Mobile app
Maxed AI: AI lifting and health coach app
MRR$14,000self-reported
Business model: iOS app with a hard paywall and a single plan: $24.99/year charged upfront
AI Money Cases · 2026-10-18
Issue #6: 4 AI money cases, all named self-reports; revenue came from founders filming, calling and texting in person
3 cases this issue, all from named founders' interviews or their own videos, with self-reported, unverified amounts: 2 showed revenue dashboards on camera (the AI lifting coach app Maxed AI at about $14K/month on RevenueCat; the AI short-form marketing SaaS Fastlane at about $69K MRR on Stripe); 1 is a verbal claim (three college students running an outsourced AI department signed a $15,000/month construction client). The common thread: AI makes the product or service quick to build; what set them apart was the part founders did in person — filming 5–10 videos a day, about 2,000 customer calls, texting every contact for advice.
Cases
SaaS
Fastlane: enter a URL, AI makes and schedules short videos
MRR$69,000self-reported
Business model: SaaS subscription, mainly for solo founders building mobile apps or SaaS
Workflow automation
Outsourced AI department: paid assessment, live demo, retainer
MRR$15,000self-reported
Business model: B2B service: paid AI assessment plus a monthly retainer as an outsourced AI department, for companies doing $10M–$50M a year
Tool pick
Claude Code
Strong at long tasks and repo-wide refactors; the most frequently mentioned tool in our cases.
Takeaway
Once AI makes building cheap, the most valuable work is founders reaching people directly: filming themselves, calling customers, walking into meetings with a working demo. If you already have videos, AI dubbing can bring them to viewers in new languages first.