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A $2K MRR Template, the AI Tool Fixing Corporate Emails, and 10 SaaS Ideas Worth Building
Chris Bulen & Daniel Ebohon
July 15, 2026
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It’s Chris & Daniel, from Startups.fyi.
Welcome back to this week's issue. We've rounded up founders turning simple ideas into real businesses, practical AI resources you can start using today, and tools that can save you hours of work.
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Startups FYI Spotlight
🔎 Searching for tools online usually means clicking through tens of SEO articles before finding something useful. This founder has helped you skip all of that by curating tools people actually recommend. (Pre-revenue)
What is an EOR—and why are companies using it?
Opening entities in every country can be slow, expensive, and hard to scale.
That's why more companies are using EOR to hire globally faster.
See how Oyster helps teams hire, pay, and support talent in 180+ countries while staying compliant along the way.
🧠More people are asking ChatGPT and Perplexity for recommendations instead of searching Google. Discover the AI tool that helps WordPress sites prepare for that shift by optimizing content for AI-powered search engines. (Free to start using and still generating $100)
🚀Anyone who's launched on Product Hunt knows how lonely launch day can be. Here is an easy to use tool that lets founders support each other's launches, turning "good luck" into actual upvotes and comments. (This tool makes $200 MRR for the Dubai solo-founder)
🏠Sometimes you only realize a bad hire months later. That is why this founder built a tool that helps companies collect continuous feedback from candidates and employees, making it easier to spot problems before they become expensive. (~$300–500 MRR)
✍️ All of us have written emails that sounded smarter in our heads than they actually were. As you type, this tool detects buzzwords and suggests plain English instead. Just the Buzzword Bingo feature made me laugh. (Generating $1,500 MRR for the solo founder as a side project.)
🛠️ Every developer seems to have their own starter kit. This tool bundles authentication, payments, databases, and deployment into one template, so builders can spend less time on setup and more time shipping. (Generating $2,000 MRR for the solo founder as a side project.)
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Startups FYI Roundup
đź’» A Panic Attack Led to a 4M-Download App
After a panic attack at university, Ania Wysocka built Rootd—a mental health app that's now reached 4M+ downloads and $1M+ in revenue.
🚀 10 AI SaaS Startups That Became Million-Dollar Businesses
Some of the best AI startups didn't begin with groundbreaking ideas—they started by solving one specific problem really well.
This collection breaks down 10 AI SaaS companies built by solo founders and small teams, showing how they found their ideas, attracted customers, and grew into high-revenue businesses.
🤖 Learn Agentic AI in Just One Hour
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