acquisition

Built a financial-data and AI Q&A portal
@w3rk_co_za

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