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๐Ÿค– Startups: Interesting Startup Stories and AI Tools From Around the Internet.

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Hello, Iโ€™m Aron! ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ

โœ… In 60 seconds, let me show you some interesting AI Tools and Startup Stories I found.

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๐Ÿ’ก Maybe something below will spark an idea for you:



โœ… Interesting things we found on:


๐Ÿค– Pocus AI Account Plan Generator (720 Upvotes)

This tool creates custom sales strategies for target accounts in seconds using artificial intelligence.

Read about it here: Pocus AI Account Plan Generator - Custom sales strategies for your target accounts in seconds

๐Ÿค– LlamaCoder (344 Upvotes)


Developed by Meta, this is an AI-powered coding assistant designed to help developers with various programming tasks

Read about it here: Llama Coder - AI-powered coding assistant by Meta

๐Ÿค– Heatbot (212 Upvotes)

This AI tool generates improved websites based on heatmap data, enhancing user experience and design.

Read about it here: Heatbot - Generate Improved Websites with Heatmaps by Using AI

๐Ÿค– Spotify AI Playlist (273 Upvotes)


This application uses AI to turn creative ideas into playlists on Spotify, bridging music and artificial intelligence.

Read about it here: Spotify AI Playlist - Turn your most creative ideas into playlists

๐Ÿค– Y-Pod (175 Upvotes)

Y-Pod is the ultimate life goals planner, helping you stay organized.


โœ… Interesting startup and AI articles we found on:

๐Ÿ“ฐ Growing Carrd to $2M ARR in a Crowded Market with Zero Marketing.

The story of how AJ, the founder of Carrd, built a niche business to $2M in annual recurring revenue.

Aronโ€™s note: Carrd is a GREAT PLACE to build your landing page or coming soon page!
Iโ€™ve used it and the interface is super simple, and you can quickly create a nice landing page in a few minutes.

Read about it here: Growing Carrd to $2M ARR in a crowded market with zero marketing by limiting features
 


๐Ÿ“ฐ ZERO REVENUE. The Reality of Building an AI Learning App.

The story of how the founder of an AI English-learning app built an amazing platform, and is getting no traction. ๐Ÿ˜ณ OH NO! Maybe something we can learn from him.

Read about it here: The Reality of Building an AI Learning App: 4Months, Zero Revenue


๐Ÿ“ฐ How going viral on X helped this solopreneur reach $15k/mo with his native AI apps.

The story of how Daniel, the founder of Bolt AI, failed on 3 previous startups and finally hit a home run with his latest venture. Good lessons in here.

Read about it here: How going viral on X helped this solopreneur reach $15k/mo with his native AI apps


๐Ÿ“ฐ How to know if your app / idea is going to fizzle out. Is it a one night stand?

How to find out if your idea is going to die or take off.

The article covers:

Step 1 โ€” Is this a thing?
Step 2 โ€” Is it good news or bad news?
Step 3 โ€” The Messaging Maze
Step 4 โ€” Whereโ€™s traffic?
Step 5 โ€” After the traffic, comes the meet
Step 6 โ€” Money Honey????
The Mic Drop Moment
Lessons for Founders

Read about it here: Is your SaaS app a โ€œOne Night Standโ€


๐Ÿ“ฐ 26 year old quit hit job to build a startup. 17 years later, heโ€™s doing great!

Sorin left Romania to increase his income potential. Then be built Swift EQ and itโ€™s making $26,000 a month.

Read about it here: 26-year-old dropped everything to build a better life. 17 years later, he's making $26k MRR.

๐Ÿ˜ฒ Lastly, this 15 year old kid on Reddit built a pretty cool startup:

The Reddit group Entrepreneur Ride Along is a really cool subreddit where you can meet other entrepreneurs and hear their stories.

This one is really good: I'm 15 years old and I built this new tool to find consumer pain points and product ideas.

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