ai lean startups v2
| # | Startup | Team Size | Country | Product & LLM leverage | MVP / Validation | Revenue / Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chatbase | Solo | Canada | GPT-based custom chatbots | ProductHunt launch; in-app fine-tuning | ~$3‑5M ARR |
| 2 | ExcelFormulaBot | Solo | USA | Excel formula explanations via GPT | Viral tweet → subscriptions | $40k+ MRR |
| 3 | FounderPal | Solo | USA | AI marketing assets generator | No‑code MVP -> paying users | $10k+ MRR |
| 4 | Bolt AI (Mac) | Solo | USA | Mac menubar GPT client | ProductHunt #1 | $15k+ MRR |
| 5 | BuildPad.io | Solo | USA | Suite of 27 AI SaaS micro‑tools | Reddit + SEO validation | $7.3k MRR |
| 6 | GPTZero | 15 | USA | LLM text origin detector | University prototype ⇒ B2B | $10M ARR |
| 7 | Cal AI | 4 | USA | Calorie scanner w/ vision LLM | TikTok viral; high‑school founder | $12M ARR |
| 8 | OpenArt | 8 | Singapore | Generative art & stock image platform | Community beta → paid tiers | $12M ARR |
| 9 | SubMagic | 14 | France | Auto subtitles for shorts | Creator partnerships | $8M ARR |
| 10 | Arcads AI | 5 | Spain | AI actor ad‑video generator | AI growth agents | $5M ARR |
| 11 | Conversion AI | 15 | USA | AI copy A/B engine | Bootstrapped SaaS | $6.5M ARR |
| 12 | Midjourney | 40 | USA | Discord image LLM | Subscription discord bot | $300M 2024 rev |
| 13 | Perplexity AI | 50 | USA | LLM search engine | Product‑led mobile app | $100M+ ARR |
| 14 | HeyGen | 30 | USA/China | AI avatar video | 7 mo → $1M ARR | $35M ARR |
| 15 | Cursor (Anysphere) | 20 | USA | AI coding IDE | No sales, PLG | $100M ARR |
| 16 | ElevenLabs | 50 | USA/Poland | Deep‑learning TTS | Community adoption | $90M ARR |
| 17 | Wonder Dynamics | 70 | USA | AI VFX studio | Seed 2021; acquired by Autodesk | $9.4M ARR |
| 18 | Aragon AI | 9 | USA | AI corporate headshots | Pivot after 10 failed apps | $10M ARR |
| 19 | Solvely.ai | 5 | India | Math solver SaaS | Telegram traction | $6M ARR |
| 20 | Oléve | 5 | China | Problem solving app | WeChat mini program MVP | $6M revenue |
| 21 | LovableDev | 3 | USA | AI pair‑programming | 3 mo → $17M run‑rate | $17M ARR |
| 22 | Bolt.dev | 2 | USA | AI code generator | 2 mo → $20M ARR | $20M ARR |
| 23 | Pika Labs | 30 | USA | AI video generation | Discord beta → venture backing | $25M ARR |
| 24 | Luma AI | 25 | USA | 3D capture & NeRF | TestFlight MVP | $8M ARR |
| 25 | Riffusion | 5 | USA | AI music generation | Open‑sourced model → donations | $1M ARR |
| 26 | Tome.app | 40 | USA | AI presentation builder | Launch on ProductHunt | $30M ARR |
| 27 | Postwise | 4 | UK | AI tweet writing SaaS | IndieHackers pre‑orders | $1.5M ARR |
| 28 | Icon AI | 8 | China | AI icon & branding generator | Bootstrap | $8M ARR |
| 29 | Codeium | 50 | USA | AI code completion | Open-source → enterprise | $50M ARR |
| 30 | Rewind AI | 60 | USA | Personal AI memory agent | Hardware‑free product-led | $8.7M ARR |
| 31 | JanitorAI | — | USA | AI character chat site | 100M MAU; ad & sub model | Revenue undisclosed |