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$500K MRR Hosting AI Startup, $3K/mo Indie Hacker Tool, and an AI App Builder
Eromosele Ebohon & Chris Bulen
September 29, 2025
Hey friends 👋
Good afternoon! This is Chris & Daniel back with another edition of Startups.fyi — your corner of the internet where we uncover the smartest tools, underrated startups, and business models worth stealing.
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Startups FYI Spotlight
The Quick Brew
(Pre-revenue) Here is an AI-powered tutoring platform that adapts to how you learn best. Think of it as a tutor, career coach, and skill accelerator rolled into one to help you learn more effectively.
The Game Changer
A solo founder with 0 employees makes $100/month with this Animation tool Anyone can use to turn static images into a full motion video.
The Power Play
Discover this free, real-time BIN verification tool that lets businesses instantly validate credit and debit cards against 374,000+ records.
Built on no-code alone, this tool makes $300/month.
The Crowd Favorite
Here is another easy-to-use platform that lets you build your own fully productive apps and websites by only chatting with AI.
Launched in 2025, this platform generates $500/month for the solo founder with 0 employees.
This is an AI-powered branding tool that will help you create professional logos and full brand kits in minutes. From your logos and color palettes to fonts, mockups, and even merch designs.
This no-code tool was launched in 2023 and makes $3,000/month.
The Trailblazer
Discover this affordable hosting platform that is making $500,000/month as a subscription base business model.
It was built on LiteSpeed and CloudLinux with its own global DNS cluster for speed and reliability. What makes it stand out is that it includes built-in AI tools for site building, blogging, and SEO alongside essentials like SSL, backups, and 24/7 support.
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Startups FYI Roundup
→ AI founder who bootstrapped to $1B+ ARR in 5 years with 110 employees and $0 VC funding
Edwin Chen quietly bootstrapped Surge AI to over $1B ARR in just 5 years — with only 110 employees and zero VC funding. While Scale AI raised billions, he focused on quality data and built a more profitable company. 👉 Read the full story →
→ Bootstrapping from $0 to $50 million in ARR
ClearCompany founders (Andre Lavoie & Colin Kingsbury) Grew a SaaS business from $0 to $50M ARR without raising venture capital, focusing heavily on cash efficiency and operational discipline 👉 Read the full story →
→ The $30M Startup Built Without Venture Capital
Jesse Pujji bootstrapped his first company to $30M in revenue with zero outside capital, attracting acquisition offers in the high 8-figures. 👉 Read the full story →
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— Chris (@ChrisBulen)