How much revenue do one-person and small-team AI businesses make?
375 running AI businesses on Aiolum have a dated money figure. The median headline figure is US$104K; for the 184 with grade A evidence it is US$49K.Counted from 646 stories ·
The headline figure of a story is its best dated money figure, in US dollars. When the sources give revenue per month, the figure is the yearly run rate, which means the monthly revenue multiplied by 12. When they give only a total, the figure is that total. Sold and closed businesses, cautionary stories and the 216 stories with no revenue figure are left out of this page.
| Headline figure | A | B | C | D | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under US$100K | 123 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 181 |
| US$100K to 1M | 55 | 3 | 24 | 58 | 140 |
| US$1M to 10M | 4 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 44 |
| US$10M or more | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Businesses | 184 | 5 | 54 | 132 | 375 |
| Median headline figure | US$49K | US$170K | US$360K | US$171K | US$104K |
How to read this table: the median is the middle value, so half of the businesses in a column are below it. Grade A is disclosed or verified, B is confirmed by independent reports, C is a founder claim, D is reported and not verified.
Does a solo founder earn less than a small team?
In this record the 179 businesses of one founder have a median headline figure of US$50K. The 196 businesses with more than one person have a median of US$217K. The record does not show why the two differ.
Which running businesses have the largest verified figures?
| Business | Headline | Team | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44pixels (Cue and Pixi) | Seven-figure MRR (at least US$1M a month), April 2026 | started small, grew | February 2024 |
| Chatbase | US$10M annual recurring revenue, March 2026 | 1 founder | 2 February 2023 |
| Wave AI | US$4M annual recurring revenue, November 2024 | 1 founder | 26 July 2023 |
| Postiz | US$263K a month recurring revenue, October 2026 | 1 founder | July 2024 |
| Letterly | US$215K a month, April 2026 | team of 2 to 10 | November 2023 |
| Welmi | Over US$200K monthly recurring revenue, November 2025 | team of 2 to 10 | March 2025 |
| LLM Gateway | US$1M in Stripe-verified gross receipts in 12 months, September 2026 | team of 2 to 10 | 22 May 2025 |
| Vid.AI | US$827K Stripe-verified revenue in 12 months, October 2026 | team of 2 to 10 | September 2024 |
| LocalRank | US$730K total since launch, October 2026 | team of 2 to 10 | 14 March 2025 |
| MagicSlides | US$723K total since launch, October 2026 | team of 2 to 10 | January 2023 |
The full lists: all grade A stories, and grade A stories over US$100K, fastest first.
Read these numbers as a description of this record, not of all AI businesses. Aiolum lists businesses that it found in public sources and could describe; a business that failed quietly, or never published a number, is not here. Nothing on this page is investment advice.
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